Darussalam · Volume 2
11. THE BOOK OF THE RITES OF HAJJ AND UMRAHSunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 2028 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 214
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Hasan sahih
حسن صحيح
Source no. 1769 · Volume 6 · Page 268
Hasan sahih chain
(قلت: إسناده حسن صحيح، وقال الترمذي: "حديث حسن صحيح")
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2028. 'Āishah narrated: "I very much desired to enter the House and pray in it. Once the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ held on to my hand and brought me into the Hijr, and said: 'Whenever you wish to enter the House, pray in the Hijr, for it is a part of the House. Your people, when they built the Ka'bah, fell short (in building material), so they left it out of the House.'" (Sahīh)
2028 - حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ، عَنْ أُمِّهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ: كُنْتُ أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَدْخُلَ الْبَيْتَ فَأُصَلِّيَ فِيهِ فَأَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِيَدِي فَأَدْخَلَنِي فِي الْحِجْرِ فَقَالَ: «صَلِّي فِي الْحِجْرِ إِذَا أَرَدْتِ دُخُولَ الْبَيْتِ، فَإِنَّمَا هُوَ قَطْعَةٌ مِنَ الْبَيْتِ، فَإِنَّ قَوْمَكِ اقْتَصَرُوا حِينَ بَنَوْا الْكَعْبَةَ فَأَخْرَجُوهُ مِنَ الْبَيْتِ»
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When the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, was thirty-five years old, the Quraish planned to rebuild the structure of the Ka'bah, which had become, by then, quite old and weak. They also decided to use only pure money, and refused to accept money from whoredom, usury and extortions, or earned by any other unfair means. But the money so collected fell short. So they reduced the length of the Ka'bah, about six arms length, on its northern side. This left-out portion is called the Hijr or Haṭīm.