\nNarrated Mahmud bin Ar-rabi' Al-Ansari:\n \n\nthat he remembered Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and he also remembered a mouthful of water which he had \nthrown on his face, after taking it from a well that was in their house. Mahmud said that he had heard \n`Itban bin Malik, who was present with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) in the battle of Badr saying, "I used to lead my \npeople at Bani Salim in the prayer and there was a valley between me and those people. Whenever it \nrained it used to be difficult for me to cross it to go to their mosque. So I went to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and \nsaid, 'I have weak eyesight and the valley between me and my people flows during the rainy season \nand it becomes difficult for me to cross it; I wish you would come to my house and pray at a place so \nthat I could take that place as a praying place.' Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, 'I will do so.' So Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) \nand Abu Bakr came to my house in the (next) morning after the sun had risen high. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) \nasked my permission to let him in and I admitted him. He did not sit before saying, 'Where do you \nwant us to offer the prayer in your house?' I pointed to the place where I wanted him to pray. So \nAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) stood up for the prayer and started the prayer with Takbir and we aligned in rows \nbehind him; and he offered two rak`at, and finished them with Taslim, and we also performed Taslim \nwith him. I detained him for a meal called "Khazir" which I had prepared for him.--("Khazir" is a \nspecial type of dish prepared from barley flour and meat soup)-- \nWhen the neighbors got the news that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was in my house, they poured it till there were a \ngreat number of men in the house. One of them said, 'What is wrong with Malik, for I do not see him?' \nOne of them replied, 'He is a hypocrite and does not love Allah and His Apostle.' On that Allah's \nApostle said, 'Don't say this. Haven't you seen that he said, 'None has the right to be worshipped but \nAllah for Allah's sake only.' The man replied, 'Allah and His Apostle know better; but by Allah, we \nnever saw him but helping and talking with the hypocrites.' Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) replied, 'No doubt, \nwhoever says. None has the right to be worshipped but Allah, and by that he wants the pleasures of \nAllah, then Allah will save him from Hell." Mahmud added, "I told the above narration to some \npeople, one of whom was Abu Aiyub, the companion of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) in the battle in which he (Abu \nAiyub) died and Yazid bin Mu'awiya was their leader in Roman Territory. Abu Aiyub denounced the \nnarration and said, 'I doubt that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ever said what you have said.' I felt that too much, and \nI vowed to Allah that if I remained alive in that holy battle, I would (go to Medina and) ask `Itban bin \nMalik if he was still living in the mosque of his people. So when he returned, I assumed Ihram for \nHajj or `Umra and then I proceeded on till I reached Medina. I went to Bani Salim and `Itban bin \nMalik, who was by then an old blind man, was leading his people in the prayer. When he finished the \nprayer, I greeted him and introduced myself to him and then asked him about that narration. He told \nthat narration again in the same manner as he had narrated it the first time."\n

\nNarrated Mahmud bin Ar-rabi' Al-Ansari:\n \n\nthat he remembered Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and he also remembered a mouthful of water which he had \nthrown on his face, after taking it from a well that was in their house. Mahmud said that he had heard \n`Itban bin Malik, who was present with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) in the battle of Badr saying, "I used to lead my \npeople at Bani Salim in the prayer and there was a valley between me and those people. Whenever it \nrained it used to be difficult for me to cross it to go to their mosque. So I went to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and \nsaid, 'I have weak eyesight and the valley between me and my people flows during the rainy season \nand it becomes difficult for me to cross it; I wish you would come to my house and pray at a place so \nthat I could take that place as a praying place.' Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, 'I will do so.' So Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) \nand Abu Bakr came to my house in the (next) morning after the sun had risen high. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) \nasked my permission to let him in and I admitted him. He did not sit before saying, 'Where do you \nwant us to offer the prayer in your house?' I pointed to the place where I wanted him to pray. So \nAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) stood up for the prayer and started the prayer with Takbir and we aligned in rows \nbehind him; and he offered two rak`at, and finished them with Taslim, and we also performed Taslim \nwith him. I detained him for a meal called "Khazir" which I had prepared for him.