Hadith 10835

Chapter 212

باب 212

(212) بَابُ التَّطَاوُلِ فِي الْبُنْيَانِ

(212) Chapter: Making buildings tall (IT)
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وَبِالسَّنَدِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ الرُّومِيِّ قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أُمِّ طَلْقٍ فَقُلْتُ: مَا أَقْصَرَ سَقْفَ بَيْتِكِ هَذَا؟ قَالَتْ: يَا بُنَيَّ إِنَّ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ كَتَبَ إِلَى عُمَّالِهِ: أَنْ لاَ تُطِيلُوا بِنَاءَكُمْ، فَإِنَّهُ مِنْ شَرِّ أَيَّامِكُمْ.

'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."'" (IT)

Reference (IT): Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 452 (IT)

In-book reference (IT): Book 25, Hadith 11 (IT)

English translation (IT): Book 25, Hadith 452 (IT)