Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ كُنْتُ مُسْتَتِرًا بِأَسْتَارِ الْكَعْبَةِ قَالَ فَجَاءَ ثَلَاثَةُ نَفَرٍ كَثِيرٌ شَحْمُ بُطُونِهِمْ قَلِيلٌ فِقْهُ قُلُوبِهِمْ قُرَشِيٌّ وَخَتَنَاهُ ثَقَفِيَّانِ أَوْ ثَقَفِيٌّ وَخَتَنَاهُ قُرَشِيَّانِ فَتَكَلَّمُوا بِكَلَامٍ لَمْ أَفْهَمْهُ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ أَتَرَوْنَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَسْمَعُ كَلَامَنَا هَذَا فَقَالَ الْآخَرَانِ إِنَّا إِذَا رَفَعْنَا أَصْوَاتَنَا سَمِعَهُ وَإِذَا لَمْ نَرْفَعْ أَصْوَاتَنَا لَمْ يَسْمَعْهُ قَالَ وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ إِنْ سَمِعَ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا سَمِعَهُ كُلَّهُ قَالَ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ { وَمَا كُنْتُمْ تَسْتَتِرُونَ أَنْ يَشْهَدَ عَلَيْكُمْ سَمْعُكُمْ وَلَا أَبْصَارُكُمْ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ وَذَلِكُمْ ظَنُّكُمْ الَّذِي ظَنَنْتُمْ بِرَبِّكُمْ أَرْدَاكُمْ فَأَصْبَحْتُمْ مِنْ الْخَاسِرِينَ }.
English Translation
Abdullah ibn Mas'ud said: 'The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) prayed — and I do not know whether he added or omitted — and when he said the salam, it was said to him: O Messenger of Allah, has something new happened regarding the prayer? He said: What is that? They said: You prayed such-and-such. So he folded his legs and faced the qiblah, performed two prostrations, then gave the salam. Then he turned to us and said: If something new had happened regarding the prayer, I would have informed you. But I am only a human being; I forget as you forget. When one of you forgets, let him perform two prostrations while sitting, then give the salam.'