Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The Hour will not come until people compete with one another in constructing tall buildings."

Hasan (al-Basri) says that during the caliphate of Sayyiduna Uthman ibn Affan (may Allah be pleased with him), I used to go to the houses of the wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and I would touch their roofs with my hands.

Dawud bin Qais narrated that I saw the (rooms of the wives of the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ); they were made of palm branches. From the outside, they were covered with hair-cloth mats, and I think that the width of the house from the door of the room to the door of the house was six or seven handspans. And I estimated the inner part of the house; its length from inside was ten handspans, and the height was between seven and eight handspans, or close to that. I stood at the door of Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her); this door was towards the west.