Sahih al-Bukhari 126

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Chapter: Whosoever left some optional things simply for the fear that some people may not be able to understand them and may fall into something more difficult

Chain of Narration (Isnad)

Narrated by 'Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr 5 narrators

'Ubaidullah bin Musa bin Abi al-Mukhtar Atbāʿ al-Tābiʿīn ~128 AH – ~213 AH Isra'il bin Yonus bin Abi Ishaq Atbāʿ al-Tābiʿīn d. 160 AH or after Abu Ishaq al-Sabay'ai' Tābiʿī ~29 AH – ~129 AH Al Aswad bin Yazid Tābiʿī d. ~75 AH 'Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr Companion 1 AH/624 CE – 73 AH

Narrated Aswad:Ibn Az-Zubair said to me, "Aisha used to tell you secretly a number of things. What did she tell you about the Ka`ba?" I replied, "She told me that once the Prophet (ﷺ) said, 'O `Aisha! Had not your people been still close to the pre-Islamic period of ignorance (infidelity)! I would have dismantled the Ka`ba and would have made two doors in it; one for entrance and the other for exit." Later on Ibn Az-Zubair did the same.

Reference

Sahih al-Bukhari 126

In-book reference

Book 3, Hadith 68

USC-MSA web (English)

Vol. 1, Book 3, Hadith 128

Translation by Muhsin Khan · Language: EN

Arabic Text

حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى، عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ، قَالَ قَالَ لِي ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ كَانَتْ عَائِشَةُ تُسِرُّ إِلَيْكَ كَثِيرًا فَمَا حَدَّثَتْكَ فِي الْكَعْبَةِ قُلْتُ قَالَتْ لِي قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ يَا عَائِشَةُ، لَوْلاَ قَوْمُكِ حَدِيثٌ عَهْدُهُمْ ـ قَالَ ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ بِكُفْرٍ ـ لَنَقَضْتُ الْكَعْبَةَ فَجَعَلْتُ لَهَا بَابَيْنِ باب يَدْخُلُ النَّاسُ، وَبَابٌ يَخْرُجُونَ ‏"‏‏.‏ فَفَعَلَهُ ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ‏.‏

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