And the evidence [‏عَلَى‏] is that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, only intended by his saying:“And they took the Hijr out of the House,”a part of it, not all of it. And this is of the same kind that I have indicated in more than one place in our books, that the definite noun with“al-”may refer to a part of the thing.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Zubair (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) told me, she said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "O Aisha, if your people had not only recently left ignorance and become Muslim, I would have demolished the Sacred House and included in it that part of Hatim which they had left out, because their funds had run short and so they could not build it. I would have made two doors for the Sacred House, one on the east side and one on the west side, and I would have built it level with the ground. And I would have built it upon the foundations of Ibrahim (peace be upon him)." The narrator says that because of this statement of the Prophet, Sayyiduna Ibn Zubair (may Allah be pleased with them both) (during his rule) demolished the Sacred House and rebuilt it upon the foundations of Ibrahim (peace be upon him). Yazid bin Roman says that when Sayyiduna Ibn Zubair (may Allah be pleased with them both) demolished and rebuilt the Sacred House, I was present with him. They uncovered the foundations of the Sacred House, and they were like the humps of Bactrian camels. Jarir says that I said to Yazid bin Roman, while I was performing Tawaf with him at that time, "Show me the part of Hatim which the Quraysh had left out during the construction of the Sacred House." He said, "I will show you that part right now." When he reached near that part, he said, "This is the place." Jarir says that I measured it, and it was about six cubits in length.