حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ يَحْيَی عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ مُعَيْقِيبٍ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ لَا تَمْسَحْ وَأَنْتَ تُصَلِّي فَإِنْ کُنْتَ لَا بُدَّ فَاعِلًا فَوَاحِدَةٌ تَسْوِيَةَ الْحَصَی
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 946
Muaiqib reported the Prophet ﷺ as saying ; Do not remove pebbles while you are praying; if you do it out of sheer necessity, do it only once to smooth the pebbles.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020