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Sahih al-Bukhari 1586 (Book 25, Hadith 72) #1523
Rebuilding the Ka'ba

SUMMARY: The Prophet (ﷺ) wanted to demolish and rebuild the Ka'ba, but due to his nation's proximity to the Pre-Islamic Period of Ignorance, he was unable to do so. Ibn-Az-Zubair later demolished and rebuilt the Ka'ba, including a portion of Al-Hijr.

Narrated Yazid bin Ruman from 'Urwa: 'Aisha said that the Prophet 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 doors for it, one towards the east and the other towards the west, and then by doing this it would have been built on the foundations laid by Abraham". That was what urged Ibn-Az-Zubair to demolish the Ka'ba. Jazz said, "I saw Ibn-Az-Zubair when he demolished and rebuilt the Ka'ba and included in it a portion of Al-Hijr (the unroofed portion of Ka'ba which is at present in the form of a compound towards the northwest of the Ka'ba). I saw the original foundations of Abraham which were of stones resembling the humps of camels". So Jarir asked Yazid, "Where was the place of those stones?" Jazz said, "I will just now show it to you". So Jarir accompanied Yazid and entered Al-Hijr, and Jazz pointed to a place and said, "Here it is". Jarir said, "It appeared to me about six cubits from Al-Hijr or so".
حَدَّثَنَا بَيَانُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرُ بْنُ حَازِمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ رُومَانَ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ 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، فَبَلَغْتُ بِهِ أَسَاسَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ‏"‏‏.‏ فَذَلِكَ الَّذِي حَمَلَ ابْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ عَلَى هَدْمِهِ‏.‏ قَالَ يَزِيدُ وَشَهِدْتُ ابْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ حِينَ هَدَمَهُ وَبَنَاهُ وَأَدْخَلَ فِيهِ مِنَ الْحِجْرِ، وَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ أَسَاسَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حِجَارَةً كَأَسْنِمَةِ الإِبِلِ‏.‏ قَالَ جَرِيرٌ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ أَيْنَ مَوْضِعُهُ قَالَ أُرِيكَهُ الآنَ‏.‏ فَدَخَلْتُ مَعَهُ الْحِجْرَ فَأَشَارَ إِلَى مَكَانٍ فَقَالَ هَا هُنَا‏.‏ قَالَ جَرِيرٌ فَحَزَرْتُ مِنَ الْحِجْرِ سِتَّةَ أَذْرُعٍ أَوْ نَحْوَهَا‏.‏

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EXPLANATIONS:
The hadith speaks about how Prophet Muhammad ﷺ wanted to demolish and rebuild the Ka’bah in order for it to be built on Abraham’s original foundations. He was unable to do so due to his nation's proximity with pre Islamic period of ignorance. Later on, Ibn Az Zubair demolished and rebuilt it by including a portion of Al Hijr in it. This hadith teaches us that we should always strive for improvement even if we are not able to achieve our goals right away as someone else might be able accomplish them after us. It also shows us that we should respect our ancestors’ legacy as Ibn Az Zubair included a portion of Al Hijr which was part of Abraham’s original foundations when rebuilding the Ka’bah.

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