Hadith 3249

With this chain, Sufyan Thawri narrated from A’mash, A’mash from ‘Amarah bin ‘Umair, and ‘Amarah from Wahb bin Rabi’ah from ‘Abdullah in the same manner.
حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادٌ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ، قَالَ : قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ : كُنْتُ مُسْتَتِرًا بِأَسْتَارِ الْكَعْبَةِ ، فَجَاءَ ثَلَاثَةُ نَفَرٍ كَثِيرٌ شَحْمُ بُطُونِهِمْ , قَلِيلٌ فِقْهُ قُلُوبِهِمْ ، قُرَشِيٌّ وَخَتَنَاهُ ثَقَفِيَّانِ ، أَوْ ثَقَفِيٌّ وَخَتَنَاهُ قُرَشِيَّانِ ، فَتَكَلَّمُوا بِكَلَامٍ لَمْ أَفْهَمْهُ ، فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمْ : أَتَرَوْنَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يَسْمَعُ كَلَامَنَا هَذَا ؟ فَقَال الْآخَرُ : إِنَّا إِذَا رَفَعْنَا أَصْوَاتَنَا سَمِعَهُ وَإِذَا لَمْ نَرْفَعْ أَصْوَاتَنَا لَمْ يَسْمَعْهُ ، فَقَالَ الْآخَرُ : إِنْ سَمِعَ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا سَمِعَهُ كُلَّهُ ، فَقَال عَبْدُ اللَّهِ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ : وَمَا كُنْتُمْ تَسْتَتِرُونَ أَنْ يَشْهَدَ عَلَيْكُمْ سَمْعُكُمْ وَلا أَبْصَارُكُمْ وَلا جُلُودُكُمْ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ فَأَصْبَحْتُمْ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ سورة فصلت آية 23 " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى : هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
´Narrated 'Abdullah:` "I was hiding beneath the covering of the Ka'bah, and three men came along - a man from the Quraish, and two of his brothers-in-law from Thaqif, or a man from Thaqif and two of his brothers-in-law from Quraish. Their bellies were fat, and they did not have much understanding. They said something that I could not understand, then one of them said: 'Do you think that Allah can hear what we are talking about?' Another said: 'If we raise our voices, He will hear it, but if we do not raise our voices, He will not hear it.' The other one said: 'If He can hear something from us, then He can hear all of it.'" 'Abdullah said: "I mentioned that to the Prophet (ﷺ), so Allah revealed: 'And you have not been hiding yourselves, lest your ears and your eyes and your skin should testify against you...' up to His saying: '...and you have become of those utterly lost! (42:22 & 23)"
Hadith Reference سنن ترمذي / كتاب تفسير القرآن عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم / 3249
Hadith Grading الألبانی: صحيح
Hadith Takhrij «تفرد بہ المؤلف، وانظر ماقبلہ ( تحفة الأشراف : 9397) (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