(69) باب نَقْضِ الْكَعْبَةِ وَبِنَائِهَا
Abu Qaza'ah reported that while Abd al-Malik b. Marwan was circumambulating the Ka'ba he said:
May Allah ruin Ibn Zubair that he lies in attributing to the Mother of the Faithful, as he says: I heard her stating that Allah's Messenger (may'peace be upon him) had said: 'A'isha, if your people had not been new converts to Islam, I would have demolished the House and would have added (in it area) from the Hijr for your people have reduced the area from its foundations. Harith b. 'Abdullah b. Abu Rabi'a (Allah be pleased with him) said: Commander of the Faithful, don't say that, for I heard the Mother of the Faithful saying this, whereupon he said: If I had heard this before demolishing it, I would have left it in the state in which Ibn Zabair had built it.
Reference: Sahih Muslim 1333 i
In-book reference: Book 15, Hadith 452
USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Book 7, Hadith 3086