Something had gone wrong with my eyesight. I, therefore, sent (a message to the Holy Prophet): Verily it is my ardent desire that you should kindly grace my house with your presence and observe prayer there so, that I should make that corner a place of worship. He said: The Prophet ﷺ came there, and those amongst the Companions whom Allah willed also accompanied him. He entered (my place) and offered prayer at my residence and his Companions began to talk amongst themselves (and this conversation centered round hypocrites), and then the conspicuous one, Malik b. Dukhshum was made the target and they wished that he (the Holy Prophet) should curse him and he should die or he should meet some calamity. In the meanwhile the Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessings be upon him) completed his prayer and said: Does Malik b. Dukhshum not testify the fact that there is no god but Allah and verily I am the messenger of Allah. They replied: He makes a profession of it (no doubt) but does not do it out of (sincere) heart. He (the Holy Prophet) said: He who testifies that there is no god but Allah and I am the messenger of Allah would not enter Hell or its (flames) would not consume him. Anas said: This hadith impressed me very much and I told my son to write it down.  

قَدِمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ فَلَقِيتُ عِتْبَانَ فَقُلْتُ حَدِيثٌ بَلَغَنِي عَنْكَ قَالَ أَصَابَنِي فِي بَصَرِي بَعْضُ الشَّىْءِ فَبَعَثْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنِّي أُحِبُّ أَنْ تَأْتِيَنِي فَتُصَلِّيَ فِي مَنْزِلِي فَأَتَّخِذَهُ مُصَلًّى قَالَ فَأَتَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَمَنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ فَدَخَلَ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي فِي مَنْزِلِي وَأَصْحَابُهُ يَتَحَدَّثُونَ بَيْنَهُمْ ثُمَّ أَسْنَدُوا عُظْمَ ذَلِكَ وَكِبْرَهُ إِلَى مَالِكِ بْنِ دُخْشُمٍ قَالُوا وَدُّوا أَنَّهُ دَعَا عَلَيْهِ فَهَلَكَ وَوَدُّوا أَنَّهُ أَصَابَهُ شَرٌّ فَقَضَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الصَّلاَةَ وَقَالَ أَلَيْسَ يَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَأَنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ قَالُوا إِنَّهُ يَقُولُ ذَلِكَ وَمَا هُوَ فِي قَلْبِهِ قَالَ لاَ يَشْهَدُ أَحَدٌ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَأَنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ فَيَدْخُلَ النَّارَ أَوْ تَطْعَمَهُ قَالَ أَنَسٌ فَأَعْجَبَنِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ فَقُلْتُ لاِبْنِي اكْتُبْهُ فَكَتَبَهُ  

[Machine] Narrated: There was a certain individual in Basra who possessed something, so I sent a message to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: Surely, I would like for you to come to my home and pray in it, so I can turn it into a prayer place. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then approached, along with whoever among his companions he wished, and he prayed in that individual's home. They conversed and mentioned the hypocrites and the harm they cause, attributing that to Malik bin Dukhshin. They wished that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would invoke against him, so if he were to come to any harm, they said the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had declared: Does he not bear witness that there is no god except Allah, and that I am the Messenger of Allah? They replied: O Messenger of Allah, he does say that but it is not in his heart. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then said: No one should bear witness that there is no god except Allah, and that I am the Messenger of Allah, for if he does while it is not in his heart, then he will be fed to the Fire or be touched by the Fire.  

فَحَدِّثْنِي قَالَ كَانَ فِي بَصَرِي بَعْضُ الشَّيْءِ فَبَعَثْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ إِنِّي أُحِبُّ أَنْ تَجِيءَ إِلَى مَنْزِلِي تُصَلِّيَ فِيهِ فَأَتَّخِذَهُ مُصَلًّى قَالَ فَأَقْبَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَمَنْ شَاءَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ قَالَ فَصَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي مَنْزِلِهِ وَأَصْحَابُهُيَتَحَدَّثُونَ وَيَذْكُرُونَ الْمُنَافِقِينَ وَمَا يَلْقَوْنَ مِنْهُمْ وَيُسْنِدُونَ عِظَمَ ذَلِكَ إِلَى مَالِكِ بْنِ الدُّخَيْشِنِ وَوَدُّوا أَنْ لَوْ دَعَا عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَصَابَ شَرًّا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَلَيْسَ يَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَأَنِّي رَسُولُ اللهِ؟ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّهُ لَيَقُولُ ذَلِكَ وَمَا هُوَ فِي قَلْبِهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا يَشْهَدُ أَحَدٌ أَنَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَأَنِّي رَسُولُ اللهِ فَتَطْعَمَهُ النَّارُ أَوْ تَمَسَّهُ النَّارُ  

Messenger of Allah, I have lost my eyesight and I lead my people in prayer. When there is a downpour there is then a current (of water) in the valley that stands between me and them and I find it impossible to go to their mosque and lead them in prayer. Messenger of Allah, I earnestly beg of you that you should come and observe prayer at a place of worship (in my house) so that I should then use it as a place of worship. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Well, it God so wills. I would soon do so. 'Itban said: On the following day when the day dawned, the Messenger of Allah (may peace he upon him) came along with Abu Bakr at-Siddiq, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked permission (to get into the house). I gave him the permission, and be did not sit after entering the house, when he said: At what place in your house you desire me to say prayer? I ('Itban b. Malik) said: I pointed to a corner in the house, The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood (at that place for prayer) and pronounced Allah-o-Akbar (Allah is the Greatest) (as an expression for the commencement of prayer). We too stood behind him, and he said two rak'ahs and then pronounced salutation (marking the end of the prayer). We detained him (the Holy Prophet) for the meat curry we had prepared for, him. The people of the neighbouring houses came and thus there was a good gathering in (our house). One of them said: Where is Malik b. Dukhshun? Upon this one of them remarked: He is a hypocrite; he does not love Allah and His Messenger. Thereupon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Do not say so about him. Don't you see that he utters La ilaha ill-Allah (There is no god but Allah) and seeks the pleasure of Allah through it? They said: Allah and His Messenger know beet. One (among the audience) said: We see his inclination and wellwishing for hypocrites only. Upon this the Messenger of Allah' ﷺ again said: Verily Allah has forbidden the Fire for one who says: There is no god but Allah, thereby seeking Allah's pleasure. Ibn Shihab said: I asked Husain b. Muhammad al-Ansar (he was one of the leaders of Banu Salim) about the hadith transmitted by Mahmud b. Rabi' and he testified it. (Using translation from Muslim 33c)  

