Sahih Muslim Hadith 3245 – Demolishing The Lsi (S

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[3245] 402- ( … ) It was narrated that 'Atâ' said: "When the Ka'bah was burned during the time of YazId bin Mu'âwiyah, while it was raided by the people of Ash-Shim, and what happened, Ibn Az-Zubair left it until the people came for Hajj, seeking to exhort them – or incite them – to fight the people of Ash- Sham. When the people arrived, he said: '0 people, advise me with regard to the Ka'bah. Should I demolish it and then rebuild it, or should I repair the damage that has been done to it?' Ibn 'Abbâs said: 'An idea has occurred to me concerning it. I think that you should repair the damage that has been done to it and leave it in the state it was when the people embraced Islam and the Prophet was sent.' Ibn Az-Zubair said: 'If the house of one of you was burned, would he be happy unless he rebuilt it? Then what about the House of your Lord? I will pray for guidance to my Lord (Istiârah) three times, then I will make up my mind." "When he had prayed Isti/ç/járah three times, he made up his mind to demolish it. The people were afraid that some punishment would come down from heaven upon the first one to climb up onto it (to start the demolition), until one man climbed up and threw down one stone. When the people saw that nothing happened to him, they followed suit and demolished it until it was razed to the ground. Then Ibn Az-Zubair set up pillars and hung curtains around them, until the construction was completed." "Ibn Az-Zubair said: 'I heard 'Aiah say: "The Prophet said: 'Were it not that your people have only recently left disbelief behind, and that I do not have the means to rebuild it, I would have incorporated five cubits of the Hijr into it, and I would have given it a door through which the people could enter, and a door through which they could exit." "He said: 'Today I have the means, and I do not fear the people.' So he added five cubits of the I:Iijr to it, and he excavated the (original) foundations of (the IIijr) and the people looked at them, and he built on top of them." The length of the Ka'bah was eighteen cubits, and he added ten cubits to its length, and he gave it two doors; one for entering, and one for exiting. When Ibn Az- Zubair was killed, Al-Ijajjâj wrote to 'Abdul-Malik bin Marwân telling him of that, and telling him that Ibn Az-Zubair had built it on foundations that had been seen by witnesses of good character among the people of Makkah. 'Abdul-Malik wrote to him saying: 'We do not approve of what Ibn Az-Zubair did. As for what he added to its length, leave it as it is, and as for what he added to it of the Uijr, put it back as it was, and block up the door that he opened.' So he demolished it and rebuilt it."