Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 4494
Arabic hadith text
وَعَنْهَا أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خَرَجَ فِي غَزَاةٍ فَأَخَذَتْ نَمَطًا فَسَتَرَتْهُ عَلَى الْبَابِ فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ فَرَأَى النَّمَطَ فَجَذَبَهُ حَتَّى هَتَكَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ: «إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَمْ يَأْمُرْنَا أَنْ نَكْسُوَ الْحِجَارَةَ وَالطِّينَ»
Translation
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
It is related from her that the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) went out on a military expedition. She took a patterned hanging and placed it over the door. When he returned and saw the hanging, he pulled it down and tore it, then said, “Allah did not command us to clothe stones and clay.”