He then killed in the alleyways of Mecca and in its surroundings nearly thirty thousand people, took women and children captive, and remained in the Sanctuary for six days. He set the sword loose on the seventh of Dhu al-Hijjah, so no one performed the standing at ʿArafah (1) that year (2). To Allah belongs the decree.

He killed the governor of Mecca, Ibn Muhārib, stripped the House of its covering, removed its door, and returned to the lands of Hajar (3).

It is also said that a drunken Qarmati entered on horseback; when the horse neighed for him, he urinated beside the House, struck the Stone with a mace, cracked it, and then tore it out. They remained in Mecca for eleven days.

The Black Stone stayed with them for a little over twenty years (4).

It is reported that forty camels died beneath its weight on the way to Hajar, yet when it was brought back it was carried on a feeble young camel (5) which then grew fat.

Bujkum the Turk (6) offered them fifty thousand dinars for it, but they refused, saying, “We took it by a command, and we will not return it except by a command” (7).

It is further related that the man who uprooted it shouted, “You donkeys! You are the ones who say, ‘Whoever enters it shall be…’”