English translation
4162. It was narrated that Ibn 'Umar said: "I had built a house to shelter me from the rain and the sun, during the time of Allāh's Messenger ﷺ, and no creature of Allāh helped me in building it." (Sahih)
Hadith 4162
- English source
Darussalam · Volume 5
37. The ChaptersOn AsceticismSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
- Arabic source
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الحديث: 4162 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 1393
Al-Albani source references (1)
- صحيح وضعيف سنن ابن ماجة (opens in a new tab)
Source no. 4162 · Volume 9 · Page 162
Sahih
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Arabic text
4162 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بِنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْعَاصِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ: «لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنِي مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، بَنَيْتُ بَيْتًا يُكِنُّنِي مِنَ الْمَطَرِ، وَيُكِنُّنِي مِنَ الشَّمْسِ، مَا أَعَانَنِي عَلَيْهِ خَلْقٌ لِلَّهِ تَعَالَى»
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The main purpose of a house is to have protection from rain and sun, and to guard his private life as well as to regard the rulings of Hijāb. These benefits could be achieved by simple houses as well as by large, decorated and expensive buildings. So, spending lavishly in building houses is useless. Not helping anyone does not mean that the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ did not want to help him, but it means that the house was so simple that he was able to construct it alone and did not need any help.