Sahih Muslim Book - 15, Hadith - 3246

حَدَّثَنِى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ وَالْوَلِيدَ بْنَ عَطَاءٍ يُحَدِّثَانِ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِى رَبِيعَةَ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ وَفَدَ الْحَارِثُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَى عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ مَرْوَانَ فِى خِلاَفَتِهِ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ مَا أَظُنُّ أَبَا خُبَيْبٍ - يَعْنِى ابْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ - سَمِعَ مِنْ عَائِشَةَ مَا كَانَ يَزْعُمُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَهُ مِنْهَا. قَالَ الْحَارِثُ بَلَى أَنَا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْهَا. قَالَ سَمِعْتَهَا تَقُولُ مَاذَا قَالَ قَالَتْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- « إِنَّ قَوْمَكِ اسْتَقْصَرُوا مِنْ بُنْيَانِ الْبَيْتِ وَلَوْلاَ حَدَاثَةُ عَهْدِهِمْ بِالشِّرْكِ أَعَدْتُ مَا تَرَكُوا مِنْهُ فَإِنْ بَدَا لِقَوْمِكِ مِنْ بَعْدِى أَنْ يَبْنُوهُ فَهَلُمِّى لأُرِيَكِ مَا تَرَكُوا مِنْهُ ». فَأَرَاهَا قَرِيبًا مِنْ سَبْعَةِ أَذْرُعٍ. هَذَا حَدِيثُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ وَزَادَ عَلَيْهِ الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ عَطَاءٍ قَالَ النَّبِىُّ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- « وَلَجَعَلْتُ لَهَا بَابَيْنِ مَوْضُوعَيْنِ فِى الأَرْضِ شَرْقِيًّا وَغَرْبِيًّا وَهَلْ تَدْرِينَ لِمَ كَانَ قَوْمُكِ رَفَعُوا بَابَهَا ». قَالَتْ قُلْتُ لاَ. قَالَ « تَعَزُّزًا أَنْ لاَ يَدْخُلَهَا إِلاَّ مَنْ أَرَادُوا فَكَانَ الرَّجُلُ إِذَا هُوَ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَدْخُلَهَا يَدْعُونَهُ يَرْتَقِى حَتَّى إِذَا كَادَ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ دَفَعُوهُ فَسَقَطَ ». قَالَ عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ لِلْحَارِثِ أَنْتَ سَمِعْتَهَا تَقُولُ هَذَا قَالَ نَعَمْ. قَالَ فَنَكَتَ سَاعَةً بِعَصَاهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ وَدِدْتُ أَنِّى تَرَكْتُهُ وَمَا تَحَمَّلَ.

‘Abdullah bin ‘Ubaid said: “Al-Harith bin ‘Abdullah came to ‘Abdul-Malik bin Marwan during his Khilafah and ‘Abdul-Malik said: ‘I do not think that Abu Khubaib’ - meaning Ibn Az-Zubair - ‘heard from ‘Aishah what he claimed to have heard from her.” Al-Harith said: ‘No, I heard it from her too.’ He said: ‘What did you hear her say?’ He said: ‘She said: “The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said: ‘Your people reduced its size when they rebuilt the House. Were it not that they have only recently left Shirk behind, I would have re-incorporated into it what they left out. If, after I am gone, your people decide to rebuild it, come with me so that I can show you what they left out of it.”’ And he showed her nearly seven cubits. This is the Hadith of ‘Abdullah bin ‘Ubaid. Al-Walid bin ‘Ata’ added: “The Prophet (SAW) said: ‘And I would have given it two doors at ground level, on the east and west. Do you know why your people made its door so high?’ She said: I said: ‘No.’ He said: ‘Out of arrogance, so that no one could enter it except whomever they wanted. If a man wanted to enter it, they would let him climb up, then when he was about to enter, they would push him and he would fall.”’ ‘Abdul-Malik said to Al-Harith: “Did you hear her say that?” He said: “Yes.” He said: “He scratched the ground with his stick for a moment, then he said: ‘I wish that I had left him responsible for his action.”’