حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ‏:‏ لاَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى يَتَطَاوَلَ النَّاسُ فِي الْبُنْيَانِ‏.‏

'Abdullah ar-Rumi said, "I visited Umm Talq and exclaimed, 'Howlow the ceiling of your room is!' 'My son,' she replied, 'the Amir al-Mu'minin,'Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, wrote to his workerstelling them

"Do not make your buildings tall. That will come about inthe worst of your days."'"