It was narrated that ‘ishah said: “I wanted to enter the House and pray therein, so the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم took me by the hand and took me into the Hijr and said: ‘If you want to enter the House, then pray here, for it is part of the House, but your people made it too small when they built it.” (Sahih)