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Narrated Muhammad bin `Abbas bin Ja`far:That he heard Ibn `Abbas reciting: "No doubt! They fold up their breasts." (11.5) and asked him about its explanation. He said, "Some people used to hide themselves while answering the call of nature in an open space lest they be exposed to the sky, and also when they had sexual relation with their wives in an open space lest they be exposed to the sky, so the above revelation was sent down regarding them

حدثنا الحسن بن محمد بن صباح، حدثنا حجاج، قال قال ابن جريج اخبرني محمد بن عباد بن جعفر، انه سمع ابن عباس، يقرا {الا انهم تثنوني صدورهم} قال سالته عنها فقال اناس كانوا يستحيون ان يتخلوا فيفضوا الى السماء، وان يجامعوا نساءهم فيفضوا الى السماء، فنزل ذلك فيهم