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Al-Adab Al-MufradDa'if (Al-Albani)

الأدب المفرد

Al-Adab Al-Mufrad Hadith 452

Read the original Arabic and English translation of this hadith from Extravagance in Building, with its chapter, grading, and reference kept together.

In-book entry
11

Chapter 6

Chapter context: Making buildings tall

بَابُ التَّطَاوُلِ فِي الْبُنْيَانِ

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Hadith text

Original Arabic

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.‏

Translation

English translation

'Abdullah ar-Rumi said, "I visited Umm Talq and exclaimed, 'How low 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 workers telling them:

"Do not make your buildings tall. That will come about in the worst of your days."'"

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Where is this hadith found?

This is Hadith 452 in Al-Adab Al-Mufrad. It appears in Book 25, Extravagance in Building, as in-book entry 11 under the chapter “Making buildings tall.”

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Reference details

In-book entry
11

Source and grading notes

Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 452 In-book : Book 25, Hadith 11 English translation : Book 25, Hadith 452

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