223 hadith
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…
مسلم 3245SahihDuring the era of jahiliyyah, the Kaabah was built of loose stones without any clay mortar. Its height was only such that a young goat could leap over it. It had no roof, instead its coverings were simply laid over the top and then draped…
الأعظمي 8536HasanWhen the House was burned during the time of Yazid bin Muawiya, when the people of Syria attacked it, and what happened to it happened, Ibn Zubayr left it as it was until people came for the pilgrimage season, intending to incite them, or…
الأعظمي 4994SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Were it not for the recent transition of your people from disbelief, I would have torn down the Kaabah and rebuilt it upon the foundation of Ibrahim [[r0]], for when Quraysh built it, they fell short. And I…
أحمد 24297SahihI heard Ibn Zubayr say from the pulpit, when he was about to demolish the Kaabah and rebuild it, "My aunt Ayesha told me that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to her, 'Ayesha, were it not that your people have only recently left polytheism, I…
الأعظمي 4993SahihWhile Abdul-Malik bin Marwan was performing tawaf around the Kaaba, he remarked, "May Allah destroy Ibn Zubayr, for he lies about Umm Muiminin. He claims he heard her say that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Ayesha, were it not that your…
الأعظمي 4996SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "Were it not that the people have only recently left disbelief, and that I do not have the funds sufficient to rebuild it, I would have included within it five cubits of the Hijr, made one door for the people to enter…
النسائي 2913SahihWhile Abdul-Malik bin Marwan was performing tawaf around the Kaaba, he said, "May Allah destroy Ibn Zubayr, for he lies against Umm Muiminin. He claims to have heard her say that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Ayesha, were it not for the…
مسلم 3248SahihHe mentioned the building of the Kaabah during the days of pre-Islamic ignorance and said, Quraysh demolished it and began rebuilding it with stones from the valley, carrying them on their shoulders. They raised its walls twenty cubits into…
أحمد 23800SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me, "Were it not that your people have only recently left disbelief, I would have demolished the Kaabah and rebuilt it upon the foundation of Ibrahim, for when Quraysh built the House they fell short, and I…
مسلم 3240SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If we had the means, I would have demolished the Kaabah and rebuilt it, and I would have made two doors for it, one through which people would enter and another through which they would exit." She said, "When…
أحمد 25048DaifWhile Abdul-Malik bin Marwan was circumambulating the Kaaba, he said, "May Allah destroy Ibn Zubayr! How he lies against Umm Muiminin, claiming that he heard her say that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Ayesha, were it not that your people…
أحمد 26256SahihAbdullah bin Ubayd reported that Harith bin Abdullah came as a delegate to Abdul-Malik bin Marwan during his caliphate. Abdul-Malik said, "I do not think Abu Khubayb," meaning Ibn Zubayr, "ever heard from Ayesha what he used to claim he…
مسلم 3246SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do you not see that when your people rebuilt the Kaabah, they fell short of the foundations laid by Ibrahim [[r0]]?" I said, "Messenger of Allah, will you not restore it upon the foundations of Ibrahim…
النسائي 2903SahihIbn Zubayr said to me, "Tell me some of what Umm Muiminin used to confide to you, for there are things she shared with you that she kept hidden from others." I said, "She told me a tradition whose beginning I have memorized. She said that…
أحمد 24709SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Ayesha, were it not that your people are recently removed from polytheism, I would have demolished the Kaabah and rebuilt it level with the ground. I would have made two doors for it, an eastern door and a…
مسلم 3244SahihHarith bin Abdullah came as a delegate to Abdul-Malik bin Marwan during his caliphate. Abdul-Malik said, "I do not think that Abu Khubayb, meaning Ibn Zubayr, actually heard from Ayesha what he claimed to have heard from her." Harith…
الأعظمي 4995SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do you not see that when your people rebuilt the Kaabah, they fell short of the foundations laid by Ibrahim [[r0]]?" Ayesha said, "I asked, 'Messenger of Allah, will you not restore it to the foundations of…
أحمد 24827SahihIbn Zubayr said to me, "Ayesha used to confide in you a great deal. What did she tell you about the Kaabah?" I replied, "She told me that the Prophet ﷺ said, 'Ayesha, were it not that your people have only recently left'" — Ibn Zubayr said,…
البخاري 126SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do you not see that your people, when they rebuilt the Kaabah, fell short of the foundations laid by Ibrahim?" Ayesha replied, "Messenger of Allah, will you not restore it to the foundations of Ibrahim?" He…
البخاري 4484SahihShe used to confide in you. He said, "She informed me that the Prophet of Allah ﷺ said to her, 'Were it not that your people are recent in their break from the days of ignorance, I would have demolished the Kaabah and made two doors for…
