حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنٌ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ عَنْ قَابُوسَ بْنِ أَبِي ظَبْيَانَ أَنَّ أَبَاهُ حَدَّثَهُ قَالَ قُلْنَا لِابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَرَأَيْتَ قَوْلَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ مَا جَعَلَ اللَّهُ لِرَجُلٍ مِنْ قَلْبَيْنِ فِي جَوْفِهِ مَا عَنَى بِذَلِكَ قَالَ قَامَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَوْمًا يُصَلِّي قَالَ فَخَطَرَ خَطْرَةً فَقَالَ الْمُنَافِقُونَ الَّذِينَ يُصَلُّونَ مَعَهُ أَلَا تَرَوْنَ لَهُ قَلْبَيْنِ قَالَ قَلْبٌ مَعَكُمْ وَقَلَبٌ مَعَهُمْ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ مَا جَعَلَ اللَّهُ لِرَجُلٍ مِنْ قَلْبَيْنِ فِي جَوْفِهِ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 2410
It was narrated from Qaboos bin Abi Zabyan that his father told him: We said to Ibn 'Abbas (RA): What do you think this verse means: "Allah has not made for any man two hearts inside his body" [al-Ahzab 33:4]? He said: The Prophet of Allah (PBUH) stood up one day to pray, and he shifted his weight from one leg to another. The hypocrites who were praying with him said: Don't you see that he has two hearts, one heart with you and one heart with them? Then Allah revealed the words: "Allah has not made for any man two hearts inside his body" [al-Ahzab 3:4].
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020