Harith bin Muawiya reported,

Ati reported that he rode to Umar bin Khattab to ask him about three matters. He arrived in Medina, and Umar asked him, "What brings you here?"He replied, "I have come to ask you about three matters."Umar said, "What are they?"He said, "Sometimes my wife and I are in a cramped dwelling, and the time for prayer comes. If we pray together, she stands beside me, and if she prays behind me, she has to leave the dwelling."Umar said, "Place a garment as a screen between you and her, then she may pray beside you if you wish.""And what about the two units of prayer after the afternoon prayer?"Umar replied, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade me from them."He said, "And about storytelling, for they have urged me to take up storytelling."Umar said, "Do as you wish," as though he disliked to forbid him.The man said, "I only wanted to abide by your view."Umar said, "I fear for you that you will tell stories and come to see yourself as above your audience, then tell more stories and rise further in your own estimation, until you imagine yourself above them at the height of the Pleiades, and then Allah will place you beneath their feet on the Day of Resurrection by that same measure."

عن الحارث بن معاوية الكندي

أنه ركب إلى عمر بن الخطاب يسأله عن ثلاث خلال، قال: فقدم المدينة، فسأله عمر: ما أقدمك؟ قال: لأسألك عن ثلاث خلال. قال: وما هن؟ قال: ربما كنت أنا والمرأة في بناء ضيق، فتحضر الصلاة، فإن صليت أنا وهي، كانت بحذائي، وإن صلت خلفي، خرجت من البناء، فقال عمر: تستر بينك وبينها بثوب، ثم تصلي بحذائك إن شئت. وعن الركعتين بعد العصر؟ فقال: نهاني عنهما رسول الله ﷺ. قال: وعن القصص، فإنهم أرادوني على القصص. فقال: ما شئت، كأنه كره أن يمنعه، قال: إنما أردت أن أنتهي إلى قولك. قال: أخشى عليك أن تقص فترتفع عليهم في نفسك، ثم تقص فترتفع، حتى يخيل إليك أنك فوقهم بمنزلة الثريا، فيضعك الله تحت أقدامهم يوم القيامة بقدر ذلك.