Al-Kāfi - The Book of Haj

Chapter: The Trees of al-Haram (the sacred area) 6ـ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ ٠َّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْوَشَّاءِ عَنْ حَ٠َانَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) فِي الشَّجَرَةِ يَقْلَعُهَا الرَّجُلُ ٠َنْزِلِهِ فِي الْحَرَ٠ِ قَالَ إِنْ بَنَى الْ٠َنْزِلَ وَالشَّجَرَةُ فِيهِ فَلَيْسَ لَهُ أَنْ يَقْلَعَهَا وَإِنْ كَانَتْ نَبَتَتْ فِي ٠َنْزِلِهِ وَهُوَ لَهُ فَلْيَقْلَعْهَا.

He (the Imam) said, ‘If he built the house and the tree was there it is prohibited for him, but he could cut it if it grew after the house was built.’” شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (7/83))