Our Beloved Master - His Early Life — Page 101
27 CorneRS oF A SHEET oF CLoTH O ne year, there was a flood in Makkah that damaged the walls of the Ka‘bah so much that they were on the verge of collapse. Since the Quraish considered the Ka‘bah to be sacred, they first decided to demolish it to the ground and give it a solid reconstruction. At the same time they were wary of demolishing it, in case it brought some curse or bad luck to them. So they could not find the courage to destroy it after all. Wal i d bin Mugh i rah, father of Kh a lid ra (Saifull a h) was a noble chief of Quraish. He was extremely old and almost nearing his death. He decided that since he was about to enter his grave