Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 26891 — Covering walls with cloth

It is narrated from Salim bin Abdullah; he said: I held a wedding feast during the lifetime of my father, and my father invited many people. Among those he invited was Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub (may Allah be pleased with him). I had prepared my room with green curtains. Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub came, while my father stood watching, and the house was covered with green curtains. Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub said: O Abdullah! Do you put curtains on walls? My father, who felt ashamed at that moment, said: O Abu Ayyub, women have got the better of us. Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub said: Whoever else there may be a fear that women would get the better of, I did not fear that they would get the better of you. I will not eat your food, and I will not enter your house. Then he went out.