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ahmad:26029Yazīd b. Hārūn > Jarīr b. Ḥāzim > Yazīd b. Rūmān > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Aisha, "O Aisha, if it wasn't for the fact that your people have recently abandoned the practices of Jahiliyyah (pre-Islamic ignorance), I would have ordered for the house to be demolished, then I would have entered it and put back in it what was taken out, and I would have stuck it to the ground, and I would have made two doors for it; one facing east and the other facing west. Indeed, they were not able to rebuild it. And I would have reached the foundations that were laid by Prophet Ibrahim ﷺ ."  

أحمد:٢٦٠٢٩حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا جَرِيرُ بْنُ حَازِمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ رُومَانَ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَهَا يَا عَائِشَةُ لَوْلَا أَنَّ قَوْمَكِ حَدِيثُ عَهْدٍ بِجَاهِلِيَّةٍ لَأَمَرْتُ بِالْبَيْتِ فَهُدِمَ فَأَدْخَلْتُ فِيهِ مَا أُخْرِجَ مِنْهُ وَأَلْزَقْتُهُ بِالْأَرْضِ وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُ بَابَيْنِ بَابًا شَرْقِيًّا وَبَابًا غَرْبِيًّا فَإِنَّهُمْ عَجَزُوا عَنْ بِنَائِهِ فَبَلَغْتُ بِهِ أَسَاسَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ  


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Collected by Nasāʾī, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Suyūṭī
nasai:2903ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Muḥammad b. Salāam > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Jarīr b. Ḥāzim > Yazīd b. Rūmān > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

"O Aishah, were if not for the fact that your people have recently left Jahiliyyah, I would have commanded that the House be knocked down, and I would have incorporated into it what was left out of it. I would have made its (door) in level with the ground and I would have given it two doors, an eastern door and a western door. For they built it too small, and by doing this, it would have been built on the foundation of Ibrahim, peace be upon him." He (one of the narrators said: "This is what motivated Ibn Az-Zubair to knock it down." Yazid said: "I saw Ibn Az-Zubair when he knocked it down and rebuilt it, and included part of the Hijr in it. And I saw the foundation of Ibrahim, peace be upon him, stones like the humps of camels joined to one another."  

النسائي:٢٩٠٣أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَلاَّمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا جَرِيرُ بْنُ حَازِمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ رُومَانَ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَهَا يَا عَائِشَةُ لَوْلاَ أَنَّ قَوْمَكِ حَدِيثُ عَهْدٍ بِجَاهِلِيَّةٍ لأَمَرْتُ بِالْبَيْتِ فَهُدِمَ فَأَدْخَلْتُ فِيهِ مَا أُخْرِجَ مِنْهُ وَأَلْزَقْتُهُ بِالأَرْضِ وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُ بَابَيْنِ بَابًا شَرْقِيًّا وَبَابًا غَرْبِيًّا فَإِنَّهُمْ قَدْ عَجَزُوا عَنْ بِنَائِهِ فَبَلَغْتُ بِهِ أَسَاسَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ قَالَ فَذَلِكَ الَّذِي حَمَلَ ابْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ عَلَى هَدْمِهِ قَالَ يَزِيدُ وَقَدْ شَهِدْتُ ابْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ حِينَ هَدَمَهُ وَبَنَاهُ وَأَدْخَلَ فِيهِ مِنَ الْحِجْرِ وَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ أَسَاسَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ حِجَارَةً كَأَسْنِمَةِ الإِبِلِ مُتَلاَحِكَةً  

ahmad:25463ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Salīm b. Ḥayyān > Saʿīd b. Mīnāʾ > Ibn al-Zubayr > Khālatī ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to her, 'If it were not for the fact that your people have recently abandoned idolatry or ignorance, I would demolish the Kaaba and rebuild it on the ground, placing two doors for it, one on the eastern side and one on the western side, and I would add six cubits of stones to it. Indeed, the Quraysh had made it smaller when they built the Kaaba.'"  

أحمد:٢٥٤٦٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَنَا سَلِيمُ بْنُ حَيَّانَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ مِينَاءَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ يَقُولُ حَدَّثَتْنِي خَالَتِي عَائِشَةُ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَهَا لَوْلَا أَنَّ قَوْمَكِ حَدِيثُ عَهْدٍ بِشِرْكٍ أَوْ بِجَاهِلِيَّةٍ لَهَدَمْتُ الْكَعْبَةَ فَأَلْزَقْتُهَا بِالْأَرْضِ وَجَعَلْتُ لَهَا بَابَيْنِ بَابًا شَرْقِيًّا وَبَابًا غَرْبِيًّا وَزِدْتُ فِيهَا مِنَ الْحَجَرِ سِتَّةَ أَذْرُعٍ فَإِنَّ قُرِيشًا اقْتَصَرَتْهَا حِينَ بَنَتِ الْكَعْبَةَ  

ibnhibban:3816Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Muḥammad > Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá al-Dhuhlī > Wahbb. Jarīr from my father > Yazīd b. Rūmān > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Zubayr > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to her, "O Aisha, if it were not for the fact that your people had recently come out of the period of ignorance, I would have demolished the Kaaba and rebuilt it in the way it was originally built by Ibrahim. I would have placed the stone which they took out of it back into its place and made it rest on the foundation of Ibrahim. I would have also added two doors to it; one on the east side and one on the west side." This is what Ibn Zubayr called for, to demolish the Kaaba and rebuild it.  

