Hadith #194
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ كُنْتُ مُسْتَتِرًا بِسِتَارِ الْكَعْبَةِ فَجَاءَ ثَلَاثَةُ نَفَرٍ قُرَشِيٌّ وَخَتَنَاهُ ثَقَفِيَّانِ أَوْ ثَقَفِيٌّ وَخَتَنَاهُ قُرَشِيَّانِ كَثِيرٌ شَحْمُ بُطُونِهِمْ قَلِيلٌ فِقْهُ قُلُوبِهِمْ فَتَكَلَّمُوا بِكَلَامٍ
لَمْ أَسْمَعْهُ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمْ أَتَرَوْنَ اللَّهَ يَسْمَعُ كَلَامَنَا هَذَا فَقَالَ الْآخَرُ أُرَانَا إِذَا رَفَعْنَا أَصْوَاتَنَا سَمِعَهُ وَإِذَا لَمْ نَرْفَعْهَا لَمْ يَسْمَعْ فَقَالَ الْآخَرُ إِنْ سَمِعَ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا سَمِعَهُ كُلَّهُ قَالَ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ { وَمَا كُنْتُمْ تَسْتَتِرُونَ أَنْ يَشْهَدَ عَلَيْكُمْ سَمْعُكُمْ وَلَا أَبْصَارُكُمْ وَلَا جُلُودُكُمْ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ ذَلِكُمْ ظَنُّكُمْ الَّذِي ظَنَنْتُمْ بِرَبِّكُمْ أَرْدَاكُمْ فَأَصْبَحْتُمْ مِنْ الْخَاسِرِينَ }
Isnad Chain
أبو معاوية
الأعمش
عمارة
عبد الرحمن بن يزيد
عبد الله
English Translation
It was narrated from 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud (رضي الله عنه) — via Abu Mu'awiya, from al-A'mash, from 'Umara, from 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Yazid — that 'Abdullah said: 'I was concealed behind the curtain of the Ka'bah when three men came — a Qurashi and his two Thaqafi brothers-in-law, or a Thaqafi and his two Qurashi brothers-in-law — with fat-filled bellies and little understanding in their hearts. They spoke words I did not hear [fully]. One of them said: Do you think Allah hears this conversation of ours? Another said: I think He hears when we raise our voices, but not when we do not raise them. The third said: If He hears any of it, He hears all of it. I mentioned that to the Prophet ﷺ and Allah (عز وجل) revealed: And you were not concealing yourselves against your hearing, your sight, and your skins testifying against you [41:22] — to His words: That which you thought about your Lord has ruined you, and so you have become among the losers [41:23].'
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 11, Hadith 194
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 3432
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-39822