that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The neighbor has more right to his preemption. He is to be waited for even if he is absent, when their paths are the same."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْجَارُ أَحَقُّ بِشُفْعَتِهِ يُنْتَظَرُ بِهِ وَإِنْ كَانَ غَائِبًا إِذَا كَانَ طَرِيقُهُمَا وَاحِدًا