It was narrated from Al-Aswad that the Mother of the Believers said:
"The Messenger of Allah said: "Were it not for the fact that my people' - according to the narration of Muhammad he said: 'Your people' - 'have recently left Jailiyyah, I would have knocked down the House and given it two doors.'" When Ibn Az-Zubair was in power, he gave it two doors.
أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى، عَنْ خَالِدٍ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ، أَنَّ أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، قَالَتْ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
لَوْلاَ أَنَّ قَوْمِي - وَفِي حَدِيثِ مُحَمَّدٍ قَوْمَكِ - حَدِيثُ عَهْدِ بِجَاهِلِيَّةٍ لَهَدَمْتُ الْكَعْبَةَ وَجَعَلْتُ لَهَا بَابَيْنِ
. فَلَمَّا مَلَكَ ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ جَعَلَ لَهَا بَابَيْنِ .
Isnad
7 transmitters- 1Isma'il bin Mas'ud al-JhdryBasra · d. 248 AH
- 2Muhammad bin 'Abdul A'laSana',al-Basra · d. 245 AH
- 3Khalid bin 'Abdullah al-Tahanal-Wasit · d. 182 AH
- 4Shu'bah bin al-HajjajWasit,Basra · d. 160 AH
- 5Abu Ishaq al-Sabay'ai'Hamadan,Kufa · d. ~129 AH
- 6al-Aswad bin Yazidal-Kufa · d. ~75 AH
- 7'Aisha bint Abi BakrMakkah/Medina · d. 57 AH/678 CE (17 Ramadan)
References2 variants
- In-Book Reference
- Book 24, Hadith 285
- English Reference
- Vol. 3, Book 24, Hadith 2905