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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 Messenger (ﷺ) 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."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 90, Hadith 25
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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 (ﷺ) 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-thousand Dirham as compensation in which case the preemptor
loses his right of preemption."
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Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) appointed a man called Ibn Al-Lutabiyya to collect the Zakat from Bani Sulaim's
tribe. When he returned, the Prophet (ﷺ) called him to account. He said (to the Prophet, 'This is your
money, and this has been given to me as a gift." On that, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Why didn't you stay in
your father's and mother's house to see whether you will be given gifts or not if you are telling the
truth?" Then the Prophet (ﷺ) addressed us, and after praising and glorifying Allah, he said: "Amma
Ba'du", I employ a man from among you to manage some affair of what Allah has put under my
custody, and then he comes to me and says, 'This is your money and this has been given to me as a
gift. Why didn't he stay in his father's and mother's home to see whether he will be given gifts or not?
By Allah, not anyone of you takes a thing unlawfully but he will meet Allah on the Day of
Resurrection, carrying that thing. I do not want to see any of you carrying a grunting camel or a
mooing cow or a bleating sheep on meeting Allah." Then the Prophet (ﷺ) raised both his hands till the
whiteness of his armpits became visible, and he said, "O Allah! Haven't I have conveyed (Your
Message)?" The narrator added: My eyes witnessed and my ears heard (that Hadith).