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[3246] 403 - (...) 'Abdullāh bin 'Ubaid said: "Al-Ĥārīth bin 'Abdullāh came to 'Abdul-Malik bin Marwān during his Khilāfah and 'Abdul-Malik said: 'I do not think that Abū Khubaib' - meaning Ibn Az-Zubair - 'heard from 'Aīshah what he claimed to have heard from her.' Al-Ĥārīth said: 'No, I heard it from her too.' He said: 'What did you hear her say?' He said: 'She said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ 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 Hadîth of ‘Abdullâh bin ‘Ubaid.
Al-Walîd bin ‘Aṭâ’ added: “The Prophet ﷺ 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-Hârith: “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.’”
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