It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "O Aishah! Were it not that your people are close to the time of Jahiliyyah, I would demolish the House of Allah and include in it that part of the Hatim (Hijr) which they left outside, for they were unable to meet the cost of its construction. And I would make two doors for it: one to the east and one to the west, and I would make it level with the ground, and I would build it on the foundations of Sayyiduna Ibrahim (peace be upon him)." This is what prompted Ibn al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) to demolish the House of Allah and rebuild it. Yazid bin Ruman said: I was present with Ibn al-Zubayr when he demolished it, and the foundations of the Ka'bah appeared like the humps of Bactrian camels, interlocked with one another. Jarir said: I asked Yazid bin Ruman, while I was performing tawaf with him at that time, to show me the part which they had taken out (of the Ka'bah) and left in the Hatim. He said: "I will show it to you now." When he reached it, he said: "This is the place." The narrator said: I estimated it to be about six cubits. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it in this way.