ابن حبّان:٣٨١٦أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الذُّهْلِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي قَالَ سَمِعْتُ يَزِيدَ بْنَ رُومَانَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَهَا «يَا عَائِشَةُ لَوْلَا أَنَّ قَوْمَكِ حَدِيثُ عَهْدٍ بِجَاهِلِيَّةٍ لَهَدَمْتُ الْبَيْتَ حَتَّى أُدْخِلَ فِيهِ مَا أَخْرَجُوا مِنْهُ فِي الْحِجْرِ فَإِنَّهُمْ عَجَزُوا عَنْ نَفَقَتِهِ وَأَلْصَقْتُهُ بِالْأَرْضِ وَوَضَعْتُهُ عَلَى أَسَاسِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُ بَابَيْنِ بَابًا شَرْقِيًّا وَبَابًا غَرْبِيًّا» قَالَ فَكَانَ هَذَا الَّذِي دَعَا ابْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ إِلَى هَدْمِهِ وَبِنَائِهِ  

nasai-kubra:3872ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Muḥammad b. Sallām al-Ṭarasūsī > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Jarīr b. Ḥāzim > Yazīd b. Rūmān > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

"O Aishah, were if not for the fact that your people have recently left Jahiliyyah, I would have commanded that the House be knocked down, and I would have incorporated into it what was left out of it. I would have made its (door) in level with the ground and I would have given it two doors, an eastern door and a western door. For they built it too small, and by doing this, it would have been built on the foundation of Ibrahim, peace be upon him." He (one of the narrators said: "This is what motivated Ibn Az-Zubair to knock it down." Yazid said: "I saw Ibn Az-Zubair when he knocked it down and rebuilt it, and included part of the Hijr in it. And I saw the foundation of Ibrahim, peace be upon him, stones like the humps of camels joined to one another." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2903)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٨٧٢أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَلَّامٍ الطَّرَسُوسِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا جَرِيرُ بْنُ حَازِمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ رُومَانَ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَهَا «يَا عَائِشَةُ لَوْلَا أَنَّ قَوْمَكِ حَدِيثُ عَهْدٍ بِجَاهِلِيَّةٍ لَأَمَرْتُ بِالْبَيْتِ فَهُدِمَ فَأَدْخَلْتُ فِيهِ مَا أُخْرِجَ مِنْهُ وَأَلْزَقْتُهُ بِالْأَرْضِ وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُ بَابَيْنِ بَابًا شَرْقِيًّا وَبَابًا غَرْبِيًّا فَإِنَّهُمْ عَجَزُوا عَنْ بُنْيَانِهِ فَبَلَغْتُ بِهِ أَسَاسَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ» قَالَ فَذَلِكَ الَّذِي حَمَلَ ابْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ عَلَى هَدْمِهِ قَالَ يَزِيدُ وَقَدْ شَهِدْتُ ابْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ حِينَ هَدَمَهُ وَبَنَاهُ وَأَدْخَلَ فِيهِ مِنَ الْحِجْرِ وَرَأَيْتُ أَسَاسَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حِجَارَةً كَأَسْنِمَةِ الْإِبِلِ مُتَلَاحِكَةً  

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السيوطي:١٨٠٥٨a

"لَوْلا أَنَّ قَوْمَكِ حَدِيثُ عَهْدٍ بِجَاهليةٍ لَهَدَمْتُ البَيتَ حَتَّى أُدْخِلَ فِيهِ مَا أخْرَجُوا منْهُ منَ الحِجْرِ، فَإِنَّهُمْ عَجَزُوا عَنِ النَّفَقَةِ وَجَعَلت لَهَا بَابَينِ بَابا شَرْقِيًّا، وَبَابا غَرْبِيًّا، وَألصَقتُهُ بِالأَرْضِ، وَلَوَضَعْتُهُ على أسَاسِ إِبْرَهِيمَ".  

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السيوطي:٢٧٢٩٦a

"يَا عَائِشَةُ: لَوْلاَ أَنَّ قَوْمَكِ حَدِيثُو عَهْدٍ بِجَاهِلِيَّة، لأَمَرْتُ بِالبَيْتِ فَهُدِمَ، فَأَدْخَلتُ فِيهِ مَا أُخْرِجَ مِنْهُ وَأَلزَمْتهُ بِالأرْضِ، وَجَعَلتُ لَهُ بَابَيْنِ: بَابًا شَرْقِيّا، وبَابًا غَرْبِيًا فَبَلَغْتُ بِهِ أَسَاسَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ".  

[خ] البخاري [م] مسلم [ن] النسائي عن عائشة