Yahya bin Sa'id al-Qattan (may Allah have mercy on him) used to say: "If Abd al-Malik bin Abi Sulayman were to narrate another hadith like the hadith of pre-emption, I would abandon his hadith."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الشفعة / 11585