Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1369
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْوَاسِطِيُّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ أَبِي سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " الْجَارُ أَحَقُّ بِشُفْعَتِهِ يُنْتَظَرُ بِهِ وَإِنْ كَانَ غَائِبًا إِذَا كَانَ طَرِيقُهُمَا وَاحِدًا " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ وَلاَ نَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا رَوَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ غَيْرَ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ أَبِي سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ . وَقَدْ تَكَلَّمَ شُعْبَةُ فِي عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ أَبِي سُلَيْمَانَ مِنْ أَجْلِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ وَعَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ هُوَ ثِقَةٌ مَأْمُونٌ عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْحَدِيثِ لاَ نَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا تَكَلَّمَ فِيهِ غَيْرَ شُعْبَةَ مِنْ أَجْلِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ . وَقَدْ رَوَى وَكِيعٌ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ أَبِي سُلَيْمَانَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ . وَرُوِيَ عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيِّ قَالَ عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ أَبِي سُلَيْمَانَ مِيزَانٌ . يَعْنِي فِي الْعِلْمِ . وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ أَنَّ الرَّجُلَ أَحَقُّ بِشُفْعَتِهِ وَإِنْ كَانَ غَائِبًا فَإِذَا قَدِمَ فَلَهُ الشُّفْعَةُ وَإِنْ تَطَاوَلَ ذَلِكَ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Jābir reported that the Messenger of Allah said: “A neighbor has the stronger right of preemption, and the sale should be held for him, even if he is absent, when both properties share the same road.” Abū ʿĪsā said: This is a ḥasan gharīb hadith. We know no one else who narrated it from ʿAṭāʾ, from Jābir, besides ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Abī Sulaymān. Shuʿbah criticized him on account of this hadith, but hadith scholars generally considered him trustworthy and reliable; we know no one else who criticized him for this report. It is also reported that Sufyān al-Thawrī called him a “standard in knowledge.” Scholars acted according to this hadith: an absent neighbor retains the right of preemption when he returns, even after a long time.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
Shufʿah is a neighbor’s or co-owner’s right to acquire property before an outside buyer.