Is it permissible to sell materials used to build structures in Mecca that were brought from outside the Haram boundaries?

Chapter on Selling the Musarrah (Animal with milk retained in udder)

Al-Mughni

Book of Sales

Book 12 · Issue 1 · Bab 5

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The sale of materials brought from outside the boundaries of Mecca to construct a building within Mecca is permissible. This ruling is analogous to the permissibility of selling structures designated as endowments (*Waqf*) and the debris from them. The permissibility of selling structures built using soil and stones from the Haram boundaries depends on the two established narrations concerning the sale of properties (*Rubu'*) within Mecca, as these properties are considered subservient to Mecca itself. This principle extends to the soil and debris of every endowment.