Sahih al-Bukhari 1530 (Book 25, Hadith 70)
the affirmative. I further said, “What is wrong with them, why have they not included it in the building
of the Ka`ba?” He said, “Don’t you see that your people (Quraish) ran short of money (so they could
not include it inside the building of Ka`ba)?” I asked, “What about its gate? Why is it so high?” He
replied, “Your people did this so as to admit into it whomever they liked and prevent whomever they
liked. Were your people not close to the Pre-Islamic Period of ignorance (i.e. they have recently
embraced Islam) and were I not afraid that they would dislike it, surely I would have included the
(area of the) wall inside the building of the Ka`ba and I would have lowered its gate to the level of the
ground.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 1530 (Book 25, Hadith 70)
The above hadith is from the Sahih al-Buhari collection of hadiths. Within the Islamic scholarly tradition, few works hold as much weight as Sahih al-Bukhari. This vast compilation, assembled by the Persian scholar al-Bukhārī circa 847, is a cornerstone of Sunni faith and practice. It is one of the six canonical hadith collections known collectively as the Kutub al-Sittah. Imam al-Bukhārī’s work is particularly celebrated for its author’s stringent criteria in verifying the chain of narration (isnad), resulting in a trusted body of over 7,500 hadiths organized into 97 distinct chapters that cover every aspect of life.
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