English translation
[3245] 402 - (...) It was narrated that 'Aţâ' said: "When the Ka'bah was burned during the time of Yazîd bin Mu'âwiyah, while it was raided by the people of Ash-Shâm, and what happened, Ibn Az-Zubair left it until the people came for Hajj, seeking to exhort them - or incite them - to fight the people of Ash-Shâm. When the people arrived, he said: 'O people, advise me with regard to the Ka'bah. Should I demolish it and then rebuild it, or should I repair the damage that has been done to it?' Ibn 'Abbâs said: 'An idea has occurred to me concerning it. I think that you should repair the damage that has been done to it and leave it in the state it was when the people embraced Islam
and the Prophet ﷺ was sent.' Ibn Az-Zubair said: 'If the house of one of you was burned, would he be happy unless he rebuilt it? Then what about the House of your Lord? I will pray for guidance to my Lord (Istikhârah) three times, then I will make up my mind.'"
"When he had prayed Istikhârah three times, he made up his mind to demolish it. The people were afraid that some punishment would come down from heaven upon the first one to climb up onto it (to start the demolition), until one man climbed up and threw down one stone. When the people saw that nothing happened to him, they followed suit and demolished it until it was razed to the ground. Then Ibn Az-Zubair set up pillars and hung curtains around them, until the construction was completed."
"Ibn Az-Zubair said: 'I heard Aïshah say: "The Prophet ﷺ said: 'Were it not that your people have only recently left disbelief behind, and that I do not have the means to rebuild it, I would have incorporated five cubits of the Hijr into it, and I would have given it a door through which the people could enter, and a door through which they could exit.'"
"He said: 'Today I have the means, and I do not fear the people.' So he added five cubits of
the Hījr to it, and he excavated the (original) foundations of (the Hījr) and the people looked at them, and he built on top of them."
The length of the Ka'bah was eighteen cubits, and he added ten cubits to its length, and he gave it two doors; one for entering, and one for exiting. When Ibn Az-Zubair was killed, Al-Hajjāj wrote to 'Abdul-Malik bin Marwān telling him of that, and telling him that Ibn Az-Zubair had built it on foundations that had been seen by witnesses of good character among the people of Makkah. 'Abdul-Malik wrote to him saying: 'We do not approve of what Ibn Az-Zubair did. As for what he added to its length, leave it as it is, and as for what he added to it of the Hījr, put it back as it was, and block up the door that he opened.' So he demolished it and rebuilt it."
Arabic text
402 - (1333) حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ، أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، قَالَ: لَمَّا احْتَرَقَ الْبَيْتُ زَمَنَ يَزِيدَ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ، حِينَ غَزَاهَا أَهْلُ الشَّامِ، فَكَانَ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ مَا كَانَ، تَرَكَهُ ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ حَتَّى قَدِمَ النَّاسُ الْمَوْسِمَ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُجَرِّئَهُمْ - أَوْ يُحَرِّبَهُمْ - عَلَى أَهْلِ الشَّامِ، فَلَمَّا صَدَرَ النَّاسُ، قَالَ: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، أَشِيرُوا عَلَيَّ فِي الْكَعْبَةِ، أَنْقُضُهَا ثُمَّ أَبْنِي بِنَاءَهَا؟ أَوْ أُصْلِحُ مَا وَهَى مِنْهَا؟ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: فَإِنِّي قَدْ فُرِقَ لِي رَأْيٌ فِيهَا، أَرَى أَنْ تُصْلِحَ مَا وَهَى مِنْهَا، وَتَدَعَ بَيْتًا أَسْلَمَ النَّاسُ عَلَيْهِ، وَأَحْجَارًا أَسْلَمَ النَّاسُ عَلَيْهَا، وَبُعِثَ عَلَيْهَا النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ: " لَوْ كَانَ أَحَدُكُمُ احْتَرَقَ بَيْتُهُ، مَا رَضِيَ حَتَّى يُجِدَّهُ، فَكَيْفَ بَيْتُ رَبِّكُمْ؟ إِنِّي مُسْتَخِيرٌ رَبِّي ثَلَاثًا، ثُمَّ عَازِمٌ عَلَى أَمْرِي، فَلَمَّا مَضَى الثَّلَاثُ أَجْمَعَ رَأْيَهُ عَلَى أَنْ يَنْقُضَهَا، فَتَحَامَاهُ النَّاسُ أَنْ يَنْزِلَ بِأَوَّلِ النَّاسِ يَصْعَدُ فِيهِ أَمْرٌ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ، حَتَّى صَعِدَهُ رَجُلٌ، فَأَلْقَى مِنْهُ حِجَارَةً، فَلَمَّا لَمْ يَرَهُ النَّاسُ أَصَابَهُ شَيْءٌ تَتَابَعُوا فَنَقَضُوهُ حَتَّى بَلَغُوا بِهِ الْأَرْضَ، فَجَعَلَ ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ أَعْمِدَةً، فَسَتَّرَ عَلَيْهَا السُّتُورَ حَتَّى ارْتَفَعَ بِنَاؤُهُ، وَقَالَ ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ: إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ عَائِشَةَ تَقُولُ: إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «لَوْلَا أَنَّ النَّاسَ حَدِيثٌ عَهْدُهُمْ بِكُفْرٍ، وَلَيْسَ عِنْدِي مِنَ النَّفَقَةِ مَا يُقَوِّي عَلَى بِنَائِهِ، لَكُنْتُ أَدْخَلْتُ فِيهِ مِنَ الْحِجْرِ خَمْسَ أَذْرُعٍ، وَلَجَعَلْتُ لَهَا بَابًا يَدْخُلُ النَّاسُ مِنْهُ، وَبَابًا يَخْرُجُونَ مِنْهُ»، قَالَ: «فَأَنَا الْيَوْمَ أَجِدُ مَا أُنْفِقُ، وَلَسْتُ أَخَافُ النَّاسَ»، قَالَ: " فَزَادَ فِيهِ خَمْسَ أَذْرُعٍ مِنَ الْحِجْرِ حَتَّى أَبْدَى أُسًّا نَظَرَ النَّاسُ إِلَيْهِ، فَبَنَى عَلَيْهِ الْبِنَاءَ وَكَانَ طُولُ الْكَعْبَةِ ثَمَانِيَ عَشْرَةَ ذِرَاعًا، فَلَمَّا زَادَ فِيهِ اسْتَقْصَرَهُ، فَزَادَ فِي طُولِهِ عَشْرَ أَذْرُعٍ، وَجَعَلَ لَهُ بَابَيْنِ: أَحَدُهُمَا يُدْخَلُ مِنْهُ، وَالْآخَرُ يُخْرَجُ مِنْهُ ". فَلَمَّا قُتِلَ ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ كَتَبَ الْحَجَّاجُ إِلَى عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ مَرْوَانَ يُخْبِرُهُ بِذَلِكَ وَيُخْبِرُهُ أَنَّ ابْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ قَدْ وَضَعَ الْبِنَاءَ عَلَى أُسٍّ نَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ الْعُدُولُ مِنْ أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ، فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ: إِنَّا لَسْنَا مِنْ تَلْطِيخِ ابْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ فِي شَيْءٍ، أَمَّا مَا زَادَ فِي طُولِهِ فَأَقِرَّهُ، وَأَمَّا مَا زَادَ فِيهِ مِنَ الْحِجْرِ فَرُدَّهُ إِلَى بِنَائِهِ، وَسُدَّ الْبَابَ الَّذِي فَتَحَهُ، فَنَقَضَهُ وَأَعَادَهُ إِلَى بِنَائِهِ
