أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدَةُ وَأَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَوْلَا حَدَاثَةُ عَهْدِ قَوْمِکِ بِالْکُفْرِ لَنَقَضْتُ الْبَيْتَ فَبَنَيْتُهُ عَلَی أَسَاسِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَام وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُ خَلْفًا فَإِنَّ قُرَيْشًا لَمَّا بَنَتْ الْبَيْتَ اسْتَقْصَرَتْ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 2908
It was narrated that Aishah said: “The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said: ‘Were it not for the fact that your people have recently left disbelief, I would have knocked down the House and rebuilt it on the foundations of Ibrahim, peace be upon him, and I would have given it a back door. For when the Quraish built the House, they made it too small.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020