Volume 9, Book 93, Number 612:
Narrated ‘Abdullah:
Two person of Bani Thaqif and one from Quarish (or two persons from Quraish and one from
Bani Thaqif) who had fat bellies but little wisdom, met near the Ka’ba. One of them said, “Did you see
that Allah hears what we say? ” The other said, “He hears us if we speak aloud, but He does not hear
if we speak in stealthy quietness (softly).” The third fellow said, “If He hears when we speak aloud,
then He surely hears us if we speak in stealthy quietness (softly).” So Allah revealed the Verse:–
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SAHIH BUKHARI VOLUME 9 > BOOK 93: ONENESS, UNIQUENESS OF ALLAH (TAWHEED)
‘And you have not been screening against yourselves, lest your ears, and your eyes and your skins
should testify against you…” (41.22)