Shuf'a: the right of preemption

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Shuf'a (preemption): buying back a partner's sold share to reunite a property, its evidence, its holders, its conditions and its causes of extinction.

Sources and references

• al-Bukhari 2138
• Muslim 1608
• Abu Dawud 3518
• Ibn Majah 2494
• al-Bukhari 6350
• Muslim 1619
• al-Mawardi, al-Hawi

Other pages of this pillar

• Conditions for the validity of a waqf
• Is a waqf irrevocable?
• Family waqf (waqf dhurri)
• Managing a waqf: the nazar (custody)
• Istibdal (replacement) and the end of a waqf
• Reviving dead land (ihya')
• Hiba: the gift
• 'Ariya: the loan for use
• Wadi'a: the deposit of trust
• Ghasb: usurpation
• Luqata: the lost item found
• Leasing waqf assets
• Contemporary waqf: cash waqf and new forms
• Easements and neighbor rights
• Equality among children in gifts and hiba

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