Hadith #47

Arabic Text

English Translation

It was narrated that `Ali (رضي الله عنه) said. the Prophet ﷺ and I set out and came to the Ka`bah. the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me “Sit down,” and he climbed onto my shoulders. I went to stand up with him, but he saw that I was weak. So he got down and the Prophet ﷺ of Allah (ﷺ) sat down for me and said: `Climb onto my shoulders.” So I climbed on to his shoulders and he stood up with me. I felt that if I had wanted to, I could have reached the edge of the sky. I climbed up onto the top of the House, where there was a statue of brass or copper. I started shaking it right and left, forwards and backwards until, when I had managed to loosen it, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: “Throw it down.” I threw it down and it broke like a glass bottle, Then I came down and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and I ran and hid among the houses lest any of the people see us.