Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (4/580)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

him and grant him peace—said:

“Were it not that the people had only recently left disbelief (1), and that I do not have sufficient funds (2) to rebuild it, I would have incorporated five cubits of the Hijr into it and given it two doors (3): one through which people would enter and another through which they would leave.”’

He then said, ‘Today I have the means to spend, and I do not fear the people.’

He said that Ibn al-Zubayr then incorporated five cubits of the Hijr into it, exposing a foundation (4) which the people inspected (5). He built the structure upon it. The Kaaba had been eighteen (6) cubits high, but after enlarging it, he considered it too low, so he increased its height by ten cubits. He gave it (7) two doors: one through which people entered and another through which they exited (8).

After Ibn al-Zubayr was killed, al-Hajjāj wrote to Abd al-Malik [ibn Marwān] (9) concerning this. He informed him that Ibn al-Zubayr had erected the structure upon a foundation which trustworthy men of Mecca had inspected. Abd al-Malik wrote back:

“We have no desire to disparage Ibn al-Zubayr. As for the height he added, leave it as it is. As for the portion of the Hijr that he incorporated, restore it to its former structure, and seal the door

(1) MS W and Muslim read: “the people, because they had only recently been in disbelief.” MSS N, R, and H read: “your people had only recently been in disbelief.” MSS S and B read: “having only recently been in disbelief.” MS M reads: “having only recently experienced disbelief.” MS A reads: “their experience of their disbelief was recent.” (2) Muslim reads: “what would suffice.” (3) “Two doors” does not occur in Muslim. (4) MS W and Muslim read: “until he exposed a foundation.” The other manuscripts read: “until a foundation became visible.” (5) MSS N and M read: “the people inspected it”; Muslim reads: “the people looked at it.” (6) MSS N, M, S, B, R, H, and A read: “eighteen.” (7) Muslim reads *lahu* (“for it,” using the masculine pronoun). (8) MSS A and B read: “a door through which entry is made and a door through which exit is made.” MS M reads: “one through which people enter and the other through which exit is made.” (9) “Ibn Marwān” does not occur in MSS M, A, and B.

اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - قَالَ: " «لَوْلَا أَنَّ النَّاسَ حَدِيثٌ عَهْدُهُمْ بِكُفْرٍ (١) وَلَيْسَ عِنْدِي مِنَ النَّفَقَةِ مَا يُقَوِّينِي (٢) عَلَى بِنَائِهِ، لَكُنْتُ أَدْخَلْتُ فِيهِ مِنَ الْحِجْرِ خَمْسَ أَذْرُعٍ، وَلَجَعَلْتُ لَهَا بَابَيْنِ (٣) بَابًا يَدْخُلُ النَّاسُ مِنْهُ، وَبَابًا يَخْرُجُونَ مِنْهُ» " . قَالَ: فَأَنَا الْيَوْمَ أَجِدُ مَا أُنْفِقُ وَلَسْتُ أَخَافُ النَّاسَ. قَالَ: فَزَادَ فِيهِ خَمْسَ أَذْرُعٍ مِنَ الْحِجْرِ، حَتَّى أَبْدَى أُسًّا (٤) نَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ النَّاسُ (٥) . فَبَنَى عَلَيْهِ الْبِنَاءَ وَكَانَ طُولُ الْكَعْبَةِ ثَمَانِيَ (٦) عَشْرَةَ ذِرَاعًا، فَلَمَّا زَادَ فِيهِ اسْتَقْصَرَهُ، فَزَادَ فِي طُولِهِ عَشَرَةَ أَذْرُعٍ وَجَعَلَ لَهَا (٧) بَابَيْنِ: أَحَدُهُمَا يُدْخَلُ مِنْهُ وَالْآخَرُ يُخْرَجُ (٨) . مِنْهُ فَلَمَّا قُتِلَ ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ كَتَبَ الْحَجَّاجُ إِلَى عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ [بْنِ مَرْوَانَ] (٩) بِذَلِكَ، وَيُخْبِرُهُ أَنَّ ابْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ قَدْ وَضَعَ الْبِنَاءَ عَلَى أُسٍّ نَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ الْعُدُولُ مِنْ أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ. فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ: إِنَّا لَسْنَا مِنْ تَلْطِيخِ ابْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ فِي شَيْءٍ. أَمَّا مَا زَادَ فِي طُولِهِ فَأَقِرَّهُ، وَأَمَّا مَا زَادَ فِيهِ مِنَ الْحِجْرِ فَرُدَّهُ إِلَى بِنَائِهِ، وَسُدَّ الْبَابَ

(١) النَّاسَ بِحَدِيثِ عَهْدِهِمْ بِكُفْرٍ: كَذَا فِي (و) ، مُسْلِمٌ. وَفِي (ن) ، (ر) . (هـ) : قَوْمَكِ حَدِيثٌ عَهْدُهُمْ بِكُفْرٍ. وَفِي (ص) ، (ب) : حَدِيثُو عَهْدٍ بِكُفْرٍ. وَفِي (م) : حَدِيثُو عَهْدِهِمْ بِكُفْرٍ. وَفِي (أ) : حَدِيثٌ عَهْدُهُمْ بِكُفْرِهِمْ. (٢) مُسْلِمٌ: مَا يُقَوِّي. (٣) بَابَيْنِ: لَيْسَتْ فِي مُسْلِمٍ. (٤) حَتَّى أَبْدَى أُسًّا: كَذَا فِي (و) ، وَمُسْلِمٍ. وَفِي سَائِرِ النُّسَخِ: حَتَّى بَدَا أَسَاسٌ. (٥) ن، م: نَظَرَ فِيهِ النَّاسُ ; مُسْلِمٌ: نَظَرَ النَّاسُ إِلَيْهِ. (٦) ن، م، ص، ب، ر، هـ، أ: ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ. (٧) مُسْلِمٌ: لَهُ. (٨) أ، ب: بَابٌ يُدْخَلُ مِنْهُ وَبَابٌ يُخْرَجُ مِنْهُ ; م ; أَحَدُهُمَا يَدْخُلُ النَّاسُ مِنْهُ وَالْآخَرُ يُخْرَجُ مِنْهُ. (٩) بْنِ مَرْوَانَ: لَيْسَتْ فِي (م) ، (أ) ، (ب) .