الادب المفرد
Al-Adab al-Mufrad
كتاب السرف فى البناءBook of Extravagance in Building
بَابُ التَّطَاوُلِ فِي الْبُنْيَانِChapter: Boasting in Construction
Hadith 451
وَبِالسَّنَدِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ الْحُجُرَاتِ مِنْ جَرِيدِ النَّخْلِ مَغْشِيًّا مِنْ خَارِجٍ بِمُسُوحِ الشَّعْرِ، وَأَظُنُّ عَرْضَ الْبَيْتِ مِنْ بَابِ الْحُجْرَةِ إِلَى بَابِ الْبَيْتِ نَحْوًا مِنْ سِتِّ أَوْ سَبْعِ أَذْرُعٍ، وَأَحْزِرُ الْبَيْتَ الدَّاخِلَ عَشْرَ أَذْرُعٍ، وَأَظُنُّ سُمْكَهُ بَيْنَ الثَّمَانِ وَالسَّبْعِ نَحْوَ ذَلِكَ، وَوَقَفْتُ عِنْدَ بَابِ عَائِشَةَ فَإِذَا هُوَ مُسْتَقْبِلٌ الْمَغْرِبَ.
It is narrated from Dawud bin Qais, may Allah have mercy on him, that he said: I saw the chambers of the pure wives, which were made of palm branches. From the outside, they were covered with hair-cloth. I think that the width of the house, from the door of the chamber to the door of the other house, was about six or seven handspans. When I estimated the house from inside, it was ten handspans. Its roof was about eight or seven handspans high. And when I stood at the door of Sayyidah Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, I saw that it faced towards the west.
