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'Ali reported that the Prophet ﷺ said, "If anyone spends the night on the top of his house without protection, Allah has no responsibility for (protecting) him."

الأدب المفرد:١١٩٢ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَالِمُ بْنُ نُوحٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي حَنِيفَةَ هُوَ ابْنُ جَابِرٍ عَنْ وَعْلَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ وَثَّابٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ بَاتَ عَلَى ظَهْرِ بَيْتٍ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ حِجَابٌ فَقَدْ بَرِئَتْ مِنْهُ الذِّمَّةُ قال أبو عبد الله في إسناده نظر

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abudawud:5041 – Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Sālim / Ibn Nūḥ

The Prophet ﷺ said: If anyone spends the night on the roof of a house with no stone palisade, Allah's responsibility to guard him no longer applies.

أبو داود:٥٠٤١ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا سَالِمٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ نُوحٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ جَابِرٍ الْحَنَفِيِّ عَنْ وَعْلَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ وَثَّابٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ يَعْنِي ابْنَ شَيْبَانَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ بَاتَ عَلَى ظَهْرِ بَيْتٍ لَيْسَ لَهُ حِجَارٌ فَقَدْ بَرِئَتْ مِنْهُ الذِّمَّةُ