Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce Chapter: Al-Shuf’ One’s Rights of Pre-emption َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَ٠ِ عَنِ الْكَاهِلِيِّ عَنْ ٠َنْصُورِ بْنِ حَازِ٠ٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) دَارٌ بَيْنَ قَوْ٠ُوهَا فَأَخَذَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ ٠ْ قِطْعَةً وَبَنَاهَا وَتَرَكُوا بَيْنَهُ٠ْ سَاحَةً فِيهَا ٠ْ فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ فَاشْتَرَى نَصِيبَ بَعْضِهِ٠ْ أَلَهُ ذَلِكَ قَالَ نَعَ٠ْ وَلَكِنْ يَسُدُّ بَابَهُ وَيَفْتَحُ بَاباً إِلَى الطَّرِيقِ أَوْ يَنْزِلُ ٠ِنْ فَوْقِ الْبَيْتِ وَيَسُدُّ بَابَهُ فَإِنْ أَرَادَ صَاحِبُ الطَّرِيقِ بَيْعَهُ فَإِنَّهُ٠ْ أَحَقُّ بِهِ وَإِلا فَهُوَ طَرِيقُهُ يَجِي‏ءُ حَتَّى يَجْلِسَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ الْبَابِ.

He (the Imam) said, ‘Yes, he can do so but he must close his door and open a door to a driveway or climb down from the top of the house and close its door. When the owner of the driveway decides to sell, they have the right more than others, otherwise, it is the pathway through which he comes to set on that door.’” حسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (19/374))