Narrated by Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her): The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me, "If your people had not only recently abandoned disbelief, I would have demolished the Ka'bah and rebuilt it upon the foundations of Ibrahim (peace be upon him), because the Quraysh had reduced its size. I would have made one door and placed another door opposite to it."

The purified wife of the Noble Prophet (peace be upon him), Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said to me: "Do you know, when your people rebuilt the Ka'bah, they left out the foundation of Ibrahim?" I said, "O Messenger of Allah, then why do you not build it upon the foundation of Ibrahim?" He replied, "If your people were not so close to the time of disbelief, I would certainly have done so." Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "If Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) heard this from the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) (and indeed Lady Aisha is truthful), then I think this is the reason why the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) did not kiss the corners of the walls adjacent to Hatim, because the Ka'bah was not completed upon the foundations of Ibrahim."

Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrated that I asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), "Is the Hatim also included in the House of Allah (Ka'bah)?" He replied, "Yes." Then I asked, "Why did people not include it in the Ka'bah?" He replied, "Your people ran short of funds." Then I asked, "Why is its door made so high?" He replied, "Your people did this so that they could let in whomever they wished and prevent whomever they wished. If your people had not recently left the period of ignorance and I did not fear that their hearts would be disturbed, I would have included the Hatim in the Ka'bah and made its door level with the ground."

Narrated Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him): Al-Fadl bin Abbas was riding behind the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) during the Farewell Pilgrimage when a woman from the tribe of Khath'am came. Al-Fadl began to look at her and she was looking at him, but the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) kept turning Al-Fadl's face to the other side. The woman said, "O Messenger of Allah! The obligation of Hajj imposed by Allah has become due on my father, but he is very old and cannot sit firmly on a camel. Can I perform Hajj on his behalf?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Yes." This incident took place during the Farewell Pilgrimage.

Sayyiduna Fadl bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that on the occasion of the Farewell Pilgrimage, a woman from the tribe of Khath'am came and said, "O Messenger of Allah, the obligation of Hajj that Allah has made upon His servants has reached my elderly father, but he does not have the strength to sit on a mount. So can I perform Hajj on his behalf, and will his Hajj be fulfilled?" The Prophet replied, "Yes."

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "As long as I leave you alone, you should also leave me alone (and do not ask unnecessary questions), because the nations before you were destroyed due to their (unnecessary) questions and their disagreements with their prophets. So when I forbid you from something, then avoid it, and when I command you to do something, then do it to the best of your ability."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrated that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "A woman should not undertake a journey of three days without a mahram (a close male relative)."

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri, may Allah be pleased with him, used to say that I heard four things from the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, and these things are extremely beloved to me: That no woman should travel for two days except with her husband or a mahram relative with whom marriage is permanently unlawful, and that no one should prepare a mount (for travel) except for three mosques: Al-Masjid Al-Haram, my (Masjid Nabawi), and Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: It is not permissible for a woman who believes in Allah and His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) to travel for a day and a night except with a mahram (a male relative whom she cannot marry).

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrated that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: No man should sit in seclusion with a (non-mahram) woman, and no woman should travel unless she is accompanied by a mahram. At that moment, a companion stood up and said, "O Messenger of Allah, I have registered my name for such-and-such jihad, while my wife is going for Hajj." The Prophet said, "Then you should go and perform Hajj with your wife."