Tag: Q n A, Bukhari

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said to me, “Were your people not close to the Pre-Islamic period of ignorance, I
would have demolished the Ka`ba and would have rebuilt it on its original foundations laid by
Abraham (for Quraish had curtailed its building), and I would have built a back door (too).”

`Aisha said that the Prophet (ﷺ) said to her, “O Aisha! Were your nation not close to the Pre-Islamic
Period of Ignorance, I would have had the Ka`ba demolished and would have included in it the portion
which had been left, and would have made it at a level with the ground and would have made two
doors for it, one towards the east and the other towards the west, and then by doing this it would have
been built on the foundations laid by Abraham.” That was what urged Ibn-Az-Zubair to demolish the
Ka`ba. Jazz said, “I saw Ibn-Az-Zubair when he demolished and rebuilt the Ka`ba and included in it a
portion of Al-Hijr (the unroofed portion of Ka`ba which is at present in the form of a compound
towards the northwest of the Ka`ba). I saw the original foundations of Abraham which were of stones
resembling the humps of camels.” So Jarir asked Yazid, “Where was the place of those stones?” Jazz
said, “I will just now show it to you.” So Jarir accompanied Yazid and entered Al-Hijr, and Jazz
pointed to a place and said, “Here it is.” Jarir said, “It appeared to me about six cubits from Al-Hijr or
so.”

On the Day of the Conquest of Mecca, Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “Allah has made this town a sanctuary.
Its thorny bushes should not be cut, its game should not be chased, and its fallen things should not be
picked up except by one who would announce it publicly.”

I asked, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! Where will you stay in Mecca? Will you stay in your house in Mecca?”
He replied, “Has `Aqil left any property or house?” `Aqil along with Talib had inherited the property
of Abu Talib. Jafar and `Ali did not inherit anything as they were Muslims and the other two were
non-believers. `Umar bin Al-Khattab used to say, “A believer cannot inherit (anything from an)
infidel.” Ibn Shihab, (a sub-narrator) said, “They (`Umar and others) derived the above verdict from
Allah’s Statement: “Verily! those who believed and Emigrated and strove with their life And property
in Allah’s Cause, And those who helped (the emigrants) And gave them their places to live in, These
are (all) allies to one another.” (8.72)

When Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) intended to enter Mecca he said, “Our destination tomorrow, if Allah wished,
will be Khaif Bani Kinana where (the pagans) had taken the oath of Kufr.” (Against the Prophet (ﷺ) i.e. to
be loyal to heathenism by boycotting Bani Hashim, the Prophet’s folk) (SeeHadith 3882)

On the Day of Nahr at Mina, the Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Tomorrow we shall stay at Khaif Bani Kinana where
the pagans had taken the oath of Kufr (heathenism).” He meant (by that place) Al-Muhassab where the
Quraish tribe and Bani Kinana concluded a contract against Bani Hashim and Bani `Abdul-Muttalib or
Bani Al-Muttalib that they would not intermarry with them or deal with them in business until they
handed over the Prophet (ﷺ) to them.

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) used to enter Mecca from the high Thaniya and used to leave Mecca from the low
Thaniya.

‘ Aisha said, “We set out with Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)s in the months of Hajj, and (in) the nights of Hajj, and
at the time and places of Hajj and in a state of Hajj. We dismounted at Sarif (a village six miles from
Mecca). The Prophet (ﷺ) then addressed his companions and said, “Anyone who has not got the Hadi and
likes to do Umra instead of Hajj may do so (i.e. Hajj-al-Tamattu`) and anyone who has got the Hadi
should not finish the Ihram after performing ‘ `Umra). (i.e. Hajj-al-Qiran). Aisha added, “The
companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) obeyed the above (order) and some of them (i.e. who did not have Hadi)
finished their Ihram after Umra.” Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) and some of his companions were resourceful and
had the Hadi with them, they could not perform Umra (alone) (but had to perform both Hajj and Umra
with one Ihram). Aisha added, “Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) came to me and saw me weeping and said, “What
makes you weep, O Hantah?” I replied, “I have heard your conversation with your companions and I
cannot perform the Umra.” He asked, “What is wrong with you?’ I replied, ‘ I do not offer the prayers
(i.e. I have my menses).’ He said, ‘ It will not harm you for you are one of the daughters of Adam, and
Allah has written for you (this state) as He has written it for them. Keep on with your intentions for
Hajj and Allah may reward you that.” Aisha further added, “Then we proceeded for Hajj till we
reached Mina and I became clean from my menses.
Then I went out from Mina and performed Tawaf round the Ka`ba.” Aisha added, “I went along with
the Prophet (ﷺ) in his final departure (from Hajj) till he dismounted at Al-Muhassab (a valley outside
Mecca), and we too, dismounted with him.” He called ‘ `Abdur-Rahman bin Abu Bakr and said to
him, ‘ Take your sister outside the sanctuary of Mecca and let her assume Ihram for ‘ `Umra, and when
you had finished ‘ `Umra, return to this place and I will wait for you both till you both return to me.’ ” ‘
Aisha added, ” So we went out of the sanctuary of Mecca and after finishing from the ‘ `Umra and the
Tawaf we returned to the Prophet (ﷺ) at dawn. He said, ‘Have you performed the ‘ `Umra?’ We replied in
the affirmative. So he announced the departure amongst his companions and the people set out for the
journey, and the Prophet: too left for Medina.”

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) entered Mecca from Kada’ from the highest Thaniya which is at Al-Batha’ and used to
leave Mecca from the low Thaniya.

‘ Aisha said, We went out with the Prophet (from Medina) with the intention of performing Hajj only
and when we reached Mecca we performed Tawaf round the Ka`ba and then the Prophet (ﷺ) ordered those
who had not driven the Hadi along with them to finish their Ihram. So the people who had not driven
the Hadi along with them finished their Ihram. The Prophet’s wives, too, had not driven the Hadi with
them, so they too, finished their Ihram.” `Aisha added, “I got my menses and could not perform Tawaf
round the Ka`ba.” So when it was the night of Hasba (i.e. when we stopped at Al-Muhassab), I said,
‘O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! Everyone is returning after performing Hajj and `Umra but I am returning after
performing Hajj only.’ He said, ‘Didn’t you perform Tawaf round the Ka`ba the night we reached
Mecca?’ I replied in the negative. He said, ‘Go with your brother to Tan`im and assume the Ihram for
`Umra, (and after performing it) come back to such and such a place.’ On that Safiya said, ‘I feel that I
will detain you all.’ The Prophet (ﷺ) said, ‘O ‘Aqra Halqa! Didn’t you perform Tawaf of the Ka`ba on the
day of sacrifice? (i.e. Tawaf-al-ifada) Safiya replied in the affirmative. He said, (to Safiya). ‘There is
no harm for you to proceed on with us.’ ” `Aisha added, “(after returning from `Umra), the Prophet (ﷺ)
met me while he was ascending (from Mecca) and I was descending to it, or I was ascending and he
was descending.”