Hadith 3248

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)."
Hadith Reference سنن ترمذي / كتاب تفسير القرآن عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم / 3248
Hadith Grading الألبانی: صحيح
Hadith Takhrij «صحیح البخاری/تفسیر سورة المومن 1 (4816) ، و2 (4817) ، والتوحید 41 (7521) ، صحیح مسلم/المنافقین ح 5 (2775) ( تحفة الأشراف : 9335) (صحیح)»
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Explanation:
1:
And you did not conceal (your evil deeds) for the reason that your ears, your eyes, and your skins would testify against you; rather, you continued to think that many of the deeds you were committing were unknown to Allah. (: Ha Mim As-Sajdah: 22)
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 3248