أَنَّ عِتْبَانَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ مِمَّنْ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي قَدْ أَنْكَرْتُ بَصَرِي وَأَنَا أُصَلِّي لِقَوْمِي وَإِذَا كَانَ الْأَمْطَارُ سَالَ الْوَادِي الَّذِي بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُمْ وَلَمْ أَسْتَطِعْ أَنْ آتِيَ مَسْجِدَهُمْ فَأُصَلِّيَ بِهِمْ وَدِدْتُ أَنَّكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ تَأْتِي فَتُصَلِّي فِي بَيْتِي حَتَّى أَتَّخِذَهُ مُصَلًّى قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «سَأَفْعَلُ» قَالَ عِتْبَانُ فَغَدَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقُ حِينَ ارْتَفَعَ النَّهَارُ فَاسْتَأْذَنَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَذِنْتُ لَهُ فَلَمْ يَجْلِسْ حِينَ دَخَلَ الْبَيْتَ ثُمَّ قَالَ «أَيْنَ تُحِبُّ أَنْ أُصَلِّيَ مِنْ بَيْتِكَ؟ » قَالَ فَأَشَرْتُ إِلَى نَاحِيَةٍ مِنَ الْبَيْتِ فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَكَبَّرَ فَقُمْنَا وَرَاءَهُ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ قَالَ «وَحَبَسْنَاهُ عَلَى خَزِيرَةٍ صَنَعْنَاهَا لَهُ»  

[Machine] Something happened to my eyesight, so I sent a message to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying that I would like for him to come and pray in my house so that I can make it a place of worship. The Prophet ﷺ, along with some of his companions whom Allah willed, came to me and he was praying in my house while his companions were talking amongst themselves and also mentioning the hypocrites. Then they reported this incident and the severity of it to Malik ibn Dukhshum and they wanted him to curse me so that I would die, or they wanted something bad to happen to me. So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished his prayer and said, "Is it not true that there is no god but Allah and that I am the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?" They said that he said this, but it was not in his heart. He ﷺ said, "Anyone who testifies that there is no god but Allah and that I am the Messenger of Allah ﷺ will not enter the Fire or be fed by the Fire."  

أَصَابَنِي فِي بَصَرِي بَعْضُ الشَّيْءِ فَبَعَثَتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنِّي أُحِبُّ أَنْ تَأْتِيَنِي تُصَلِّي فِي مَنْزِلِي فَأَتَّخِذَهُ مُصَلًّى فَأَتَانِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَمَنْ شَاءَ اللهُ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي فِي مَنْزِلِي وَأَصْحَابُهُ يَتَحَدَّثُونَ بَيْنَهُمْ وَيُذَاكِرُونَ الْمُنَافِقِينَ ثُمَّ أَسْنَدُوا عِظَمَ ذَلِكَ وَكِبَرَهُ إِلَى مَالِكِ بْنِ الدُّخْشُمِ وَدُّوا أَنَّهُ دَعَا عَلَيْهِ فَهَلَكَ وَدُّوا أَنَّهُ أَصَابَهُ شَرٌّ فَقَضَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الصَّلَاةَ وَقَالَ «أَلَيْسَ يَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَأَنِّي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ؟» قَالُوا أَنَّهُ يَقُولُ ذَاكَ وَمَا هُوَ فِي قَلْبِهِ قَالَ «لَا يَشْهَدُ أَحَدٌ أَنَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَأَنِّي رَسُولُ اللهِ فَيَدْخُلُ النَّارَ أَوْ يَطْعَمُهُ النَّارُ»  

[Machine] When 'Utban ibn Malik was injured in his eye, he sent a message to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "I would like for you to come to me and pray in my house and ask for blessings for us." So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up among a group of his companions and they went to him. They spoke amongst themselves and mentioned Malik ibn Dukhshum, and some of them said, "O Messenger of Allah, that is the cave of the hypocrites and their dwelling place. They frequent it a lot." So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Doesn't he pray?" They replied, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah, but it is a prayer that has no good in it." So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I have forbidden the killing of those who pray," repeating it twice.  

لَمَّا أُصِيبَ عِتْبَانُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ فِي بَصَرِهِ بَعَثَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أُحِبُّ أَنْ تَأْتِيَنِي فَتُصَلِّيَ فِي بَيْتِي وَتَدْعُوَ لَنَا بِالْبَرَكَةِ فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي نَفَرٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ فَدَخَلُوا عَلَيْهِ فَتَحَدَّثُوا بَيْنَهُمْ فَذَكَرُوا مَالِكَ بْنَ الدُّخْشُمِ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ذَاكَ كَهْفُ الْمُنَافِقِينَ وَمَأْوَاهُمْ فَأَكْثَرُوا فِيهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَوَلَيْسَ يُصَلِّي؟» قَالُوا نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَاةً لَا خَيْرَ فِيهَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «نَهَيْتُ عَنْ قَتْلِ الْمُصَلِّينَ» مَرَّتَيْنِ