15/69. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 1333c — Kaaba and Hijr Foundations
Demolishing the Ka'bah and rebuilding it
Kaaba and Hijr Foundations Hadith Explained
Sahih Muslim : 1333c
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 1333c
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى، قَالَ قَرَأْتُ عَلَى مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ، اللَّهِ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ، أَخْبَرَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " أَلَمْ تَرَىْ أَنَّ قَوْمَكِ حِينَ بَنَوُا الْكَعْبَةَ اقْتَصَرُوا عَنْ قَوَاعِدِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ " . قَالَتْ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَفَلاَ تَرُدُّهَا عَلَى قَوَاعِدِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ . فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لَوْلاَ حِدْثَانُ قَوْمِكِ بِالْكُفْرِ لَفَعَلْتُ " . فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ لَئِنْ كَانَتْ عَائِشَةُ سَمِعَتْ هَذَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم مَا أُرَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم تَرَكَ اسْتِلاَمَ الرُّكْنَيْنِ اللَّذَيْنِ يَلِيَانِ الْحِجْرَ إِلاَّ أَنَّ الْبَيْتَ لَمْ يُتَمَّمْ عَلَى قَوَاعِدِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ .
A'isha Narrated from:
Didn't you see that when your people built the Ka'ba, they reduced (its area with the result that it no longer remains) on the foundations (laid) by Ibrahim. I said: Messenger of Allah, why don't you rebuild it on the foundations (laid by) Ibrahim? Thereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: Had your people not been new converts to Islam, I would have done that.'Abdullah b. 'Umar (Allah be pleased with them) said: If 'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) had heard it from Allah's Messenger (may peace be up (vn him), I would not have seen Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) abandoning the touching of the two corners situated near al-Hijr, but (for the fact) that it was not completed on the foundations (laid) by Ibrihim.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1333cIn-book reference : Book 15, Hadith 446USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 7, Hadith 3080
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 1333c
This narration explains why the Kaaba did not remain fully on the foundations laid by Ibrahim. Aisha reported that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said her people reduced the Kaaba when they built it. When she asked why he did not return it to Ibrahim’s foundations, he said that if her people were not new converts to Islam, he would have done it. The narration then includes Ibn Umar’s comment: if Aisha heard this from the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم, he believed the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم left touching the two corners near al-Hijr because the House had not been completed on Ibrahim’s foundations. The core topic is Kaaba and Hijr foundations, with a clear link between the building and the corners near Hijr.
What we learn from this hadith
- Quraysh had reduced the Kaaba from Ibrahim’s foundations according to this report.
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم did not rebuild it then because the people were new converts.
- Ibn Umar connected the report to the corners near al-Hijr.
