Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (4/579)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

the House burned during the reign of Yazīd ibn Muāwiya, when the people of Syria attacked it (1). After events had taken their course, Ibn al-Zubayr left it as it was until the people arrived for the Hajj season, intending to embolden them (2) against the people of Syria. When the people departed, he said:

‘O people, advise me concerning the Kaaba: should I demolish it and then rebuild (3) it (4), or should I repair what has been damaged?’

Ibn Abbas—may Allah be pleased with them both—said: ‘I have formed an opinion (5) concerning it. I think you should repair what has been damaged of it (6), while leaving the House (7) as it stood when the people embraced Islam, and leaving the stones as they were when the people embraced Islam and when the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—was sent.’

Ibn al-Zubayr replied:

‘If the house of any one of you were burned, he would not be satisfied until he had rebuilt it anew (8). What, then, of the House (9) of your Lord? I shall seek my Lord’s guidance for three days, and then resolve upon my course.’

When the three days had passed (10), he firmly resolved to demolish it. The people kept away from it, fearing that some calamity from heaven might befall the first person to climb onto it. Eventually, a man climbed onto it and cast down some stones. When the people saw that nothing had befallen him, they followed one after another and demolished it until they reached ground level. Ibn al-Zubayr then erected pillars and draped curtains over them until its structure had risen.

Ibn al-Zubayr said:

‘I heard (11) Aisha—may Allah be pleased with her—say that the Prophet—may Allah bless

(1) Muslim reads: “attacked it.” (2) MS N reads: “to inflame their anger.” This is also a variant in Muslim, where it is placed in parentheses. (3) MSS S, R, B, and H read: *uthanī* (“I repeat [its construction]”). (4) MSS N and M read: “its door.” (5) Muslim reads: “an opinion concerning it.” (6) MS B alone reads: “of it, what has been damaged.” (7) MS A reads: “its structure”; MS B reads: “a structure.” (8) MSS A, B, and S read: *yujaddiduhu* (“renews it”). *Yujidduhu* means “makes it new.” (9) MSS N, S, R, B, and W read: *bi-bayti* (“about the House”). (10) Muslim reads: *madā* (“passed”). (11) Muslim, 2/971, reads: “And Ibn al-Zubayr said: I heard.”

احْتَرَقَ الْبَيْتُ زَمَنَ يَزِيدَ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ حِينَ غَزَاهُ (١) أَهْلُ الشَّامِ، فَكَانَ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ مَا كَانَ، تَرَكَهُ ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ، حَتَّى قَدِمَ النَّاسُ الْمَوْسِمَ، يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُجَرِّئَهُمْ (٢) عَلَى أَهْلِ الشَّامِ، فَلَمَّا صَدَرَ النَّاسُ قَالَ: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ أَشِيرُوا عَلَيَّ فِي الْكَعْبَةِ: أَنْقُضُهَا ثُمَّ أَبْنِي (٣) بِنَاءَهَا (٤) أَمْ أُصْلِحُ مَا وَهَى مِنْهَا؟ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا -: فَإِنِّي قَدْ فُرِقَ لِي فِيهَا رَأْيٌ (٥) أَرَى أَنْ تُصْلِحَ مَا وَهَى مِنْهَا (٦) وَتَدَعَ بَيْتًا (٧) أَسْلَمَ النَّاسُ عَلَيْهِ، وَأَحْجَارًا أَسْلَمَ النَّاسُ عَلَيْهَا، وَبُعِثَ عَلَيْهَا النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -. فَقَالَ ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ: لَوْ كَانَ أَحَدُكُمُ احْتَرَقَ بَيْتُهُ مَا رَضِيَ حَتَّى يُجِدَّهُ (٨) . فَكَيْفَ بَيْتُ (٩) رَبِّكُمْ؟ إِنِّي مُسْتَخِيرٌ رَبِّي ثَلَاثًا، ثُمَّ عَازِمٌ عَلَى أَمْرِي. فَلَمَّا مَضَتْ (١٠) الثَّلَاثُ أَجْمَعَ أَمْرَهُ عَلَى أَنْ يَنْقُضَهَا، فَتَحَامَاهُ النَّاسُ أَنْ يَنْزِلَ بِأَوَّلِ النَّاسِ يَصْعَدُ فِيهِ أَمْرٌ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ حَتَّى صَعِدَهُ رَجُلٌ فَأَلْقَى مِنْهُ حِجَارَةً، فَلَمَّا لَمْ يَرَهُ النَّاسُ أَصَابَهُ شَيْءٌ تَتَابَعُوا، فَنَقَضُوهُ حَتَّى بَلَغُوا الْأَرْضَ، فَجَعَلَ ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ أَعْمِدَةً فَسَتَرَ عَلَيْهَا السُّتُورَ، حَتَّى ارْتَفَعَ بِنَاؤُهُ. قَالَ ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ: سَمِعْتُ (١١) عَائِشَةَ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا - تَقُولُ إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ - صَلَّى

(١) مُسْلِمٌ: غَزَاهَا. (٢) ن: يُحَرِّبَهُمْ، وَهَى رِوَايَةٌ فِي مُسْلِمٍ جَعَلَهَا بَيْنَ قَوْسَيْنِ. (٣) ص، ر، ب، هـ: أُثَنِي. (٤) ن، م: بَابَهَا. (٥) مُسْلِمٌ: رَأْيٌ فِيهَا. (٦) ب (فَقَطْ) مِنْهَا مَا وَهَى. (٧) أ: بِنَاهَا، ب: بِنَاءً. (٨) أ، ب، ص،: يُجَدِّدَهُ. وَيُجِدَّهُ: أَيْ يَجْعَلَهُ جَدِيدًا. (٩) ن، ص، ر، ب، و: بِبَيْتِ. (١٠) مُسْلِمٌ: مَضَى. (١١) مُسْلِمٌ ٢/٩٧١: وَقَالَ ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ: إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ.