The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me, "Were it not that your people are recent in their abandonment of polytheism, I would have demolished the Kaabah." He then mentioned the meaning of the hadith of Ibn Mahdi.
حدثنا بهز قال حدثني سليم بن حيان قال حدثنا سعيد قال سمعت عبد الله بن الزبير يحدث
قال لي رسول الله ﷺ لولا أن قومك حديث عهدهم بالشرك لهدمت الكعبة فذكر معنى حديث ابن مهدي
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Its isnad is sahih, mentioned previously at 25339.