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Narrated `Aisha: (the wife of the Prophet) that Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) said to her, “Do you know that when your people (Quraish) rebuilt the Ka`ba, they decreased it from its original foundation laid by Abraham?” I said, “O Allah’s Messenger peace eb upon him)! Why don’t you rebuild it on its original foundation laid by Abraham?” He replied, “Were it not for the fact that your people are close to the Pre-Islamic Period of ignorance (i.e. they have recently become Muslims) I would have done so.” The sub-narrator, `Abdullah (bin `Umar ) stated: `Aisha ‘must have heard this from Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) for in my opinion Allah’s Messenger (peace eb upon him) had not placed his hand over the two corners of the Ka`ba opposite Al-Hijr only because the Ka`ba was not rebuilt on its original foundations laid by Abraham.