Tirmidhi Book 47, Hadith 3248

حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي مَعْمَرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ اخْتَصَمَ عِنْدَ الْبَيْتِ ثَلَاثَةُ نَفَرٍ قُرَشِيَّانِ وَثَقَفِيٌّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَوْ ثَقَفِيَّانِ وَقُرَشِيٌّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَلِيلا فِقْهُ قُلُوبِهِمْ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏كَثِيرًا شَحْمُ بُطُونِهِمْ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمْ:‏‏‏‏ أَتَرَوْنَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يَسْمَعُ مَا نَقُولُ ؟ فَقَالَ الْآخَرُ:‏‏‏‏ يَسْمَعُ إِذَا جَهَرْنَا وَلَا يَسْمَعُ إِذَا أَخْفَيْنَا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ:‏‏‏‏ إِنْ كَانَ يَسْمَعُ إِذَا جَهَرْنَا فَإِنَّهُ يَسْمَعُ إِذَا أَخْفَيْنَا فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ:‏‏‏‏ وَمَا كُنْتُمْ تَسْتَتِرُونَ أَنْ يَشْهَدَ عَلَيْكُمْ سَمْعُكُمْ وَلا أَبْصَارُكُمْ وَلا جُلُودُكُمْ سورة فصلت آية 22 . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى:‏‏‏‏ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ.

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 (41:22).