Hadith #179
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ عَنْ وَهْبِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ كُنْتُ مُسْتَتِرًا بِأَسْتَارِ الْكَعْبَةِ فَجَاءَ ثَلَاثَةُ نَفَرٍ ثَقَفِيٌّ وَخَتَنَاهُ قُرَشِيَّانِ كَثِيرٌ شَحْمُ بُطُونِهِمْ قَلِيلٌ فِقْهُ قُلُوبِهِمْ قَالَ فَتَحَدَّثُوا بَيْنَهُمْ بِحَدِيثٍ قَالَ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمْ أَتُرَى اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَسْمَعُ مَا نَقُولُ قَالَ الْآخَرُ يَسْمَعُ مَا رَفَع
ْنَا وَمَا خَفَضْنَا لَا يَسْمَعُ قَالَ الْآخَرُ إِنْ كَانَ يَسْمَعُ شَيْئًا فَهُوَ يَسْمَعُهُ كُلَّهُ قَالَ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ فَنَزَلَتْ { وَمَا كُنْتُمْ تَسْتَتِرُونَ أَنْ يَشْهَدَ عَلَيْكُمْ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ فَمَا هُمْ مِنْ الْمُعْتَبِينَ } قَالَ وَحَدَّثَنِي مَنْصُورٌ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي مَعْمَرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ نَحْوَ ذَلِكَ
Isnad Chain
يحيى
سفيان
سليمان
عمارة
وهب بن ربيعة
عبد الله
ما نقول
ما رفع
English Translation
It was narrated from 'Abdullah (رضي الله عنه) — via Yahya, from Sufyan — Sulayman narrated to us from 'Umara, from Wahb ibn Rabi'a — from 'Abdullah — that he said: 'I was hiding behind the curtains of the Ka'ba when three people came — a Thaqafi man and two Qurashi in-laws of his — fat-bellied, with little understanding in their hearts. They conversed among themselves. One of them said: Do you think Allah (عز وجل) hears what we say? Another said: He hears what we say loudly; what we say quietly He does not hear. Another said: If He hears any of it, He hears all of it.' He mentioned that to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and the verse was revealed: 'And you were not concealing yourselves [lest your hearing testify against you]...' to His words: '...so they were not among those who were allowed to appease [al-mu'tabin]' [41:22-24]. — [The narrator] said: And Mansur narrated to me from Mujahid, from Abu Ma'mar, from 'Abdullah — similarly.
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 12, Hadith 179
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 4017
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-40407