حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ أُمِّهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ کُنْتُ أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَدْخُلَ الْبَيْتَ فَأُصَلِّيَ فِيهِ فَأَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِيَدِي فَأَدْخَلَنِي فِي الْحِجْرِ فَقَالَ صَلِّي فِي الْحِجْرِ إِذَا أَرَدْتِ دُخُولَ الْبَيْتِ فَإِنَّمَا هُوَ قَطْعَةٌ مِنْ الْبَيْتِ فَإِنَّ قَوْمَکِ اقْتَصَرُوا حِينَ بَنَوْا الْکَعْبَةَ فَأَخْرَجُوهُ مِنْ الْبَيْتِ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 2028
Narrated Aishah, Ummul Muminin: I liked to enter the House (the Kabah) and pray therein. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ caught me by hand and admitted me to al-Hijr. He then said: Pray in al-Hijr when you intend to enter the House (the Kabah), for it is a part of the House (the Kabah). Your people shortened it when they built the Kabah, and they took it out of the House.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020