Detestability of Taking Soil and Pebbles from the House

Al-Kāfi|Volume 4|Book 3|Chapter 17
Al-Kāfi

Volume 4, Book 3, Chapter 17

Detestability of Taking Soil and Pebbles from the House

2ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ عَنِ الْمُفَضَّلِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) أَخَذْتُ سُكّاً مِنْ سُكِّ الْمَقَامِ وَتُرَاباً مِنْ تُرَابِ الْبَيْتِ وَسَبْعَ حَصَيَاتٍ فَقَالَ بِئْسَ مَا صَنَعْتَ أَمَّا التُّرَابُ وَالْحَصَى فَرُدَّهُ.
2. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn abu Nasr from al-Mufaddal ibn Salih from Mu‘awiyah ibn ‘Ammar who has said the following: “I once said to abu ‘Abd Allah عليه السلام, that I have taken of the perfumes of al-Maqam (station of Ibrahim) and soil from the soil of al-Bayt (the House) and the seven pebbles. He (the Imam) said, ‘How bad is what you have done! However, you must return the soil and pebbles.”’
  • Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi
    Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (17/79)
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    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī