Bayhaqi 14587 — Reports on covering the walls of houses

Muhammad bin Ka'b (may Allah have mercy on him) said that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Yazid (may Allah be pleased with him) was invited to a meal. When he saw the adornment of the house, he sat outside and began to weep. He was asked: "What has made you weep?" He said: When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saw off an army and reached the place of farewell, he would say: 'Astawdi'ullaha dinakum wa amanatikum wa khawatima a'malikum' (I entrust to Allah your religion, your trusts and the final outcomes of your deeds). He said: One day he (peace and blessings be upon him) saw a man whose cloak was patched with a piece of cloth. He turned towards the place where the sun rises and spread out his hands like this, and Affan spread out his hands to show it, and said: "The world has come upon you in abundance," three times, until we thought it would fall upon us. Then he said: "Are you better today, or when one bowl is brought to you in the morning and another in the evening, and one of you goes out in the morning in one suit of clothes and in the evening in another, and you cover your houses with curtains just as the Ka'bah is covered?" Abdullah bin Yazid (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Should I not weep, when I have lived until you cover your houses with curtains just as the Ka'bah is covered?"