Chapter on the Reasons Behind Hajj
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 2|Book 3|Chapter 1
وَ رُوِيَ: «أَنَّهُ سُمِّيَ اَلْعَتِيقَ لِأَنَّهُ بَيْتٌ عَتِيقٌ مِنَ اَلنَّاسِ وَ لَمْ يَمْلِكْهُ أَحَدٌ ».
It is narrated: "It was named al-Atiq (the Ancient) because it is a house independent of people and has never been owned by anyone."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh