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Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq

Book of Pilgrimage and Its Virtues

Chapter on Virtues of Hajj

623. hadíth

2319 - وَ قَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : «كَانَ طُولُ اَلْكَعْبَةِ تِسْعَةَ أَذْرُعٍ وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهَا سَقْفٌ فَسَقَّفَهَا قُرَيْشٌ ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ ذِرَاعاً ثُمَّ كَسَرَهَا اَلْحَجَّاجُ عَلَى اِبْنِ اَلزُّبَيْرِ فَبَنَاهَا وَ جَعَلَهَا سَبْعَةً وَ عِشْرِينَ ذِرَاعاً ».

Hadith.2319 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) said: "The height of the Kaaba was nine cubits, and it had no roof. The Quraysh then roofed it, raising its height to eighteen cubits. Later, Al-Hajjaj demolished it during his conflict with Ibn Al-Zubayr and rebuilt it, raising its height to twenty-seven cubits."

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