حَدَّثَنَا
ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا
سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ
مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ
مُجَاهِدٍ، عَنْ
أَبِي مَعْمَرٍ، عَنِ
ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، قَالَ : اخْتَصَمَ عِنْدَ الْبَيْتِ ثَلَاثَةُ نَفَرٍ قُرَشِيَّانِ وَثَقَفِيٌّ ، أَوْ ثَقَفِيَّانِ وَقُرَشِيٌّ ، قَلِيلا فِقْهُ قُلُوبِهِمْ ، كَثِيرًا شَحْمُ بُطُونِهِمْ ، فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمْ : أَتَرَوْنَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يَسْمَعُ مَا نَقُولُ ؟ فَقَالَ الْآخَرُ : يَسْمَعُ إِذَا جَهَرْنَا وَلَا يَسْمَعُ إِذَا أَخْفَيْنَا ، وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ : إِنْ كَانَ يَسْمَعُ إِذَا جَهَرْنَا فَإِنَّهُ يَسْمَعُ إِذَا أَخْفَيْنَا فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ : وَمَا كُنْتُمْ تَسْتَتِرُونَ أَنْ يَشْهَدَ عَلَيْكُمْ سَمْعُكُمْ وَلا أَبْصَارُكُمْ وَلا جُلُودُكُمْ سورة فصلت آية 22 " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى : هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
´Narrated Ibn Mas'ud:` "Three men whose bellies were fat, but whose hearts had little understanding, were arguing at the House. Two of them were from Quraish and one was from Thaqif - or two from Thaqif, and one from Quraish. One of them said: 'Do you think that Allah can hear what we are saying?' Another said: 'He can hear if we are loud, but He can not hear when we are quiet.' Another said: 'If He can hear when we are loud then He can hear when we are quiet.' So Allah, the Mighty and Sublime revealed: And you have not been hiding yourselves, lest your ears and your eyes and your skins should testify against you (41:22)."