Lady Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said to her: O Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), if your people had not recently left the Age of Ignorance, I would have had the House of Allah (the Ka'bah) demolished and included in it the part that they had left out, which is the Hatim. Their funds had run short, so they joined it with the ground, and I would have rebuilt it according to the foundations of our master Ibrahim (peace be upon him). I would have made two doors for it: one door on the eastern side and one on the western side. The narrator states: For this reason, Abdullah bin Zubair (may Allah be pleased with them both) had it demolished and rebuilt.

Aswad reports: Abdullah bin Zubair (may Allah be pleased with them both) asked Aswad—he used to visit Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) and she showed him special affection. Aswad narrated: Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) informed that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If your people had not recently left the Age of Ignorance, I would have demolished the Ka'bah and built two doors for it." The narrator says: That is why Abdullah bin Zubair (may Allah be pleased with them both) had it demolished and built two doors for it.