عَنْ عَلِيٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ انْطَلَقْتُ أَنَا وَالنَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَتَّى أَتَيْنَا الْكَعْبَةَ فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ اجْلِسْ وَصَعِدَ عَلَى مَنْكِبَيَّ فَذَهَبْتُ لِأَنْهَضَ بِهِ فَرَأَى مِنِّي ضَعْفًا فَنَزَلَ وَجَلَسَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَقَالَ اصْعَدْ عَلَى مَنْكِبَيَّ قَالَ فَصَعِدْتُ عَلَى مَنْكِبِهِ قَالَ فَنَهَضَ بِي قَالَ فَإِنَّهُ يُخَيَّلُ إِلَيَّ أَنِّي لَوْ شِئْتُ لَنِلْتُ أُفُقَ السَّمَاءِ حَتَّى صَعِدْتُ عَلَى الْبَيْتِ وَعَلَيْهِ تِمْثَالُ صَفْرٍ أَوْ نُحَاسٍ فَجَعَلْتُ أُزَاوِلُهُ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَعَنْ شِمَالِهِ وَبَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِ حَتَّى إِذَا اسْتَمْكَنْتُ مِنْهُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ اقْذِفْ بِهِ فَقَذَفْتُ بِهِ فَتَكَسَّرَ كَمَا تَتَكَسَّرُ الْقَوَارِيرُ ثُمَّ نَزَلْتُ فَانْطَلَقْتُ أَنَا وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَسْتَبِقُ حَتَّى تَوَارَيْنَا بِالْبُيُوتِ خَشْيَةَ أَنْ يَلْقَانَا أَحَدٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, he says: I and the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, walked until we reached the Ka'bah. Then the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said to me: Sit down. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, climbed onto my shoulders, then I tried to stand up, but when the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, saw that I was weak, he got down from my shoulders and sat down himself, then said: Ali! Climb onto my shoulders. So I climbed onto the shoulders of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, then he stood up. It seemed to me that if I wished, I could touch the horizon of the sky. Then I climbed onto the structure of the House of Allah. There was a brass or copper idol on it. I tried from its right, left, front, and back, until I was able to topple it. At that, the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: Throw it down. So I threw it down, and it broke just as glass breaks. Then I came down from there, and I and the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, began to walk quickly, until we stuck close to the houses. We were afraid that perhaps we might meet someone (and our secret would be revealed).