Awfā: ‘Did the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—enter the Kaaba during his ‘umrah?’ He replied, ‘No.’”
‘Ā’ishah (1) said: “The Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—left me content and cheerful, then returned to me saddened at heart. I said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, you left me in such and such a state.’ He said, ‘I entered the Kaaba, and I wish I had not done so. I fear that I may have burdened my community after me.’” Nothing in this report states that this occurred during (2) his Hajj. Rather, if you reflect on it carefully, you will see that it occurred during the campaign for the conquest of Mecca. Allah knows best.
‘Ā’ishah asked him to let her enter the Kaaba, so he instructed her to pray two units of prayer in the Hijr enclosure (3).
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As for the second issue—his standing at al-Multazam—what is reported is that he did so on the day of the conquest. In Sunan Abī Dāwūd (4), ‘Abd al-Rahmān ibn Safwān (5) reports: “When the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—conquered Mecca, I set out and saw that the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—had come out of the Kaaba