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In the lifetime of the Prophet (ﷺ) there was no wall around the Ka`ba and the people used to pray around
the Ka`ba till `Umar became the Caliph and he built the wall around it. 'Ubaidullah further said, "Its
wall was low, so Ibn Az-Zubair built it."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 63, Hadith 55
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When the Ka`ba was rebuilt, the Prophet (ﷺ) and `Abbas went to carry stones. `Abbas said to the Prophet (ﷺ)
"(Take off and) put your waist sheet over your neck so that the stones may not hurt you." (But as soon
as he took off his waist sheet) he fell unconscious on the ground with both his eyes towards the sky.
When he came to his senses, he said, "My waist sheet! My waist sheet!" Then he tied his waist sheet
(round his waist).
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'Ashura' (i.e. the tenth of Muharram) was a day on which the tribe of Quraish used to fast in the prelslamic
period of ignorance. The Prophet (ﷺ) also used to fast on this day. So when he migrated to
Medina, he fasted on it and ordered (the Muslims) to fast on it. When the fasting of Ramadan was
enjoined, it became optional for the people to fast or not to fast on the day of Ashura.