English translation
[3248] 404 - (...) It was narratedfrom Abû Qaza'ah that while'Abdul-Malik bin Marwân wascircumambulating the Ka'bah, hesaid: "May Ibn Az-Zubair bedoomed! For he told a lie aboutthe Mother of the Believers whenhe said: 'I heard her say: "TheMessenger of Allâh ﷺ said: 'O'Aîshah, were it not that yourpeople have only recently leftdisbelief behind, I would havedemolished the House and addedpart of the Hîjr to it, for yourpeople reduced its size when theyrebuilt it.'" Al-Hârith bin 'Abdullâhbin Abî Rabî'ah said: "Do not saythat, O Commander of theBelievers, for I heard the Mother ofthe Believers narrating that." He said: "If I had heard itbefore I demolished it, I wouldhave left it as Ibn Az-Zubair builtit."
