حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ عَنْ وَهْبِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ كُنْتُ مُسْتَتِرًا بِأَسْتَارِ الْكَعْبَةِ فَجَاءَ ثَلَاثَةُ نَفَرٍ ثَقَفِيٌّ وَخَتَنَاهُ قُرَشِيَّانِ كَثِيرٌ شَحْمُ بُطُونِهِمْ قَلِيلٌ فِقْهُ قُلُوبِهِمْ قَالَ فَتَحَدَّثُوا بَيْنَهُمْ بِحَدِيثٍ قَالَ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمْ أَتُرَى اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَسْمَعُ مَا نَقُولُ قَالَ الْآخَرُ يَسْمَعُ مَا رَفَعْنَا وَمَا خَفَضْنَا لَا يَسْمَعُ قَالَ الْآخَرُ إِنْ كَانَ يَسْمَعُ شَيْئًا فَهُوَ يَسْمَعُهُ كُلَّهُ قَالَ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ فَنَزَلَتْ وَمَا كُنْتُمْ تَسْتَتِرُونَ أَنْ يَشْهَدَ عَلَيْكُمْ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ فَمَا هُمْ مِنْ الْمُعْتَبِينَ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 4237
It was narrated that 'Abdullah (RA) said: I was hiding behind the curtain of the Ka'bah, and three people, a Thaqafi and his two Qurashi in-laws came. They were very fat but not very smart. They said something amongst themselves, then one of them said: Do you think Allah hears what we say? The other said: He hears if we raise our voices, but if we do not raise our voices He will not hear us. The other one said: If He hears some of it He will hear (all of) it. I mentioned that to the Prophet (PBUH) and Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, revealed the words: "And you have not been hiding yourselves (in the world), should testify against you; - till- yet they are not of those who will ever be allowed to please Allah!" [Fussilat 41:22-24],
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020
Sanad
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ عَنْ وَهْبِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