أحمد 25438SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do you not see that your people, when they rebuilt the Kaabah, fell short of the foundations of Ibrahim?" I said, "Messenger of Allah, will you not restore it to the foundations of Ibrahim?" He replied, "Were…
الأعظمي 11919SahihUthman bin Affan intended to rebuild the mosque, but the people disliked the idea and preferred that he leave it as it was. He said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'Whoever builds a mosque for the sake of Allah, Allah will build for…
الأعظمي 3052SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "Do you not see that when your people rebuilt the Kaabah, they fell short of the foundations laid by Ibrahim?" Ayesha said, "I asked, 'Messenger of Allah, will you not restore it upon the foundations of Ibrahim?'" The…
الأعظمي 4978SahihWathila bin Asqa came while we were building our mosque. He stopped beside us, gave the greeting of peace, and then said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'Whoever builds a mosque in which Allah [[r4]] is worshipped, Allah will build…
أحمد 16005SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "Do you not see that when your people built the Kaabah, they fell short of the foundations of Ibrahim?" Ayesha said, "I asked, 'Messenger of Allah, will you not restore it to the foundations of Ibrahim?'" The Messenger…
الأعظمي 8381SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do you not see that when your people rebuilt the Kaabah, they fell short of the foundations of Ibrahim [[r0]]?" Ayesha said, "I asked, 'Messenger of Allah, will you not restore it upon the foundations of…
أحمد 25440SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do you not see that when your people rebuilt the Kaabah, they fell short of the foundations laid by Ibrahim?" Ayesha said, "Messenger of Allah, will you not restore it upon the foundations of Ibrahim?" He…
البخاري 3368SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "Do you not see that when your people rebuilt the Kaaba, they fell short of the foundations laid by Ibrahim?" Ayesha said, "Messenger of Allah, why not restore it to the foundations of Ibrahim?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ…
مالك 836SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Ayesha, "Do you not see that when your people rebuilt the Kaabah, they fell short of the foundations laid by Ibrahim?" She said, "I asked, 'Messenger of Allah, will you not restore it to the foundations of…
مسلم 3242SahihUthman bin Affan intended to rebuild the mosque, but the people disliked the idea and wished that he leave it as it was. He said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'Whoever builds a mosque for the sake of Allah, Allah will build for…
الأعظمي 12886SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to her, "Were it not that your people are recent in their abandonment of Bishr, or of the days of ignorance, I would have demolished the Kaabah and brought it level with the ground. I would have made for it two…
أحمد 25463SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to her, "Ayesha, were it not that your people are recent in their abandonment of the days of ignorance, I would have ordered that the House be demolished. I would then have included within it the portion that…
النسائي 2906SahihUthman bin Affan, when people criticized him over his rebuilding of the mosque of the Messenger ﷺ, said, "You have said too much. I heard the Prophet ﷺ say, 'Whoever builds a mosque seeking the face of Allah, Allah will build for him one…
الأعظمي 12434SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to her, "Do you not see that when your people rebuilt the Kaabah, they fell short of the foundations laid by Ibrahim?" She said, "Messenger of Allah, will you not restore it to the foundations of Ibrahim?" He…
البخاري 1583SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said to her, "Do you not see that when your people rebuilt the Kaabah, they fell short of the foundations laid by Ibrahim?" She said, "Messenger of Allah, will you not restore it to the foundations of Ibrahim?" He replied,…
أحمد 26100SahihHe heard Uthman bin Affan say, in response to people's criticism of him when he was rebuilding the mosque of the Messenger ﷺ, "You have said too much. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'Whoever builds a mosque'" — Bukayr said, "I think…
مسلم 7470SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Were it not for the recent transition of your people from disbelief, I would have demolished the House and rebuilt it upon the foundation of Ibrahim [[r0]], and I would have made for it a back door. For when…
النسائي 2904SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said to her, "Ayesha, were it not that your people are recently removed from the days of ignorance, I would have ordered the House to be demolished and would have included within it what was excluded from it. I would have set…
البخاري 1586SahihIbn Abu Mulayka informed me that Ibn Abbas reported from the Prophet ﷺ that he said, "It is as though I am looking at him, a black man with bowed legs, tearing it down stone by stone," meaning the Kaabah.
