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Sahih Muslim 1333a

Chapter: Demolishing the Ka'bah and rebuilding it

Authentic hadith of Sahih Muslim Sahih Muslim 1333a

Narrator:Ā’ishah

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى، أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏

لَوْلاَ حَدَاثَةُ عَهْدِ قَوْمِكِ بِالْكُفْرِ لَنَقَضْتُ الْكَعْبَةَ وَلَجَعَلْتُهَا عَلَى أَسَاسِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ فَإِنَّ قُرَيْشًا حِينَ بَنَتِ الْبَيْتَ اسْتَقْصَرَتْ وَلَجَعَلْتُ لَهَا خَلْفًا ‏"

'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported:

Allah's Messenger may peace be upon him) said to me: Had your people not been unbelievers in the recent past (had they not quite recently accepted Islam), I would have demolished the Ka'ba and would have rebuilt it on the foundation (laid) by Ibrahim; for when the Quraish had built the Ka'ba, they reduced its (area), and I would also have built (a door) in the rear.

Reported by Muslim (No. 1333a, 1504e), Abu Dawud (No. 2233) and At-Tirmidhi (No. 1154).

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An-Nawawi — Sharh Sahih Muslim

قَوْله صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : ( لَوْلَا حَدَاثَة عَهْد قَوْمك بِالْكُفْرِ لَنَقَضْت الْكَعْبَة وَلَجَعَلْتهَا عَلَى أَسَاس إِبْرَاهِيم فَإِنَّ قُرَيْشًا حِين بَنَتْ الْبَيْت اِسْتَقْصَرَتْ وَلَجَعَلْتُ لَهَا خَلْفًا ) وَفِي الرِّوَايَة الْأُخْرَى اِقْتَصَرُوا عَلَى قَوَاعِد إِبْرَاهِيم , وَفِي الْأُخْرَى ( فَإِنَّ قُرَيْشًا اِقْتَصَرَتْهَا ) وَفِي الْأُخْرَى ( اسْتَقْصَرُوا مِنْ بُنْيَان الْبَيْت ) وَفِي الْأُخْرَى ( قَصَّرُوا فِي الْبِنَاء ) وَفِي الْأُخْرَى ( قَصُرَتْ بِهِمْ النَّفَقَة ). قَالَ الْعُلَمَاء : هَذِهِ الرِّوَايَات كُلّهَا بِمَعْنًى وَاحِد , وَمَعْنَى اِسْتَقْصَرَتْ : قَصَّرَتْ عَنْ تَمَام بِنَائِهَا , وَاقْتَصَرَتْ عَلَى هَذَا الْقَدْر لِقُصُورِ النَّفَقَة بِهِمْ…

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Authentic Sahih Muslim 1504e

Her (Barira's) husband was a slave, so Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) gave her the option (either to retain her matrimonial relation with her husband or sever it off). She opted to break off (and secure freedom for her even from the matrimonial alliance). And if he were free he would not have given her the…

وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَأَبُو كُرَيْبٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، وَإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ…

Authentic Mishkat al-Masabih 3198

'Urwa told on' A’isha’s authority that God’s Messenger said to her concerning Barira, “Take her and set her free.” Now her husband was a slave, so God’s Messenger gave her her choice and she chose to separate from him; but if he had been free he would not have given her her choice. (Bukhari and…

عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ: أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ لَهَا فِي بَرِيرَةَ: «خُذِيهَا فَأَعْتِقِيهَا» . وَكَانَ زَوْجُهَا عَبْدًا فَخَيَّرَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ…

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(the wife of the Prophet) that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to her, "Do you know that when your people (Quraish) rebuilt the Ka`ba, they decreased it from its original foundation laid by Abraham?" I said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Why don't you rebuild it on its original foundation laid by Abraham?"…

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"‏ لَوْلاَ أَنَّ قَوْمِي - وَفِي حَدِيثِ مُحَمَّدٍ قَوْمَكِ - حَدِيثُ عَهْدِ بِجَاهِلِيَّةٍ لَهَدَمْتُ الْكَعْبَةَ وَجَعَلْتُ لَهَا بَابَيْنِ ‏"

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I asked the Prophet (ﷺ) whether the round wall (near Ka`ba) was part of the Ka`ba. The Prophet (ﷺ) replied in the affirmative. I further said, "What is wrong with them, why have they not included it in the building of the Ka`ba?" He said, "Don't you see that your people (Quraish) ran short of money…

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`Aisha said that the Prophet (ﷺ) said to her, "O Aisha! Were your nation not close to the Pre-Islamic Period of Ignorance, I would have had the Ka`ba demolished and would have included in it the portion which had been left, and would have made it at a level with the ground and would have made two…

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Authentic Sahih Muslim 1333i

May Allah ruin Ibn Zubair that he lies in attributing to the Mother of the Faithful, as he says: I heard her stating that Allah's Messenger (may'peace be upon him) had said: 'A'isha, if your people had not been new converts to Islam, I would have demolished the House and would have added (in it…

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