Sahih al-Bukhari 6969 (Book 94, Hadith 18)
replied, “Yes.” I said, “Then why didn’t the people include it in the Ka`ba?” He said, “(Because) your
people ran short of money.” I asked, “Then why is its gate so high?” He replied, ”Your people did so
in order to admit to it whom they would and forbid whom they would. Were your people not still close
to the period of ignorance, and were I not afraid that their hearts might deny my action, then surely I
would include the wall in the Ka`ba and make its gate touch the ground.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 6969 (Book 94, Hadith 18)
The above hadith is from the Sahih al-Buhari collection of hadiths. The monumental hadith collection Sahih al-Bukhari was authored by the renowned scholar al-Bukhārī approximately in the year 847. It is universally regarded as one of the most valued and authentic texts in Sunni Islamic scholarship, second only to the Quran in authority. This work is a primary member of the Kutub al-Sittah, a group of six trusted hadith collections that also includes the works of Muslim, Abu Dawood, Tirmidhi, Nasa’i, and ibn Majah. Al-Bukhārī’s compilation is vast, featuring 7,563 hadiths systematically arranged across 97 different books.
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