Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (4/581)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

that he had opened.” Al-Hajjāj then demolished it and restored the Kaaba to its former structure.

Abdullāh ibn Ubayd reported (1): Al-Hārith ibn Abdullāh came to Abd al-Malik ibn Marwān during his caliphate. Abd al-Malik said, “I do not think that Abū Khubayb—meaning Ibn al-Zubayr—heard from Āisha—may Allah be pleased with her (2)—what he claimed (3) to have heard from her.”

Al-Hārith replied, “Indeed, I heard it from her.”

He asked, “What did you hear her say?”

She replied (4), “The Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said:

‘Your people reduced the dimensions of the House when they rebuilt it. Had they not so recently left polytheism, I would have restored (5) the portion they omitted. If, after I am gone, your people decide to rebuild it, come, and I will show you the part they left out.’

He then showed her a section measuring nearly seven cubits.”

This is Abdullāh ibn Ubayd’s version of the hadith.

In al-Walīd ibn Atā’s narration from al-Hārith of this hadith (6), the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said:

“I would also have given it two doors set at ground level (7), one on the east and one on the west. Do you know why your people raised its door?”

[She said:] (8) “I replied, ‘No.’

He said, ‘They did so to assert their power, so that (9) only those they wished could enter it. Whenever a man wanted to enter, they would let him climb up; then, just as he was about to enter it (10), they would push him, and he would fall.’”

Abd al-Malik said

(1) This is found in Muslim, 2:971–72. (2) “May Allah be pleased with her” does not occur in Muslim. (3) Muslim reads: “claims.” (4) Muslim reads: “He said: She said.” (5) MS B alone reads: “I would certainly have restored.” (6) Muslim reads: “Al-Walīd ibn Atā added to it.” (7) Muslim reads: “at ground level”; MSS N and M read: “in this doorway.” (8) “She said” is absent from MSS N, M, and B. (9) All manuscripts read *ta‘azzuran lā*; the text has been corrected on the basis of Muslim, 2:972. (10) Muslim reads: “to enter.”

الَّذِي فَتَحَهُ. فَنَقَضَهُ وَأَعَادَهُ إِلَى بِنَائِهِ ". وَعَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ قَالَ (١) : وَفَدَ الْحَارِثُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَى عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ مَرْوَانَ فِي خِلَافَتِهِ، فَقَالَ عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ: مَا أَظُنُّ أَبَا خُبَيْبٍ - يَعْنِي ابْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ - سَمِعَ مِنْ عَائِشَةَ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا (٢) - مَا كَانَ زَعَمَ (٣) أَنَّهُ سَمِعَهُ مِنْهَا. قَالَ الْحَارِثُ: بَلَى أَنَا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْهَا، قَالَ: سَمِعْتَهَا تَقُولُ مَاذَا؟ قَالَتْ (٤) : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -: " «إِنَّ قَوْمَكِ اسْتَقْصَرُوا مِنْ بُنْيَانِ الْبَيْتِ، وَلَوْلَا حَدَاثَةُ عَهْدِهِمْ بِالشِّرْكِ أَعَدْتُ (٥) مَا تَرَكُوا مِنْهُ، فَإِنْ بَدَا لِقَوْمِكِ مِنْ بَعْدِي أَنْ يَبْنُوهُ فَهَلُمِّي لِأُرِيَكِ مَا تَرَكُوا مِنْهُ " فَأَرَاهَا قَرِيبًا مِنْ سَبْعَةِ أَذْرُعٍ» ، هَذَا حَدِيثُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ. وَعَنِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ عَطَاءٍ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ (٦) : قَالَ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -: " «وَلَجَعَلْتُ لَهَا بَابَيْنِ مَوْضُوعَيْنِ بِالْأَرْضِ (٧) : شَرْقِيًّا وَغَرْبِيًّا. وَهَلْ تَدْرِينَ لِمَ كَانَ قَوْمُكِ رَفَعُوا بَابَهَا؟ [قَالَتْ:] (٨) " قُلْتُ: لَا. قَالَ: " تَعَزُّزًا أَلَّا (٩) يَدْخُلَهَا إِلَّا مَنْ أَرَادُوا، فَكَانَ الرَّجُلُ إِذَا هُوَ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَدْخُلَهَا يَدَعُونَهُ يَرْتَقِي، حَتَّى إِذَا كَادَ أَنْ يَدْخُلَهَا (١٠) دَفَعُوهُ فَسَقَطَ» ". قَالَ عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ

(١) فِي: مُسْلِمٍ ٢/٩٧١ ٩٧٢. (٢) رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا: لَيْسَتْ فِي (مُسْلِمٍ) . (٣) مُسْلِمٌ: يَزْعُمُ. (٤) مُسْلِمٌ: قَالَ: قَالَتْ. (٥) ب (فَقَطْ) : لَأَعَدْتُ. (٦) مُسْلِمٌ: وَزَادَ عَلَيْهِ الْوَلِيدَ بْنَ عَطَاءٍ. (٧) مُسْلِمٌ: فِي الْأَرْضِ، ن م: فِي هَذَا الْبَابِ. (٨) قَالَتْ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) ، (ب) . (٩) فِي جَمِيعِ النُّسَخِ: تَعَزُّرًا لَا، وَالتَّصْوِيبُ مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ ٢/٩٧٢. (١٠) مُسْلِمٌ: أَنْ يَدْخُلَ.