Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us, saying: ‘Ubaydullah — meaning ibn Musa — narrated to us, saying: Shayban narrated to us, from Ash‘ath ibn Abi al-Sha‘tha’, from al-Aswad ibn Yazid, from ‘A’ishah, who said: I asked the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) about the Hijr. And he related the hadith with the same meaning as the hadith of Abu al-Ahwas, and in it he said: So I said, "Then why is its door raised, such that one cannot ascend to it except by a ladder?" And he said: "For fear that their hearts would turn away."