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English translation
(1). 3122. Ibn ‘Abbās said: "There was a woman who performed Ṣalāt behind the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ who was the most beautiful among the people. Some of the people would go forward to the first line so as not to see her. Others would go back to the last line so when he would bow, he could look at her from under his armpit. So Allāh revealed: Indeed We know those who try to come forward among you, and We know those who try to go back.[2] (Da‘īf)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] Ja'far bin Sulaimān reported this Hadīth from 'Amr bin Mālik, from Abū Al-Jawzā' similarly. But he did not mention "from Ibn 'Abbās" in it. It is more likely that this is more correct than the narration of Nūh (no. 3122).
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Footnotes
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[1] Ibrāhīm 14:48.
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[2] Al-Hijr 15:24. The common interpretation of it is: "Indeed We know the first generations of you and We know those who will come afterwards." while both interpretations are reported and approved of by Aṭ-Ṭabarī, and Shikh Al-Albānī graded this Hadīth Ṣahīh.
Commentary
The aim of this Verse is to explain the limitless and all-encompassing knowledge of Allāh. He, Almighty knows all the past and He is well acquainted about the matters of the future.
