(212) بَابُ التَّطَاوُلِ فِي الْبُنْيَانِ
'Abdullah ar-Rumi said, "I visited Umm Talq and exclaimed, 'Howlow the ceiling of your room is!' 'My son,' she replied, 'the Amir al-Mu'minin,'Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, wrote to his workerstelling them:
"Do not make your buildings tall. That will come about inthe worst of your days."'" (FR)
Reference (FR): Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 452 (FR)
In-book reference (FR): Book 25, Hadith 11 (FR)
English translation (FR): Book 25, Hadith 452 (FR)