Hadith 10873

Chapter 212

باب 212

(212) بَابُ التَّطَاوُلِ فِي الْبُنْيَانِ

(212) Chapter: Making buildings tall
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وَبِالسَّنَدِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ الْحُجُرَاتِ مِنْ جَرِيدِ النَّخْلِ مَغْشِيًّا مِنْ خَارِجٍ بِمُسُوحِ الشَّعْرِ، وَأَظُنُّ عَرْضَ الْبَيْتِ مِنْ بَابِ الْحُجْرَةِ إِلَى بَابِ الْبَيْتِ نَحْوًا مِنْ سِتِّ أَوْ سَبْعِ أَذْرُعٍ، وَأَحْزِرُ الْبَيْتَ الدَّاخِلَ عَشْرَ أَذْرُعٍ، وَأَظُنُّ سُمْكَهُ بَيْنَ الثَّمَانِ وَالسَّبْعِ نَحْوَ ذَلِكَ، وَوَقَفْتُ عِنْدَ بَابِ عَائِشَةَ فَإِذَا هُوَ مُسْتَقْبِلٌ الْمَغْرِبَ.


Dawud ibn Qays said, "I saw that the rooms were made from the stumpsof palm trees covered on the outside with smoothed hair. I think that thewidth of the house from the door of the room to the door of the house wasabout six or seven spans. The width of the room inside was ten spans. Ithink that the ceiling was between seven and eight, or there about. I stoppedat the door of 'A'isha, which was facing the west."

Reference: Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 451

In-book reference: Book 25, Hadith 10

English translation: Book 25, Hadith 451