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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:)

حدثنا ابن ابي عمر، حدثنا سفيان، عن منصور، عن مجاهد، عن ابي معمر، عن ابن مسعود، قال اختصم عند البيت ثلاثة نفر قرشيان وثقفي او ثقفيان وقرشي قليلا فقه قلوبهم كثيرا شحم بطونهم فقال احدهم اترون ان الله يسمع ما نقول فقال الاخر يسمع اذا جهرنا ولا يسمع اذا اخفينا . وقال الاخر ان كان يسمع اذا جهرنا فانه يسمع اذا اخفينا . فانزل الله : ( وما كنتم تستترون ان يشهد عليكم سمعكم ولا ابصاركم ولا جلودكم ) . قال ابو عيسى هذا حديث حسن صحيح