Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 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.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
And through the chain from ‘Abd Allah, who said: Dawud ibn Qays informed us: “I saw that the chambers were made of palm stalks, covered on the outside with hair cloth. I estimate the width of the room, from the chamber door to the door of the house, at about six or seven cubits. I reckon the inner room to be ten cubits, and I estimate its thickness at about that between eight and seven. I stopped at the door of ‘A’isha, and it faced west.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic uses dhirā‘ (cubit) for the measurements; the English witness renders these as spans.
نَحْوًا مِنْ سِتِّ أَوْ سَبْعِ أَذْرُعٍ
The Arabic unit is cubits; the English witness says spans.
Should a separate editorial note explain this unit discrepancy?