347. hadíth
وَ سُمِّيَ اَلْبَيْتُ اَلْعَتِيقَ لِأَنَّهُ أُعْتِقَ مِنَ اَلْغَرَقِ.
The House (Ka'bah) was named al-Bayt al-Atiq (The Ancient House) because it was saved (freed) from being submerged in the flood.
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq
Book of Pilgrimage and Its Virtues
Chapter on the Reasons Behind Hajj
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