Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, said, "Allah is pleased with you about three things
and He is angry with you about three things. He is pleased that you worship
Him, not associating anything with Him, that you all take hold of the rope
of Allah and that you give good counsel to those that Allah has put in
authority over you. He dislikes you engaging in chitchat, asking a lot
of questions and squandering wealth."
In commenting on the words of Allah Almighty, "Anything you
spend will be replaced by Him. and He is the best of Providers," (34:39)
Ibn 'Abbas said, "without extravagance or parsimony."
Zayd ibn Aslam reported from his father that 'Umar used to say
on the minbar, "O people! Improve your homes but be careful about these
house snakes before they make you afraid. Those
among them which are Muslim will not be clear to you and, by Allah, we
have not made peace with them since the time when we treated them as an
enemy."
'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."
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 451
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."
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 452
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."
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."
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 454
'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."'"
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 455
حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرُ بْنُ حَازِمٍ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ سَلاَّمِ بْنِ شُرَحْبِيلَ، عَنْ حَبَّةَ بْنِ خَالِدٍ، وَسَوَاءَ بْنِ خَالِدٍ، أَنَّهُمَا أَتَيَا النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَهُوَ يُعَالِجُ حَائِطًا أَوْ بِنَاءً لَهُ، فَأَعَانَاهُ.
It is reported that Habba ibn Khalid and Sawa' ibn Khalid came
to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, while he was repairing
a wall - or a building - of his, and they helped him.
Qays ibn Abi Hazm said, "We went to visit Khubbab after he had
been cauterised seven times. He said, 'Our Companions who came before us
have gone and this world did not cause the, loss. We have been struck by
an affliction for which we find no place to put it down except the earth.
If it were no that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
forbade us to pray for death, we would pray for it.'"
He continued, "Then we came to him another time while he was building
a wall and his and he said, 'The Muslim is rewarded for everything on which
he spends money except for what he spends on dust.'
'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.'"
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 459
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ وَقَبِيصَةُ قَالاَ: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ خَمِيلٍ، عَنْ نَافِعِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَارِثِ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ: مِنْ سَعَادَةِ الْمَرْءِ الْمَسْكَنُ الْوَاسِعُ، وَالْجَارُ الصَّالِحُ، وَالْمَرْكَبُ الْهَنِيءُ.
Nafi' ibn al-Harith reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, said, "Part of a man's happiness is a spacious
dwelling, a good neighbour, and a good mount."
Thabit reported that he was with Anas in a corner above one of
his rooms. He said, "We heard the adhan and he came down and I came down
as well. He took short stops and said, 'I was with Zayd ibn Thabit and
I walked with him in this fashion. He said, "Do you know why I did it to
you? The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, walked in this
manner and he said, 'Do you know why I walked with you?' I replied, 'Allah
and His Messenger know best.' He said, 'So that there would be a greater
number of steps in search of the prayer.'"'"
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 461
Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, said, "The Final Hour will not come until people build
houses which are like coloured garments."
Ibrahim said:
Warrad, the scribe of al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba, said, "Mu'awiya wrote
to al-Mughira, saying, 'Write down for me what you heard the Messenger
of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say.' So he wrote to
him, 'The Prophet of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used
to say at the end of every prayer, "There is no god but Allah alone with
no partner. His is the Kingdom and His is the praise and He has power over
everything. O Allah, none can withhold what You give nor can anyone give
what You withhold. Nor will the wealth of someone with wealth help him
against You.' He also write to him, 'He forbade gossip, asking too many
questions, and wasting money. He forbade disobeying mothers, burying daughters
alive, and he forbade asking people (without real need).'"
Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, said, "None of you will be saved by his actions?" "Not
even you, Messenger of Allah?" they asked. "Not even me," he replied, "unless
Allah covers me with mercy from Him. But act correctly and wisely and worship
in the morning and evening and during part of the night. Keep to a middle
path and you will arrive."
