Who laid the foundations of the House, and was it present before Ibrahim?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you. This questioner asks: Who laid the foundations of the House before Ibrahim and his son raised it?
The Shaykh:
There were no foundations before that; it was a raised mound with no foundations. The one who laid the foundations was Ibrahim and Isma'il (peace be upon them both). Yes.
The questioner:
A continuation of the question. He asks: Was the House present before Ibrahim (peace be upon him)? Because in the hadith: "Perform the Hajj to the Sacred House"?
The Shaykh:
As for the prophets after Ibrahim (peace be upon him), the scholars differed on whether the House existed from the time of Adam. It is reported that Adam performed tawaf around the House, indicating that it existed previously. However, when the flood came and the drowning of the people of Nuh occurred, they said that it was buried in its place and disappeared. So Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) made it clear to Ibrahim and assigned it to him, so he rebuilt it. This is a strong opinion. It existed before, but the flood covered it and erased it. So Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) brought Ibrahim and clarified its location to him, assigned it to him, and commanded him to build it. Yes.
May Allah reward you. This questioner asks: Who laid the foundations of the House before Ibrahim and his son raised it?
The Shaykh:
There were no foundations before that; it was a raised mound with no foundations. The one who laid the foundations was Ibrahim and Isma'il (peace be upon them both). Yes.
The questioner:
A continuation of the question. He asks: Was the House present before Ibrahim (peace be upon him)? Because in the hadith:
That all the prophets
أن جميع الأنبياء قدThe Shaykh:
As for the prophets after Ibrahim (peace be upon him), the scholars differed on whether the House existed from the time of Adam. It is reported that Adam performed tawaf around the House, indicating that it existed previously. However, when the flood came and the drowning of the people of Nuh occurred, they said that it was buried in its place and disappeared. So Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) made it clear to Ibrahim and assigned it to him, so he rebuilt it. This is a strong opinion. It existed before, but the flood covered it and erased it. So Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) brought Ibrahim and clarified its location to him, assigned it to him, and commanded him to build it. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [320] من وضع قواعد البيت الحرام؟ وهل وُجد قبل إبراهيم؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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