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2955. It was narrated that 'Aishah said: "I asked the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ about the Hijr, and he said: 'It is part of the House.' I said: 'What kept them from incorporating it into it?' He said: 'They ran out of funds.' I said: 'Why is its door so high up that it can only be reached with a ladder?'[2] He said: 'That is what your people did so that they could let in whoever they wanted and keep out whoever they wanted. Were it not that your people have so recently left disbelief behind, and I am afraid that it would bother them, I would have changed it, incorporating what they left out and I would put its door at ground level." (Sahih)
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Only lawful earnings should be spent in constructing mosques.
Since the Hatim is a part of the Ka'bah, so the Tawâf should be done from outside of it. If one passes from its inside mistakenly, the round should not be counted; otherwise, his Tawâf will be incomplete.
Sometimes, for any reasonable advantage, a lawful act, though it is not preferable, could be preferred over a preferable one. Particularly, if it is apprehended that a preferable act may lead to undesired consequences, which could hardly be compensated, then it could be ignored.
If one is interested in performing prayer inside K'abah he should pray in Hatim since it is a part of K'abah.