أحمد 2010SahihThe 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.
أحمد 25466SahihThe pillars of the Prophet's ﷺ mosque, during the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, were made from the trunks of date palms, with its roof shaded by palm branches. They then decayed during the caliphate of Abu Bakr, so he rebuilt them…
أبو داود 452DaifThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Were it not that your people," and in the narration of Muhammad, "your people are recent in their break from the days of ignorance, I would have demolished the Kaabah and made two doors for it." So when Ibn…
النسائي 2905SahihUthman bin Affan intended to rebuild the mosque, but the people disliked this and wished for him to leave it in its original state. He said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'Whoever builds a mosque for the sake of Allah, Allah will…
مسلم 1190SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to her, "Ayesha, were it not that your people are recent in their break from the days of ignorance, I would have ordered the House to be demolished, and I would have brought back into it what was excluded from…
أحمد 26029SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to her, "Were it not that your people are recently removed from the days of ignorance, I would have demolished the Kaabah and made two doors for it." When Ibn Zubayr came to power, he demolished it and made two…
الترمذي 875SahihWhile Abdul-Malik was performing tawaf around the House, he said, "May Allah destroy Ibn Zubayr for lying about Umm Muiminin. He claims that he heard her say that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Ayesha, were it not for the fact that your…
أحمد 26151SahihI heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Were it not that your people are recent converts from the days of ignorance," or he said, "from disbelief, I would have spent the treasure of the Kaabah in the path of Allah, placed its door at ground…
مسلم 3243SahihHe heard Uthman bin Affan say, when people were criticizing him for rebuilding the mosque of the Messenger ﷺ, "You have said too much. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'Whoever builds a mosque for Allah the Exalted'" — Bukayr said, I…
مسلم 1189SahihUthman bin Affan intended to rebuild the mosque, but the people disliked the idea and preferred that he leave it as it was. He said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'Whoever builds a mosque for the sake of Allah, Allah will build for…
مسلم 7471SahihThe Prophet ﷺ reported that the wall was about to collapse, so he set it upright. He said, with his hand, and he raised them up high.
أحمد 21116SahihWhen the Prophet ﷺ was directed to face the Kaabah, the people asked, "Messenger of Allah, what about our brothers who died before this, those who passed away while they were praying toward Bayt al-Maqdis?" So Allah [[r4]] revealed, *"And…
أحمد 3249DifficultThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded that places of prayer be built in the homes, and that they be kept clean and perfumed.
الأعظمي 3089SahihUthman [[r1]] intended to rebuild the mosque of Madinah, but the people disliked the idea and preferred that he leave it in its existing state. Uthman [[r1]] said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'Whoever builds a mosque for the sake…
أحمد 506SahihI heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Whoever builds a mosque for the sake of Allah, Allah will build for him the like of it in Paradise."
ابن ماجه 736SahihI sat with Shayba bin Uthman in this mosque, and he said, "Umar bin Khattab once sat with me where you are sitting now and said, 'I have a mind to leave nothing in this Kaaba, neither yellow nor white, without dividing it among the…
أحمد 15383SahihI was walking with the Prophet ﷺ along one of the roads of Medina when he saw a dome made of mud bricks. He asked, "Whose is this?" I replied, "It belongs to so-and-so." He said, "Every building will be a burden upon its owner on the Day of…
أحمد 13301DaifThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Make the most of this House, for it will be destroyed twice and raised up on the third occasion."
الأعظمي 16004SahihI heard the Prophet ﷺ say, "Whoever builds a masjid for Allah, Allah will build for him one like it in Paradise."
الترمذي 318SahihI heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Whoever builds a masjid for Allah [[r4]], Allah will build for him one like it in Paradise."
أحمد 434Sahih