--("Khazir" is a \nspecial type of dish prepared from barley flour and meat soup)-- \nWhen the neighbors got the news that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was in my house, they poured it till there were a \ngreat number of men in the house. One of them said, 'What is wrong with Malik, for I do not see him?' \nOne of them replied, 'He is a hypocrite and does not love Allah and His Apostle.' On that Allah's \nApostle said, 'Don't say this. Haven't you seen that he said, 'None has the right to be worshipped but \nAllah for Allah's sake only.' The man replied, 'Allah and His Apostle know better; but by Allah, we \nnever saw him but helping and talking with the hypocrites.' Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) replied, 'No doubt, \nwhoever says. None has the right to be worshipped but Allah, and by that he wants the pleasures of \nAllah, then Allah will save him from Hell." Mahmud added, "I told the above narration to some \npeople, one of whom was Abu Aiyub, the companion of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) in the battle in which he (Abu \nAiyub) died and Yazid bin Mu'awiya was their leader in Roman Territory. Abu Aiyub denounced the \nnarration and said, 'I doubt that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ever said what you have said.' I felt that too much, and \nI vowed to Allah that if I remained alive in that holy battle, I would (go to Medina and) ask `Itban bin \nMalik if he was still living in the mosque of his people. So when he returned, I assumed Ihram for \nHajj or `Umra and then I proceeded on till I reached Medina. I went to Bani Salim and `Itban bin \nMalik, who was by then an old blind man, was leading his people in the prayer. When he finished the \nprayer, I greeted him and introduced myself to him and then asked him about that narration. He told \nthat narration again in the same manner as he had narrated it the first time."\n

\nحَدَّثَنِي إِسْحَاقُ، حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي مَحْمُودُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ الأَنْصَارِيُّ، أَنَّهُ عَقَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم، وَعَقَلَ مَجَّةً مَجَّهَا فِي وَجْهِهِ مِنْ بِئْرٍ كَانَتْ فِي دَارِهِمْ‏.‏ فَزَعَمَ مَحْمُودٌ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عِتْبَانَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ الأَنْصَارِيّ َ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ وَكَانَ مِمَّنْ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي لِقَوْمِي بِبَنِي سَالِمٍ، وَكَانَ يَحُولُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُمْ وَادٍ إِذَا جَاءَتِ الأَمْطَارُ فَيَشُقُّ عَلَىَّ اجْتِيَازُهُ قِبَلَ مَسْجِدِهِمْ، فَجِئْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقُلْتُ لَهُ إِنِّي أَنْكَرْتُ بَصَرِي، وَإِنَّ الْوَادِيَ الَّذِي بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ قَوْمِي يَسِيلُ إِذَا جَاءَتِ الأَمْطَارُ فَيَشُقُّ عَلَىَّ اجْتِيَازُهُ، فَوَدِدْتُ أَنَّكَ تَأْتِي فَتُصَلِّي مِنْ بَيْتِي مَكَانًا أَتَّخِذُهُ مُصَلًّى‏.‏ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ سَأَفْعَلُ ‏"‏‏.‏ فَغَدَا عَلَىَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ بَعْدَ مَا اشْتَدَّ النَّهَارُ فَاسْتَأْذَنَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَذِنْتُ لَهُ فَلَمْ يَجْلِسْ حَتَّى قَالَ ‏"‏ أَيْنَ تُحِبُّ أَنْ أُصَلِّيَ مِنْ بَيْتِكَ ‏"‏‏.‏ فَأَشَرْتُ لَهُ إِلَى الْمَكَانِ الَّذِي أُحِبُّ أَنْ أُصَلِّيَ فِيهِ، فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَكَبَّرَ وَصَفَفْنَا وَرَاءَهُ، فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ، ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ وَسَلَّمْنَا حِينَ سَلَّمَ، فَحَبَسْتُهُ عَلَى خَزِيرٍ يُصْنَعُ لَهُ فَسَمِعَ أَهْلُ الدَّارِ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي بَيْتِي فَثَابَ رِجَالٌ مِنْهُمْ حَتَّى كَثُرَ الرِّجَالُ فِي الْبَيْتِ‏.‏ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ مَا فَعَلَ مَالِكٌ لاَ أَرَاهُ‏.‏ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ ذَاكَ مُنَافِقٌ لاَ يُحِبُّ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ‏.‏ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ لاَ تَقُلْ ذَاكَ أَلاَ تَرَاهُ قَالَ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ‏.‏ يَبْتَغِي بِذَلِكَ وَجْهَ اللَّهِ ‏"‏‏.‏ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ‏.‏ أَمَّا نَحْنُ فَوَاللَّهِ لاَ نَرَى وُدَّهُ وَلاَ حَدِيثَهُ إِلاَّ إِلَى الْمُنَافِقِينَ‏.‏ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ حَرَّمَ عَلَى النَّارِ مَنْ قَالَ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ‏.‏ يَبْتَغِي بِذَلِكَ وَجْهَ اللَّهِ ‏"‏‏.‏ قَالَ مَحْمُودٌ فَحَدَّثْتُهَا قَوْمًا فِيهِمْ أَبُو أَيُّوبَ صَاحِبُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي غَزْوَتِهِ الَّتِي تُوُفِّيَ فِيهَا وَيَزِيدُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِأَرْضِ الرُّومِ، فَأَنْكَرَهَا عَلَىَّ أَبُو أَيُّوبَ قَالَ وَاللَّهِ مَا أَظُنُّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ مَا قُلْتَ قَطُّ‏.‏ فَكَبُرَ ذَلِكَ عَلَىَّ فَجَعَلْتُ لِلَّهِ عَلَىَّ إِنْ سَلَّمَنِي حَتَّى أَقْفُلَ مِنْ غَزْوَتِي أَنْ أَسْأَلَ عَنْهَا عِتْبَانَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ إِنْ وَجَدْتُهُ حَيًّا فِي مَسْجِدِ قَوْمِهِ، فَقَفَلْتُ فَأَهْلَلْتُ بِحَجَّةٍ أَوْ بِعُمْرَةٍ، ثُمَّ سِرْتُ حَتَّى قَدِمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ فَأَتَيْتُ بَنِي سَالِمٍ، فَإِذَا عِتْبَانُ شَيْخٌ أَعْمَى يُصَلِّي لِقَوْمِهِ فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ مِنَ الصَّلاَةِ سَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ وَأَخْبَرْتُهُ مَنْ أَنَا، ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ الْحَدِيثِ فَحَدَّثَنِيهِ كَمَا حَدَّثَنِيهِ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ‏.‏