Selling Goods for a Fixed Period with a Condition of Preferential Right if Sold Before the Term

Muhammad, may Allah have mercy on him, was asked about a person who sold goods for two months and stipulated to the buyer that if he had to sell it before two months, he should sell it back to him. He replied that he saw no harm in it.

Hazrat Abdul Aziz bin Rafee' says that I sold a slave girl to a person, and made it a condition that he would sell her back to me. Then he sold her back to me. I took this dispute to Hazrat Shurayh. He said: You have admitted to the sale, so you will have to bring witnesses for the condition.

Hazrat Shurayh (may Allah have mercy on him) declared the condition permissible (enforceable) for a few days.