What is the authenticity of the claim that the angels were the first to build the Kaaba two thousand years before Adam (peace be upon him), and that Adam (peace be upon him) circumambulated it immediately upon his descent, whereupon the angels met him and said to him: "Your ritual, O Adam, we have circumambulated this House two thousand years before you"? And has anything of this been mentioned in the Sunnah, or is it from the Isra'iliyyat, and what is the ruling on adopting and believing it?
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Some exegetes mentioned the story of the building of the Kaaba before Abraham (peace be upon him), but its basis relies on Isra'iliyyat (reports from Jewish and Christian traditions) which lack any firm textual evidence. Ibn Kathir clarified that these reports from the Children of Israel are neither to be fully believed nor disbelieved, and they cannot be used as evidence. This indicates the unreliability of such claims and their absence from the .
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