Hajj of Ibrahim and Isma‘il, Their Building the House, Those Who Became in Charge of the House after Them
Al-Kāfi|Volume 4|Book 3|Chapter 7
Al-Kāfi
Volume 4, Book 3, Chapter 7
Hajj of Ibrahim and Isma‘il, Their Building the House, Those Who Became in Charge of the House after Them
8ـ وَرُوِيَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) قَالَ كَانَ طُولُ الْكَعْبَةِ يَوْمَئِذٍ تِسْعَةَ أَذْرُعٍ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهَا سَقْفٌ فَسَقَّفَهَا قُرَيْشٌ ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ ذِرَاعاً فَلَمْ تَزَلْ ثُمَّ كَسَرَهَا الْحَجَّاجُ عَلَى ابْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ فَبَنَاهَا وَجَعَلَهَا سَبْعَةً وَعِشْرِينَ ذِرَاعاً.
8. It is narrated from ibn abu Nasr from Aban ibn ‘Uthman who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah عليه السلام, has said that the height of al-Ka‘bah in those days was nine yards and it did not have a roof. Quraysh made a roof for it with height of eighteen yards, with which it remained until Hajjaj destroyed it on (during his fight with) ibn al-Zubayr. He rebuilt it and made it twenty-seven yards high.’”
- Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (17/41)
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