Volume 9, Book 86, Number 107:
Narrated ‘Amr bin Ash-Sharid:
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SAHIH BUKHARI VOLUME 9 > BOOK 86: TRICKS
Al-Miswar bin Makhrama came and put his hand on my shoulder and I accompanied him to Sa’d.
Abu Rafi’ said to Al-Miswar, “Won’t you order this (i.e. Sa’d) to buy my house which is in my yard?”
Sa’d said, “I will not offer more than four hundred in installments over a fixed period.” Abu Rafi said,
“I was offered five hundred cash but I refused. Had I not heard the Prophet saying, ‘A neighbor is
more entitled to receive the care of his neighbor,’ I would not have sold it to you.” The narrator said,
to Sufyan: Ma’mar did not say so. Sufyan said, “But he did say so to me.” Some people said, “If
someone wants to sell a house and deprived somebody of the right of preemption, he has the right to
play a trick to render the preemption invalid. And that is by giving the house to the buyer as a
present and marking its boundaries and giving it to him. The buyer then gives the seller one-thou –
sand Dirham as compensation in which case the preemptor loses his right of preemption.”
Narrated ‘Amr bin Ash-Sharid: Abu Rafi’ said that Sa’d offered him four hundred Mithqal of gold
for a house. Abu Rafi ‘ said, “If I had not heard Allah’s Apostle saying, ‘A neighbor has more right to
be taken care of by his neighbor,’ then I would not have given it to you.” Some people said, “If one has
bought a portion of a house and wants to cancel the right of preemption, he may give it as a present
to his little son and he will not be obliged to take an oath.”

Volume 9, Book 86, Number 110:
Narrated ‘Amr bin Ash-Sharid:
Abu Rafi’ sold a house to Sa’d bin Malik for four-hundred Mithqal of gold, and said, “If I had not
heard the Prophet saying, ‘The neighbor has more right to be taken care of by his neighbor (than
anyone else),’ then I would not have sold it to you.”
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SAHIH BUKHARI VOLUME 9 > BOOK 87: INTERPRETATION OF DREAMS
Book 87: Interpretation of Dreams

Volume 3, Book 35, Number 459:
Narrated ‘Amr bin Ash-Sharid:
While I was standing with Sad bin Abi Waqqas, Al-Miswar bin Makhrama came and put his hand
on my shoulder. Meanwhile Abu Rafi’, the freed slave of the Prophet came and asked Sad to buy from
him the (two) dwellings which were in his house. Sad said, “By Allah I will not buy them.” Al-Miswar
said, “By Allah, you shall buy them.” Sad replied, “By Allah, I will not pay more than four thousand
(Dirhams) by installments.” Abu Rafi’ said, “I have been offered five hundred Dinars (for it) and had I
not heard the Prophet saying, ‘The neighbor has more right than anyone else because of his nearness,
I would not give them to you for four-thousand (Dirhams) while I am offered five-hundred Dinars
(one Dinar equals ten Dirhams) for them.” So, he sold it to Sad.