125 - The Building of the Ka'bah

2900 - Muhammad ibn Salamah and al-Harith ibn Miskin informed us, the latter read aloud while I listened, from Ibn al-Qasim, who said: Malik narrated to me, from Ibn Shihab, from Salim ibn 'Abdullah, that 'Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr al-Siddiq informed 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar, from 'A'ishah, that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "Did you not see that your people, when they built the Ka'bah, limited themselves to less than the foundations of Ibrahim, peace be upon him?" I said: "O Messenger of Allah, will you not return it to the foundations of Ibrahim, peace be upon him?" He said: "Were it not for the recentness of your people's [departure from] unbelief."

'Abdullah ibn 'Umar said: If 'A'ishah heard this from the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, then I do not think he left off touching the two corners that adjoin the Hijr, except that the House was not completed upon the foundations of Ibrahim, peace be upon him.

2901 - Ishaq ibn Ibrahim informed us, saying: 'Abdah and Abu Mu'awiyah informed us, both saying: Hisham ibn 'Urwah narrated to us, from his father
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= And Ahmad (7481), (10009), and (10299), al-Bukhari (1190), Muslim (1394): (507), al-Tirmidhi (325), and Ibn Majah (1404) all transmitted it via various routes from al-Agharr, with it. In the narration of Ahmad (10299) there is an addition: "And the prayer of all together is equivalent to twenty-five times the prayer of one alone."

And it has preceded via the route of al-Zuhri, from Abu Salamah and al-Agharr, under number 694.

(1) Meaning the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. His wording in "al-Sunan al-Kubra" (3869) and the sources is: "I do not think the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, left off touching..."
(2) In (H) and the printed edition: "was not completed."
(3) Its chain of transmission is sound. Ibn al-Qasim: he is 'Abd al-Rahman al-Faqih, the companion of Imam Malik, and Ibn Shihab: he is Muhammad ibn Muslim al-Zuhri. It is in "al-Sunan al-Kubra" under numbers (3869) and (10932), and under number (5873) in abbreviated form.
It is in the "Muwatta'" of Malik 1/363-364, and from his route Ahmad (25440) and (26100), al-Bukhari (1583), (3368), and (4484), Muslim (1333): (399), and Ibn Hibban (3815) transmitted it. =