Competing in tall buildings

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The Hour will not come until people compete with one another in constructing tall buildings."

Hasan (al-Basri) says that during the caliphate of Sayyiduna Uthman ibn Affan (may Allah be pleased with him), I used to go to the houses of the wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and I would touch their roofs with my hands.

Dawud bin Qais narrated that I saw the (rooms of the wives of the Prophet ﷺ); they were made of palm branches. From the outside, they were covered with hair-cloth mats, and I think that the width of the house from the door of the room to the door of the house was six or seven handspans. And I estimated the inner part of the house; its length from inside was ten handspans, and the height was between seven and eight handspans, or close to that. I stood at the door of Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her); this door was towards the west.