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Is it permissible, Islamically, to use the law to reclaim a piece of land whose buyer refused to relinquish it, knowing that his presence causes embarrassment and distress to the questioner and her family?

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Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
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Scholars have differed concerning the neighbor's right of pre-emption (shafa'a) when their neighbor sells a property adjacent to theirs. The majority of scholars are of the opinion that the neighbor does not have the right of pre-emption, while the Hanafis hold that they do. Some scholars elaborated, stating that the neighbor has the right of pre-emption if they share a path or water source, and so on, with their neighbor.

Therefore, there is no impediment for the sister who asked the question to exercise pre-emption over the aforementioned sale, following the Hanafi school of thought, especially since she will be harmed by the presence of this person next to her.

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