Al-Adab Al-Mufrad #454
Extravagance in Building
'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."'"
Narrated by '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:
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This hadith is #454 from Al-Adab Al-Mufrad, in the Book of Extravagance in Building and narrated by '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:. Al-Adab Al-Mufrad contains 1,326 hadiths across 57 books.