(1) Hadith no. 1329 (394) in the Book of Hajj, chapter: The recommendation that both pilgrims and non-pilgrims enter the Kaaba. (2) See: Ibn Saʿd, al-Tabaqat, 2/136-137; al-Tabarani, al-Muʿjam, no. 8395; al-Musannaf, no. 9073; Ibn Hisham, al-Sira, 2/412; al-Tabari, Tafsir, 8/491; al-Haythami, Majmaʿ al-Zawaʾid, 6/177; Ibn Kathir, 1/515-516; Qastallani, Sharh al-Mawahib, 2/340-341; al-Suyuti, Lubab al-Nuqul, p. 71. Al-Bukhari records in his Sahih, 8/15, on the authority of Ibn ʿUmar that on the day of the Conquest the Messenger of Allah ﷺ approached Mecca from its upper side on his mount, with Usama b. Zayd riding behind him; Bilal was with him, as was ʿUthman b. Talha of the Kaaba custodians. When he dismounted in the mosque he ordered ʿUthman to bring the key of the House… Ibn Ishaq narrates, as cited in the Sira, 2/411: Muhammad b. Jaʿfar b. al-Zubayr told me, from ʿUbayd Allah b. ʿAbd Allah b. Abi Thawr, from Safiya bt. Shayba, that when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ arrived in Mecca and the people had settled, he went to the House and circumambulated it seven times on his mount, touching the Corner with the staff in his hand. When his tawaf was finished, he called ʿUthman b. Talha, took the key of the Kaaba from him, entered, found inside a wooden dove, broke it with his own hand and discarded it, then stood at the door of the Kaaba while the people filled the mosque. Ibn Hajar judges the report sound in Fath al-Bari, 8/15. (3) Reported by Ahmad, 4/68 and 5/380; Abu Dawud, no. 2030; Humaydi, no. 565; and al-Tabarani, no. 8396, through Sufyan, from Mansur, from his maternal uncle Masafiʿ, from Safiya bt. Shayba: “A woman from Banu Sulaym told me …” All the transmitters are trustworthy. Al-Tabarani adds: Sufyan said, “The ram’s two horns remained in the House until the Kaaba caught fire, and they were burned with it.”