The Incident of the Prophet’s ﷺ Being Uncovered during the Building of the Ka‘ba

Question

Before his prophethood, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, at the suggestion of his master Hadrat ‘Abbas ﵁, placed his blessed izar (waist-wrap) on his shoulder in connection with the building of the wall of the Ka‘ba — in which chapter (bab) of Sahih al-Bukhari is this incident mentioned, and on what page? What is the heading of that chapter? What would the Prophet’s ﷺ blessed age have been at that time?

Answer

This incident is mentioned in three places in the first volume of Sahih al-Bukhari: "Bab Karahiyat al-Ta‘arri fi al-Salat wa Ghayriha" [Chapter on the Dislike of Uncovering (the Body) during Prayer and Otherwise], p. 52; "Bab Fadl Makka wa Bunyaniha" [Chapter on the Merit of Mecca and Its Construction], p.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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