No. 3068

Ibn Umar (Allaah be pleased with them) reported that Allaah's Messenger (may peace, be upon him) entered the Ka'ba. Usama, Bilal and 'Uthman b. Talha, the keeper (of the Ka'ba), were along with him. He closed the door and stayed in it for some time. Ibn 'Umar (Allaah be pleased with them) said: I asked Bilal as he came out what Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) had done there. He said: He prayed there in (such a position) that two pillars were on his left side, one pillar on his right, and three pillars were behind him, and the House at that time was resting on six pillars.

No. 3069

Ibn Umar (Allaah be pleased with them) reported: Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) came on the Day of Victory, and got down in the courtyard of the Ka'ba and he sent (a message) for 'Uthman b. Talha (Allaah be pleased with them). He came with the key and opened the door. Allaah's Prophet (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) then entered therein and Bilal, Usama b. Zaid, and 'Uthman b. Talha (along with him), and then commanded the door to be closed. They stayed there for a considerable time, and then the door was opened, and Abdullah said: I was the first to meet Allaah's Messenger. (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam). outside (the Ka'ba), and Bilal was close behind him. I said to Bilal: Did Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) observe prayer therein? He said: Yes. I said: Where? He said: Between the two pillars in front of his face. He said: I forgot to ask him as to the number of rakahs he prayed.

No. 3070

lbn Umar (Allaah be pleased with them) reported: Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) came daring the year of Victory on the she-camel of Usama b. Zaid until he made her kneel down in the courtyard of the Ka'ba (and got down). He then sent for 'Uthman b. Talha and said: Bring me the key. He went to his mother and she refused to give that to him. He said: By Allaah, give that to him or this sword would be thrust into my side. So she gave that to him, and he came with that to Allaah's Prophet (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) and gave that to him, and he opened the door. The rest of the hadith is the same as the above one.

No. 3071

Ibn 'Umar (Allaah be pleased with them) reported: Allaah's Messenger, (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) entered the House, and Usama, Bilal and Uthman b. Talha were with him, and they kept the door closed for a considerable time. Then it was opened and I was the first to enter the House and meet Bilal, and I said: Where did Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) observe prayer? He said: Between these two front pillars. I, however, forgot to ask him the number of rak'ahs that he observed.

No. 3072

Abdullah b. Umar reported that he reached the Ka'ba and Allaah's Prophet (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) had entered therein, and Bilal and Usama too. 'Uthman b. Talha closed the door to them, and they stayed there for a considerable time, and then the door was opend and Allaah's Prophet (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) came out, and I went upstairs and entered the House and said: Where did Allaah's Prophet (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) observe prayer? They said: At this very place. I, however, forgot to ask them about the (number of) rak'ahs that he observed.

No. 3073

Salim narrated on the authority of his father (Allaah be pleased with him) that Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) entered the House along with Usama b. Zaid, Bilal and Uthman b. Talha. They closed the door from within, and, as they opened it, I was the first to get into it and meet Bilal, and I asked him: Did Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) observe prayer in it? He said: Yes, he observed prayer between these two Yemenite pillars (pillars situated towards the side of Yemen).

No. 3074

Salim b. Abdullah reported his father (Allaah be pleased with him) saying: I saw Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) entering the Ka'ba, and Usama b. Zaid, Bilal and 'Uthman b. Talha were along with him, but none (else) entered therein along with them. Then the door was closed for them from within. 'Abdullah b. Umar (Allaah be pleased with them) said: Bilal and Uthman b. Talha informed me that Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) observed prayer in the interior of the Ka'ba between the two Yemenite pillars.

No. 3075

Ibn Juraij reported: I said to 'Ata': Have you heard Ibn 'Abbas saying: You have been commanded to observe circumambulation, and not commanded to enter it (the Ka'ba)? He ('Ata') said: He (Ibn Abbas) (at the same time) did not forbid entrance into it. I, however, heard him saying: Usama b. Zaid informed me that when Allaah's Prophet (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) entered the House, he supplicated in all sides of it; and he did not observe prayer therein till he came out, and as he came out he observed two rak'ahs in front of the House, and said: This is your Qibla. I said to him: What is meant by its sides? Does that mean its corners? He said: (In all sides and nooks of the House) there is Qibla.

No. 3076

Ibn Abbas (Allaah be pleased with them) reported that Allaah's Prophet (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) entered the Ka'ba, and in it there were six pillars, and he stood near a pillar and made supplication, bnt did not observe the prayer.

No. 3077

Isma'il b. Abu Khalid reported: I asked Abdullah b. Abu Aufa (Allaah be pleased with him), a Companion of Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam), whether Allaah's Prophet (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) had entered the House, while performing 'Umra, He said: NO.