Al-Adab Al-Mufrad #458
Extravagance in Building
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو السَّفَرِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ: مَرَّ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم، وَأَنَا أُصْلِحُ خُصًّا لَنَا، فَقَالَ: مَا هَذَا؟ قُلْتُ: أُصْلِحُ خُصَّنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، فَقَالَ: الأَمْرُ أَسْرَعُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ.
'Abdullah ibn 'Amr said, "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, went by while I was repairing a hut I owned. He said,
'What is this?' I replied, 'I am mending my hut, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace.' He said, 'The business is too swift for that.'"
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This hadith is #458 from Al-Adab Al-Mufrad, in the Book of Extravagance in Building.