It is narrated from Aswad, he says: Sayyiduna Ibn Zubair (may Allah be pleased with him) said to me: Tell me those things which Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) used to tell you privately and which she used to hide from the people. Aswad said: She told me one thing, the beginning of which I remember well. She said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Aisha! If your people had not recently embraced Islam, I would have demolished the structure of the Ka'bah and rebuilt it, and I would have made two doors at its level, one for entering and the other for exiting. Abu Ishaq says: I have seen the House of Allah built in this manner.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Zubair (may Allah be pleased with him), who says: My aunt, Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), related to me that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to her: If your people had not only recently abandoned polytheism or ignorance, that is, disbelief, I would have demolished the Ka'bah and leveled it with the ground, and I would have made two doors for it in such a way that one would be towards the east and the other towards the west, and I would have included a space of six cubits from the Hijr, that is, Hatim, into the House of Allah, because when the Quraysh rebuilt it, due to lack of resources, they could not include that part in the construction of the Ka'bah.

It is narrated from Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: If we had the strength, I would demolish the Kaaba and rebuild it anew, and I would make two doors for it—people would enter through one door and exit through the other. Then, when Sayyiduna Ibn Zubair (may Allah be pleased with him) became the ruler, he demolished it and made two doors for it according to the wish of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). But after him, when the era of Hajjaj came, he demolished it again and rebuilt it on its previous foundations.

It is narrated from Abu Qaza’ah that Abdul Malik was performing Tawaf of the House of Allah, during which he said: May Allah destroy Ibn Zubair, he fabricates lies against Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) and says that she heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: If your people had not only recently abandoned disbelief and embraced Islam, I would have demolished the House of Allah and included a portion of Hatim within it; when your people, the Quraysh, rebuilt it, they could not complete its construction. Upon hearing this, Harith bin Abdullah bin Abi Rabi’ah said: O Commander of the Faithful! Do not say this, for I myself heard the Lady (may Allah be pleased with her) narrate this hadith. Abdul Malik said: If I had heard this before demolishing the Ka’bah, I would have left the House of Allah as Ibn Zubair (may Allah be pleased with him) had constructed it.