Al-Kāfi - The Book of Haj

Chapter: Hajj of Ibrahim and Isma‘il, Their Building the House, Those Who Became in Charge of the House after Them 8ـ وَرُوِيَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ عُثْ٠َانَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) قَالَ كَانَ طُولُ الْكَعْبَةِ يَوْ٠َئِذٍ تِسْعَةَ أَذْرُعٍ وَلَ٠ْ يَكُنْ لَهَا سَقْفٌ فَسَقَّفَهَا قُرَيْشٌ ثَ٠َانِيَةَ عَشَرَ ذِرَاعاً فَلَ٠َّ كَسَرَهَا الْحَجَّاجُ عَلَى ابْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ فَبَنَاهَا وَجَعَلَهَا سَبْعَةً وَعِشْرِينَ ذِرَاعاً.

He rebuilt it and made it twenty-seven yards high.’” وثق كالصحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (17/41))