Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 2500
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْبَيْلَمَانِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " الشُّفْعَةُ كَحَلِّ الْعِقَالِ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us: Muhammad ibn al-Harith narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Baylamani, from his father, from Ibn Umar, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “The right of pre-emption is like untying a binding.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic comparison is مختصر: pre-emption is like undoing an iqal, a binding or tether. The image is preserved without specifying the object being unbound.