Detestability of Taking Soil and Pebbles from the House

1. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn al-Hakam, from Dawud ibn al-Nu’man from abu Ayyub al-Khazzaz from Muhammad ibn Muslim who has said the following: “I once heard abu ‘Abd Allah عليه السلام, say, ‘It is not proper to take soil from around al- Ka‘bah, and if one does so he must return it back.’”