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مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي
Musnad Abi Ya'la al-Mawsili
مسند عبد الله بن مسعود
Musnad of Abdullah bin Mas'ud
مُسْنَدُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ
Musnad of Abdullah bin Mas'ud
Musnad Abi Ya'la 5204 — he said: I was hiding behind the curtains
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، قَالَ: قُرَشِيٌّ وَخَتَنَاهُ ثَقَفِيَّانِ، - أَوْ ثَقَفِيٌّ وَخَتَنَاهُ قُرَشِيَّانِ - فَتَكَلَّمُوا بِكَلَامٍ لَمْ أَفْهَمْهُ، فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ: أَتَرَوْنَ اللَّهَ يَسْمَعُ كَلَامَنَا هَذَا؟ قَالَ الْآخَرُ: إِذَا رَفَعْنَا أَصْوَاتَنَا سَمِعَهُ، وَإِذَا لَمْ نَرْفَعْهُ لَمْ يَسْمَعْهُ، قَالَ الْآخَرُ: إِنْ سَمِعَ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا سَمِعَهُ كُلَّهُ، قَالَ: «فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم، فَنَزَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ»: {وَمَا كُنْتُمْ تَسْتَتِرُونَ أَنْ يَشْهَدَ عَلَيْكُمْ سَمْعُكُمْ وَلَا أَبْصَارُكُمْ وَلَا جُلُودُكُمْ} [فصلت: 22]، إِلَى قَوْلِهِ: {فَأَصْبَحْتُمْ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ} [فصلت: 23]
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "I was hiding behind the curtains of the Ka'bah when three men came whose bellies were laden with fat but whose hearts had little understanding: one of them was a Qurashi and his two sons-in-law were Thaqafis, or one was a Thaqafi and his two sons-in-law were Qurashis. They spoke among themselves in words I could not fully understand. Then one of them asked: 'Do you think Allah hears this talk of ours?' Another said: 'If we raise our voices He hears it, and if we do not raise them He does not hear it.' Then the third said: 'If He can hear part of our talk, then He can hear all of it.'" Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Then I mentioned this to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and Allah Almighty revealed these verses to him (peace and blessings be upon him): 'And you were not concealing yourselves lest your hearing, your sight and your skins should testify against you' up to the words of Allah Almighty: 'So you have become among the losers.'"
