Sahih al-Bukhari Hadith 106 – Volume 9, Book 86

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Volume 9, Book 86, Number 106:
Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah:
The Prophet has decreed that preemption is valid in all cases where the real estate concerned has
not been divided, but if the boundaries are established and the ways are made, then there is no pree –
mption. A man said, "Preemption is only for the neighbor," and then he makes invalid what he has
confirmed. He said, "If someone wants to buy a house and being afraid that the neighbor (of the
house) may buy it through preemption, he buys one share out of one hundred shares of the house
and then buys the rest of the house, then the neighbor can only have the right of preemption for the
first share but not for the rest of the house; and the buyer may play such a trick in this case."