Sahih Muslim Book - 15, Hadith - 3242

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ قَرَأْتُ عَلَى مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِى بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ أَخْبَرَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِىِّ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- قَالَ « أَلَمْ تَرَىْ أَنَّ قَوْمَكِ حِينَ بَنَوُا الْكَعْبَةَ اقْتَصَرُوا عَنْ قَوَاعِدِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ». قَالَتْ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَفَلاَ تَرُدُّهَا عَلَى قَوَاعِدِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- « لَوْلاَ حِدْثَانُ قَوْمِكِ بِالْكُفْرِ لَفَعَلْتُ ». فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ لَئِنْ كَانَتْ عَائِشَةُ سَمِعَتْ هَذَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- مَا أُرَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- تَرَكَ اسْتِلاَمَ الرُّكْنَيْنِ اللَّذَيْنِ يَلِيَانِ الْحِجْرَ إِلاَّ أَنَّ الْبَيْتَ لَمْ يُتَمَّمْ عَلَى قَوَاعِدِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ.

It was narrated from ‘Aishah, the wife of the Prophet that the Messenger of Allah (SAW) said: “Do you not see that when your people rebuilt the Ka‘bah, they made it smaller than the foundations of Ibrahim?” She said: “I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah (SAW), why don’t you restore it or the foundations of lbrahim?’ The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said: ‘Were it not that your people have only recently left disbelief behind, I would have done that.”’ ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar said: “If ‘Aishah heard this from the Messenger of Allah (SAW) I would not think that the Messenger of Allah (SAW) stopped touching the two corners that are next to the Hijr, except that the House was not completed on the foundations of Ibrahim.”