Saheeh Seerah Al Albaanee English

Abu Dawood al-Ṭayaalisee reported that `Alee رضي ‏ُاهلل ‏ُعنه said: “After (the tribe of)
result that it no longer remains) on the foundations laid by Ibraaheem?❞ [Ṣaḥeeḥ al-Bukhaaree (1583, 1584,
1585, 1586, 3368, 4484, 7243) and Ṣaḥeeḥ Muslim (1333-399, 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405)]
Furthermore, in al-Ḍha`eefah (6411), Shaikh al-Albaanee said the opposite of what he mentioned here. After
mentioning the Ḥadeeth in which it is said that when Aadam عليهُالسالم was expelled from the Jannah, he faced the
ُ عليه السالم Ka`bah and supplicated (indicating that the Ka`bah was already there before Aadam
); Shaikh al-Albaanee
graded this narration as “Munkar” (Rejected). The Shaikh further commented, saying: “There is no doubt that this
Ḥadeeth is “Mu`ḍhal” (perplexing), and it also opposes the Qur’aanic evidence:
‏﴿وَإِذُُيَر فَعُُإِب رَاهِيمُُال قَوَاعِدَُُمِنَُُال بَي تُُِوَإِْس ‏َاعِيلُ‏ ﴾
{And (remember) when Ibraaheem and (his son) Ismaa`eel were raising the foundations of the House…} [Surah
al-Baqarah (2): 127]
As for what has been mentioned in some of the Aathaar (narrations of the Companions and their followers): “The
foundation was already there before them (Ibraaheem and Ismaa`eel ُ ), [then it was later destroyed by
عليهم السالم
floods], so they rebuilt the House on top of this foundation”, there is no Textual evidence to support this claim,
because these are only statements (which either stop at a Companion or a Taabi`ee) and there is nothing
reported from the Prophet ﷺ except for this rejected narration, which is reported in “Taareekh Ibn `Asaakir”
and “Tafseer al-Ṭabaree” and other books, and (its weakness) is evident to those who have studied its chain (of
narration), as well as due to its opposition to the Aayah, which is mentioned above.
Then I (al-Albaanee) saw that al-Ḥaafiẓh Ibn Katheer also mentioned the same in his book, “al-Bidaayah” (1/163).
He (Ibn Katheer) said: “There is no authentic report from the Prophet ﷺ substantiating that the house was
already built before the Khaleel (Ibraaheem). As for those who clung to the statement of Allaah:
‏﴿مَكَانَُُال بَي تُِ‏ ﴾
{the site of the (Sacred) House} [Surah al-Ḥajj (22): 26]
Then there is nothing (in this Aayah) which clearly or supposedly (supports this claim). This is because the Text
means: ‘the designated place’, i.e. ‘Allaah showed Ibraaheem the site of the Ka`bah as specified and predestined
by the Knowledge of Allaah and His Decree, and the place which all the Prophets – from Aadam to Ibraaheem –
venerated.’
And we (Ibn Katheer) already mentioned that the narrations that: Aadam عليهُالسالم had constructed a dome over it;
and that the Angels informed him: ‘We have made Ṭawaaf (circumambulation) of this House before you’; and that
the ship (of Nooḥ ُ ) circumambulated it for forty days. However, narrations of this nature are all
السالم عليه
Israailiyyaat (narrations originating from the Children of Israa'eel). It is stated that such narrations are neither to
be trusted nor belied, so that they cannot stand as evidence. However, if such narrations are contradicted by
what is established as the truth, they must be rejected.” [Al-Ḍha`eefah (13/927). See also al-Ḍha`eefah (1106 &
6411)]
Some of the scholars who said that the foundation was first laid by Ibraaheem عليهُالسالم are, Ibn Taymiyyah, Ibn al-
Qayyim, Ibn Katheer, Ibn al-`Uthaymeen and the Fatwa of the Lajna (26/413).]
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