And as he said, “My heirs shall not divide a single dinar or dirham.”

The jurists say that real property may or may not be divisible. If it cannot be divided, as in the case of a small mill or a small shop, whether the right of pre-emption applies to it is a well-known point of disagreement among the jurists. If it is divisible, such as a large tract of bare land and the like, the right of pre-emption applies by agreement. Likewise, in the chapter on division, they say that