أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا حُرَيْثُ بْنُ السَّائِبِ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ الْحَسَنَ يَقُولُ: كُنْتُ أَدْخُلُ بُيُوتَ أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي خِلاَفَةِ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ فَأَتَنَاوَلُ سُقُفَهَا بِيَدِي.
Al-Hasan said, "I used to go into the houses of the wives of the
Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, during the khalifate
of 'Uthman ibn 'Affan, and I could touch their ceilings with my own hand."
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ: لاَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى يَتَطَاوَلَ النَّاسُ فِي الْبُنْيَانِ.
Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, said, "The Final Hour will not come until people
compete with one another in the height of their buildings."
Dawud ibn Qays said, "I saw that the rooms were made from the stumps
of palm trees covered on the outside with smoothed hair. I think that the
width of the house from the door of the room to the door of the house was
about six or seven spans. The width of the room inside was ten spans. I
think that the ceiling was between seven and eight, or there about. I stopped
at the door of 'A'isha, which was facing the west."
'Abdullah ibn 'Amr was heard to say to a nephew of his who had
left al-Waht, "Are your workers at work?" "I don't know," he replied. He
said, "If you were clever, you would work as your workers work." Then he
turned towards us and said, "When a man works with his workers in his house
(and Abu 'Asim once said, 'in his property'), he is one of the workers
of Allah Almighty."
