Narrated to me Abu al-Tahir, informed us Abdullah ibn Wahb, from Makhramah — and narrated to me Harun ibn Sa'id al-Ayli, narrated to us Ibn Wahb, informed me Makhramah ibn Bukayr, from his father, who said: I heard Nafi', the freed slave of Ibn Umar, saying: I heard Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr ibn Abi Quhafah narrating to Abdullah ibn Umar, from A'ishah, the wife of the Prophet, peace be upon him, that she said: I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, saying: "Were it not that your people have recently left the pre-Islamic era of ignorance — or he said: left disbelief — I would have spent the treasure of the Ka'bah in the cause of Allah, and I would have made its door level with the ground, and I would have included within it the area of the Hijr."