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Sahih al-Bukhari 126

Chapter: Whosoever left some optional things simply for the fear that some people may not be able to understand them and may fall into something more difficult

Authentic hadith of Sahih al-Bukhari Sahih al-Bukhari 126

Narrator:Ā’ishah

حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى، عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ، قَالَ قَالَ لِي ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ كَانَتْ عَائِشَةُ تُسِرُّ إِلَيْكَ كَثِيرًا فَمَا حَدَّثَتْكَ فِي الْكَعْبَةِ قُلْتُ قَالَتْ لِي قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏

يَا عَائِشَةُ، لَوْلاَ قَوْمُكِ حَدِيثٌ عَهْدُهُمْ ـ قَالَ ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ بِكُفْرٍ ـ لَنَقَضْتُ الْكَعْبَةَ فَجَعَلْتُ لَهَا بَابَيْنِ باب يَدْخُلُ النَّاسُ، وَبَابٌ يَخْرُجُونَ ‏"

Narrated Aswad:

Ibn Az-Zubair said to me, "Aisha used to tell you secretly a number of things. What did she tell you about the Ka`ba?" I replied, "She told me that once the Prophet (ﷺ) said, 'O `Aisha! Had not your people been still close to the pre-Islamic period of ignorance (infidelity)! I would have dismantled the Ka`ba and would have made two doors in it; one for entrance and the other for exit." Later on Ibn Az-Zubair did the same.

Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 126).

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Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani — Fath al-Bari

قَوْله : ( عَنْ إِسْرَائِيل ) هُوَ اِبْن يُونُس ( عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاق ) هُوَ السَّبِيعِيّ بِفَتْحِ الْمُهْمَلَة وَهُوَ جَدّ إِسْرَائِيل الرَّاوِي عَنْهُ , و ( الْأَسْوَد ) هُوَ اِبْن يَزِيد النَّخَعِيُّ وَالْإِسْنَاد إِلَيْهِ كُلّهمْ كُوفِيُّونَ. قَوْله : ( قَالَ لِي اِبْن الزُّبَيْر ) يَعْنِي عَبْد اللَّه الصَّحَابِيّ الْمَشْهُور. قَوْله : ( كَانَتْ عَائِشَة ) أَيْ أُمّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ. قَوْله : ( فِي الْكَعْبَة ) يَعْنِي فِي شَأْن الْكَعْبَة. قَوْله : ( قُلْت قَالَتْ لِي ) زَادَ فِيهِ اِبْن أَبِي شَيْبَة فِي مُسْنَده عَنْ عُبَيْد اللَّه بْن مُوسَى بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَاد : قُلْت لَقَدْ حَدَّثَتْنِي حَدِيثًا كَثِيرًا نَسِيت بَعْضه وَأَنَا أَذْكُر بَعْضه , قَالَ - أَيْ : اِبْن الزُّبَيْر - مَا نَ…

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  • حجة الوداع لابن حزم (221)لَوْلا قَوْمُكِ حَدِيثٌ عَهْدُهُمْ .قَالَ ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ : بِكُفْرٍ لَنَقَضْتُ الْكَعْبَةَ فَجَعَلْتُ لَهَا بَابَيْنِ : بَابٌ يَدْخُلُ النَّاسُ ، وَبَابٌ يَخْرُجُونَ

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