Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3170
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، وَغَيْرُ، وَاحِدٍ، قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِنَّمَا سُمِّيَ الْبَيْتُ الْعَتِيقَ لأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَظْهَرْ عَلَيْهِ جَبَّارٌ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم مُرْسَلاً . حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَحْوَهُ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
‘Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr reported that the Messenger of Allah said: ‘The House is called al-Bayt al-‘Atiq (the Ancient House) because no tyrant has ever prevailed over it.’
Abu ‘Isa said: This is a hasan sahih report. It has also been transmitted from al-Zuhri directly from the Prophet as a mursal report. Qutaybah transmitted a similar version through al-Layth, from ‘Uqayl, from al-Zuhri, from the Prophet.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
Preserved the explanation of the Ka‘bah’s name and the compiler’s note that another route is mursal.