Yahya related to me from Malik that he heard Ibn Shihab say that he had heard one of the people of knowledge say that the Hijr was only enclosed so that people would go beyond it as they were making tawaf, and their tawaf would therefore encompass the original House
Hadith No. 807
Muwatta Malik
Gradings:
Salim al-Hilali:
Maqtu Sahih