Hadith #4
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ كُنْتُ مُسْتَتِرًا بِأَسْتَارِ الْكَعْبَةِ قَالَ فَجَاءَ ثَلَاثَةُ نَفَرٍ كَثِيرٌ شَحْمُ بُطُونِهِمْ قَلِيلٌ فِقْهُ قُلُوبِهِمْ قُرَشِيٌّ وَخَتَنَاهُ ثَقَفِيَّانِ أَوْ ثَقَفِيٌّ وَخَتَنَاهُ قُرَشِيَّانِ فَتَكَلَّمُوا بِكَلَامٍ لَمْ أَفْهَمْهُ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ أَتَرَوْنَ أَنَّ اللَّ
هَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَسْمَعُ كَلَامَنَا هَذَا فَقَالَ الْآخَرَانِ إِنَّا إِذَا رَفَعْنَا أَصْوَاتَنَا سَمِعَهُ وَإِذَا لَمْ نَرْفَعْ أَصْوَاتَنَا لَمْ يَسْمَعْهُ قَالَ وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ إِنْ سَمِعَ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا سَمِعَهُ كُلَّهُ قَالَ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ { وَمَا كُنْتُمْ تَسْتَتِرُونَ أَنْ يَشْهَدَ عَلَيْكُمْ سَمْعُكُمْ وَلَا أَبْصَارُكُمْ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ وَذَلِكُمْ 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 (رضي الله عنه) — via Abu Mu'awiya, from al-A'mash, from 'Umara, from 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Yazid — that 'Abdullah said: 'I was hidden behind the curtains of the Ka'ba when three men came — large of belly, little of understanding: one was a Qurayshi and his two brothers-in-law were Thaqafis — or one was a Thaqafi and his two brothers-in-law were Qurayshis. They spoke words I did not understand. One of them said: Do you think Allah (عز وجل) hears this talk of ours? The other two said: When we raise our voices He hears; when we do not raise our voices He does not hear. The third said: If He hears any part of it, He hears all of it. I mentioned this to the Prophet ﷺ, and Allah (عز وجل) revealed: 'And you were not concealing yourselves, lest your hearing and your sight and your skins should testify against you...' to His words: '...and that was your assumption which you assumed about your Lord; it ruined you, and you became among the losers' [41:22-23].'
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 12, Hadith 4
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 3842
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-40232