Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Al-Hijr, Ayah 18
إِلَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَرَقَ ٱلسَّمْعَ فَأَتْبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ
Except one who steals a hearing and is pursued by a clear burning flame.
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except the one who listens by stealth — he is pursued by a clear flame a shining meteor that burns him or pierces him or drives him insane.
Related Hadiths
Sunan Ibn Majah#3672Da'if
“Whoever plunders openly is not one of us.”
Narrated by It was narrated from Jabir bin ‘Abdullah that the Messenger of
Allah
(ﷺ) said:
Sahih Muslim#1709Sahih
That is a man in whose ears (or in whose ear) the devil urinated.
Narrated by 'Abdullah (b. Mas'ud) reported that a mention was made of a man who slept the whole night till morning. He (the Holy Prophet) remarked:
Sunan Ibn Majah#3674Sahih
“Whoever plunders is not one of us.”
Narrated by It was narrated from ‘Imran bin Husain that the Messenger of Allah
(ﷺ) said:
Sunan Ibn Majah#2322Hasan
“The hand of the thief is to be cut off for the price of a shield.
Narrated by It was narrated from Amir bin Sa'd, from this father, that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:
Ibn Abbas Commentary
(Save him who stealeth the hearing, and them doth a clear flame pursue) they are pursued by a bright, burning star.