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to al-Hārith, “Did you hear her say this?”

He replied, “Yes.” Abd al-Malik then tapped (1) the ground with his staff for a while and said, “I wish I had left him with the burden he had assumed.”

Al-Bukhārī (2) also related from Yazīd ibn Rūmān, who said: “I witnessed (3) Ibn al-Zubayr when he demolished the Kaaba and rebuilt it, incorporating into it a portion of the Hijr. I saw that Abraham’s foundations were [stones] (4) resembling camels’ humps.” He then mentioned that the added portion measured six cubits or thereabouts.

I say: Ibn Abbās and another group held that the Kaaba should be retained in the form it had during the time of the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—for the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—had allowed it to remain that way. Then, when Ibn al-Zubayr was killed, Abd al-Malik decided that it should be restored [as it had been] (5), because he believed that Ibn al-Zubayr had no basis for what he had done. When the hadith reached him, however, he wished that he had left it as Ibn al-Zubayr had built it.

During the caliphate of al-Rashīd—may Allah have mercy on him—he consulted Mālik ibn Anas about rebuilding it as Ibn al-Zubayr had done, but Mālik ibn Anas (6) advised him not to do so. It is also reported that al-Shāfiī considered Ibn al-Zubayr’s course of action preferable.

All the rulers and scholars who held either of these two views honored and revered the Kaaba. Their sole aim (7) was to pursue what they regarded as most beloved to Allah and His Messenger, and best in the sight of Allah

(1) Muslim reads: “He said: Then he tapped.” (2) Al-Bukhārī, 2:147 (Book of Hajj, chapter “The Virtue of Mecca and Its Construction”). (3) Al-Bukhārī reads: “Yazīd ibn Rūmān narrated to us, from Urwa, from Āisha—may Allah be pleased with her—… Yazīd said: ‘And I witnessed.’” (4) “Stones” is absent from all manuscripts; I have supplied it from al-Bukhārī. (5) “As it had been” is absent from MSS N, M, and W. (6) “Mālik ibn Anas” is absent from MSS A and B. (7) MSS N and M read: “believe.”

لِلْحَارِثِ: أَنْتَ سَمِعْتَهَا تَقُولُ هَذَا؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ. فَنَكَتَ (١) سَاعَةً بِعَصَاهُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: وَدِدْتُ أَنِّي تَرَكْتُهُ وَمَا تَحَمَّلَ ". وَذَكَرَ الْبُخَارِيُّ (٢) عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ رُومَانَ: قَالَ: شَهِدْتُ (٣) ابْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ حِينَ هَدَمَهُ وَبَنَاهُ وَأَدْخَلَ فِيهِ مِنَ الْحِجْرِ، وَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ أَسَاسَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ [حِجَارَةً] (٤) كَأَسْنِمَةِ الْإِبِلِ " فَذَكَرَ الزِّيَادَةَ سِتَّةَ أَذْرُعٍ أَوْ نَحْوَهَا. قُلْتُ: وَابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ وَطَائِفَةٌ أُخْرَى رَأَوْا إِقْرَارَهَا عَلَى الصِّفَةِ الَّتِي كَانَتْ عَلَيْهَا زَمَنَ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - ; فَإِنَّ النَّبِيَّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - أَقَرَّهَا كَذَلِكَ. ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ لَمَّا قُتِلَ ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ رَأَى عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ أَنْ تُعَادَ [كَمَا كَانَتْ] (٥) لِاعْتِقَادِهِ أَنَّ مَا فَعَلَهُ ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ لَا مُسْتَنَدَ لَهُ فِيهِ، وَلَمَّا بَلَغَهُ الْحَدِيثُ وَدَّ أَنَّهُ تَرَكَهُ، فَلَمَّا كَانَتْ خِلَافَةُ الرَّشِيدِ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ، شَاوَرَ مَالِكَ بْنَ أَنَسٍ فِي أَنْ يَفْعَلَ كَمَا فَعَلَ ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ، فَأَشَارَ عَلَيْهِ مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ (٦) أَنْ لَا يَفْعَلَ ذَلِكَ، وَقِيلَ عَنِ الشَّافِعِيِّ: إِنَّهُ رَجَّحَ فِعْلَ ابْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ. وَكُلٌّ مِنَ الْأُمَرَاءِ وَالْعُلَمَاءِ الَّذِينَ رَأَوْا هَذَا وَهَذَا مُعَظِّمُونَ لِلْكَعْبَةِ مُشَرِّفُونَ لَهَا، إِنَّمَا يَقْصِدُونَ (٧) مَا يَرَوْنَهُ أَحَبَّ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ، وَأَفْضَلَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ

(١) مُسْلِمٌ: قَالَ: فَنَكَتَ. . (٢) الْبُخَارِيُّ ٢/١٤٧ (كِتَابُ الْحَجِّ، بَابُ فَضْلِ مَكَّةَ وَبُنْيَانِهَا) . (٣) الْبُخَارِيُّ: حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ رُومَانَ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا -. . . . . . . قَالَ يَزِيدُ: وَشَهِدْتُ. (٤) حِجَارَةً: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ جَمِيعِ النُّسَخِ، وَأَثْبَتُّهَا مِنَ (الْبُخَارِيِّ) . (٥) كَمَا كَانَتْ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) ، (و) . (٦) مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (أ) ، (ب) . (٧) ن، م: يَعْتَقِدُونَ.