Sirat Ibn Hisham 219
The reason for Quraysh's building of the Kaʿbah
حَدِيثُ بُنْيَانِ الْكَعْبَةِ وَحُكْمُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَيْنَ قُرَيْشٍ فِي وَضْعِ الْحَجَرِ [ سَبَبُ بُنْيَانِ قُرَيْشٍ لِلْكَعْبَةِ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَمْسًا وَثَلَاثِينَ سَنَةً، اجْتَمَعَتْ قُرَيْشٌ لِبُنْيَانِ الْكَعْبَةِ، وَكَانُوا يُهِمُّونَ بِذَلِكَ لِيُسَقِّفُوهَا وَيَهَابُونَ هَدْمَهَا وَإِنَّمَا كَانَتْ رَضْمًا فَوْقَ الْقَامَةِ، فَأَرَادُوا رَفْعَهَا وَتَسْقِيفَهَا، وَذَلِكَ أَنَّ نَفَرًا سَرَقُوا كَنْزًا لِلْكَعْبَةِ، وَإِنَّمَا كَانَ يَكُونُ فِي بِئْرٍ فِي جَوْفِ الْكَعْبَةِ، وَكَانَ الَّذِي وُجِدَ عِنْدَهُ الْكَنْزُ دُوَيْكًا مَوْلًى لِبَنِي مُلَيْحِ بْنِ عَمْرِو مِنْ خُزَاعَةَ. قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: فَقَطَعَتْ قُرَيْشٌ يَدَهُ. وَتُزْعِمُ قُرَيْشٌ أَنَّ الَّذِينَ سَرَقُوهُ وَضَعُوهُ عِنْدَ دُوَيْكٍ. وَكَانَ الْبَحْرُ قَدْ رَمَى بِسَفِينَةٍ إلَى جُدَّةَ لِرَجُلٍ مِنْ تُجَّارِ الرُّومِ، فَتَحَطَّمَتْ، فَأَخَذُوا خَشَبَهَا، فَأَعَدُّوهُ لِتَسْقِيفِهَا، وَكَانَ بِمَكَّةَ رَجُلٌ قِبْطِيٌّ نَجَّارٌ، فَتَهَيَّأَ لَهُمْ فِي أَنْفُسِهِمْ بَعْضُ مَا يُصْلِحُهَا. وَكَانَتْ حَيَّةً تَخْرَجُ مِنْ بِئْرِ الْكَعْبَةِ الَّتِي كَانَ يُطْرَحُ فِيهَا مَا يُهْدَى لَهَا كُلَّ يَوْمٍ، فَتَتَشَرَّقُ عَلَى جِدَارِ الْكَعْبَةِ، وَكَانَتْ مِمَّا يَهَابُونَ، وَذَلِكَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ لَا يَدْنُو مِنْهَا أَحَدٌ إلَّا احْزَأَلَّتْ وَكَشَّتْ وَفَتَحَتْ فَاهَا، وَكَانُوا يَهَابُونَهَا. فَبَيْنَا هِيَ ذَاتُ يَوْمٍ تَتَشَرَّقُ عَلَى جِدَارِ الْكَعْبَةِ، كَمَا كَانَتْ تَصْنَعُ، بَعَثَ اللَّهُ إلَيْهَا طَائِرًا فَاخْتَطَفَهَا، فَذَهَبَ بِهَا؛ فَقَالَتْ قُرَيْشٌ: إنَّا لَنَرْجُو أَنْ يَكُونَ اللَّهُ قَدْ رَضِيَ مَا أَرَدْنَا، عِنْدَنَا عَامِلٌ رَفِيقٌ، وَعِنْدَنَا خَشَبٌ، وَقَدْ كَفَانَا اللَّهُ الْحَيَّةَ.
Translation
✧ The Account of the Building of the Kaʿbah and the Messenger of Allah's ﷺ Judgment among Quraysh Concerning the Placement of the Stone The Reason for Quraysh's Rebuilding of the Kaʿbah Ibn Isḥāq said: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ reached thirty-five years of age, Quraysh gathered to rebuild the Kaʿbah. They were intending to roof it, but they were afraid of demolishing it. It was only a structure of loose stones above a man's height, so they wanted to raise it and roof it. That was because some men stole a treasure of the Kaʿbah, which was kept in a well inside the Kaʿbah. The one with whom the treasure was found was Duwayk, a mawlā of the Banū Mulayḥ b. ʿAmr of Khuzāʿah. Ibn Hishām said: Quraysh cut off his hand. Quraysh claimed that those who stole it had placed it with Duwayk. The sea had cast ashore at Jeddah a ship belonging to a merchant of the Byzantines, and it had broken apart. They took its timber and prepared it for roofing the Kaʿbah. In Makkah there was a Coptic carpenter, so they had among themselves some of what would set it right. There was a snake that would come out of the well of the Kaʿbah, into which was thrown what was offered to it every day, and it would sun itself on the wall of the Kaʿbah. It was something they feared, for no one would approach it but it would rear up, hiss, and open its mouth. They were afraid of it. While it was one day sunning itself on the wall of the Kaʿbah as it used to do, Allah sent a bird against it which snatched it and went off with it. Quraysh said: 'We hope that Allah has been pleased with what we intend. We have a gentle craftsman, we have timber, and Allah has spared us the snake.'
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