Sahih Muslim Book - 15, Hadith - 3240

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ قَالَ لِى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- « لَوْلاَ حَدَاثَةُ عَهْدِ قَوْمِكِ بِالْكُفْرِ لَنَقَضْتُ الْكَعْبَةَ وَلَجَعَلْتُهَا عَلَى أَسَاسِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ فَإِنَّ قُرَيْشًا حِينَ بَنَتِ الْبَيْتَ اسْتَقْصَرَتْ وَلَجَعَلْتُ لَهَا خَلْفًا ».

It was narrated that ‘Aishah said: “The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said to me: ‘Were it not that your people have only recently left disbelief behind, I would have demolished the Ka‘bah and rebuilt it on the foundations of Ibrahim. For when the Quraish rebuilt the House, they reduced its size. And I would have given it a rear door.”’