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