94/9. Chapter:
Sahih Bukhari 7243 — The Wall of the Kaaba
What uses of Al-Lau are allowed
وَقَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: {لَوْ أَنَّ لِي بِكُمْ قُوَّةً} .
Kaaba Wall Hadith: Wisdom in Avoiding Harmful Rejection
Sahih Bukhari : 7243
Sahih BukhariHadith Number 7243
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَشْعَثُ، عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ سَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنِ الْجَدْرِ أَمِنَ الْبَيْتِ هُوَ قَالَ " نَعَمْ ". قُلْتُ فَمَا لَهُمْ لَمْ يُدْخِلُوهُ فِي الْبَيْتِ قَالَ " إِنَّ قَوْمَكِ قَصَّرَتْ بِهِمُ النَّفَقَةُ ". قُلْتُ فَمَا شَأْنُ بَابِهِ مُرْتَفِعًا قَالَ " فَعَلَ ذَاكِ قَوْمُكِ، لِيُدْخِلُوا مَنْ شَاءُوا، وَيَمْنَعُوا مَنْ شَاءُوا، لَوْلاَ أَنَّ قَوْمَكِ حَدِيثٌ عَهْدُهُمْ بِالْجَاهِلِيَّةِ، فَأَخَافُ أَنْ تُنْكِرَ قُلُوبُهُمْ أَنْ أُدْخِلَ الْجَدْرَ فِي الْبَيْتِ، وَأَنْ أُلْصِقَ بَابَهُ فِي الأَرْضِ ".
A'isha Narrated from:
I asked the Prophet (ﷺ) about the wall (outside the Ka`ba). "Is it regarded as part of the Ka`ba?" He replied, "Yes." I said, "Then why didn't the people include it in the Ka`ba?" He said, "(Because) your people ran short of money." I asked, "Then why is its gate so high?" He replied, ''Your people did so in order to admit to it whom they would and forbid whom they would. Were your people not still close to the period of ignorance, and were I not afraid that their hearts might deny my action, then surely I would include the wall in the Ka`ba and make its gate touch the ground."
Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 7243In-book reference : Book 94, Hadith 18USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 9, Book 90, Hadith 349
Summary of Sahih Bukhari Hadith 7243
This hadith is often searched as Kaaba wall hadith or Hijr Ismail part of Kaaba hadith. Aisha asked the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم whether the wall outside the Kaaba was part of the House, and he said yes. She asked why it was not included inside the Kaaba, and he said her people had run short of money. She also asked why the gate was high, and he said they did that to allow whom they wished and stop whom they wished. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم then said that if her people were not still close to the period of ignorance, and if he did not fear their hearts would reject it, he would include the wall in the Kaaba and make its gate touch the ground. The hadith shows knowledge, care, and restraint.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم explained that the wall outside the Kaaba was part of it.
- He mentioned lack of money as the reason it had not been included.
- He avoided a change because some hearts might reject it.
- The hadith shows wisdom in choosing when not to act, even when a change has a reason.
