Those who disliked taking pebbles out of the mosque

Nufay' Abu Dawud said: I went out of the mosque with Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both). I took off my khuffs (leather socks), and he heard the sound of a pebble falling out. At this he said: "Put this pebble back, otherwise it will dispute with you on the Day of Resurrection."

Ka'b or Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: If a pebble is taken out of the mosque, it implores the one who took it out.

Mujahid said: There is a report, and it is nothing new: if a pebble is taken out of the mosque, it cries out or glorifies (Allah).

Shu'bah said: I asked Hammad about pebbles that are carried out of the mosque, what of it? He said: "Throw them away."

Shu'bah said: And I asked al-Hakam, and he said: "Keep them tied up until you return them, for it has reached me that they cry out."

Ibn Sirin used to say to his slave or his servant: "If you find a pebble in my khuff (leather sock), put it back in the mosque."

Sa'id bin Jubayr said: A pebble reviles and curses the person who takes it out of the mosque.

Sulayman bin Yasar said: When a pebble is taken out of the mosque, it keeps crying out until it is put back.

Mujahid said: When a pebble is taken out of the mosque, it cries out.