When the House was burned during the time of Yazid bin Muawiya, when the people of Sham invaded it and the events took their course, Ibn Zubayr left it as it was until people came for the pilgrimage season, intending to embolden them or incite them against the people of Sham. When the people had assembled, he said, "People, advise me about the Kaabah. Shall I demolish it and rebuild it from its foundation, or shall I just repair what has been damaged?"Ibn Abbas said, "I have formed an opinion regarding it. I think you should repair what has been damaged and leave the House on which the people accepted Islam and the stones on which the people accepted Islam and upon which the Prophet ﷺ was sent."Ibn Zubayr said, "If one of your houses had burned, none of you would be content until he rebuilt it, so what about the House of your Lord? I will seek guidance from my Lord for three days, then I will resolve upon my course."When the three days had passed, his view settled on demolishing it. The people held back, fearing that whoever first ascended it might be struck by something from the sky, until one man went up and threw down some stones from it. When the people saw that nothing happened to him, they followed in succession and demolished it down to the ground.Ibn Zubayr then set up pillars and draped curtains over them until the building rose. Ibn Zubayr said, "I heard Ayesha say that the Prophet ﷺ said, 'Were it not that the people have only recently left disbelief, and that I do not have the funds sufficient for its construction, I would have included within it five cubits from the Hijr, and I would have made for it a door through which people could enter and a door through which they could exit.' Today I have what I can spend, and I do not fear the people."So he added to it five cubits from the Hijr until he uncovered a foundation that the people looked upon, and he built upon it. The Kaabah's height had been eighteen cubits, but when he expanded it, it appeared too short, so he added ten cubits to its height. He made for it two doors, one through which to enter and the other through which to exit.When Ibn Zubayr was killed, Hajjaj wrote to Abdul-Malik bin Marwan informing him of this and informing him that Ibn Zubayr had laid the building on a foundation that the trustworthy men of Mecca had seen.Abdul-Malik wrote back to him, "We want nothing to do with Ibn Zubayr's tampering. As for what he added to its height, leave it. But as for what he added from the Hijr, return it to its original construction, and seal the door he opened."So he demolished it and restored it to its original construction.
حدثنا هناد بن السري حدثنا ابن أبي زائدة أخبرني ابن أبي سليمان
لما احترق البيت زمن يزيد بن معاوية حين غزاها أهل الشام فكان من أمره ما كان تركه ابن الزبير حتى قدم الناس الموسم يريد أن يجرئهم أو يحربهم على أهل الشام فلما صدر الناس قال يا أيها الناس أشيروا علي في الكعبة أنقضها ثم أبني بناءها أو أصلح ما وهى منها قال ابن عباس فإني قد فرق لي رأي فيها أرى أن تصلح ما وهى منها وتدع بيتا أسلم الناس عليه وأحجارا أسلم الناس عليها وبعث عليها النبي ﷺ فقال ابن الزبير لو كان أحدكم احترق بيته ما رضي حتى يجده فكيف بيت ربكم إني مستخير ربي ثلاثا ثم عازم على أمري فلما مضى الثلاث أجمع رأيه على أن ينقضها فتحاماه الناس أن ينزل بأول الناس يصعد فيه أمر من السماء حتى صعده رجل فألقى منه حجارة فلما لم يره الناس أصابه شيء تتابعوا فنقضوه حتى بلغوا به الأرض فجعل ابن الزبير أعمدة فستر عليها الستور حتى ارتفع بناؤه وقال ابن الزبير إني سمعت عائشة تقول إن النبي ﷺ قال لولا أن الناس حديث عهدهم بكفر وليس عندي من النفقة ما يقوي على بنائه لكنت أدخلت فيه من الحجر خمس أذرع ولجعلت لها بابا يدخل الناس منه وبابا يخرجون منه قال فأنا اليوم أجد ما أنفق ولست أخاف الناس قال فزاد فيه خمس أذرع من الحجر حتى أبدى أسا نظر الناس إليه فبنى عليه البناء وكان طول الكعبة ثماني عشرة ذراعا فلما زاد فيه استقصره فزاد في طوله عشر أذرع وجعل له بابين أحدهما يدخل منه والآخر يخرج منه فلما قتل ابن الزبير كتب الحجاج إلى عبد الملك بن مروان يخبره بذلك ويخبره أن ابن الزبير قد وضع البناء على أس نظر إليه العدول من أهل مكة فكتب إليه عبد الملك إنا لسنا من تلطيخ ابن الزبير في شيء أما ما زاد في طوله فأقره وأما ما زاد فيه من الحجر فرده إلى بنائه وسد الباب الذي فتحه فنقضه وأعاده إلى بنائه