English narration
Narrated by عبد الله بن عمر العدوي
Ibn `Umar said, "By Allah, I have not put a brick over a brick (i.e. constructed a building) or planted any date-palm tree since the death of the Prophet." Sufyan (the sub narrator) said, "I told this narration (of Ibn `Umar) to one of his (Ibn `Umar's) relatives, and he said, 'By Allah, he did build (something.' "Sufyan added, "I said, 'He must have said (the above narration) before he built."
النص العربي
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ ، قَالَ عَمْرٌو ، قَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ : "
وَاللَّهِ مَا وَضَعْتُ لَبِنَةً عَلَى لَبِنَةٍ ، وَلَا غَرَسْتُ نَخْلَةً مُنْذُ قُبِضَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ
" ، قَالَ سُفْيَانُ : فَذَكَرْتُهُ لِبَعْضِ أَهْلِهِ ، قَالَ : وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ بَنَى ، قَالَ سُفْيَانُ : قُلْتُ : فَلَعَلَّهُ قَالَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَبْنِيَ .