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ahmad:16484Ḥusayn b. Muḥammad > Jarīr / Ibn Ḥāzim > ʿAlī b. Zayd b. Judʿān > Abū Bakr b. Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] My father, memorize this hadith, for it is from the treasures of hadith. When we finished, we went back to the city and asked about it. We found the person alive and he was an old blind man. We asked him about the hadith and he said, "Yes, my sight was lost during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . So I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, my sight is gone and I cannot pray behind you. If you can assign a mosque in my house and I pray in it, may it be considered my place of worship?' He said, 'Yes, I will come to you tomorrow.' When he finished the morning prayer the next day, he turned to me, stood up and approached me. He said, 'O 'Utbah, where do you want me to assign a place for you?' So I described a place for him and he assigned it to me. Then he prayed in it and stayed seated. The news reached the Ansar around us, so they came until the house was filled. They mentioned the hypocrites and the harm they cause, until they assigned one of the hypocrites, Malik bin Dukhshum, to handle their affairs. They said, 'Look at his position and the position of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was silent. When their talk became excessive, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Is it not true that there is no deity except Allah?' When it was the third time, they said, 'Indeed, he says it.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'By the One who sent me with the truth, if he says it with sincerity from his heart, the fire will never consume him.' They never rejoiced in anything as they did with what he said."  

أحمد:١٦٤٨٤حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ حَازِمٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ زَيْدِ بْنِ جُدْعَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ قَدِمَ أَبِي مِنَ الشَّامِ وَافِدًا وَأَنَا مَعَهُ فَلَقِينَا مَحْمُودَ بْنَ الرَّبِيعِ فَحَدَّثَ أَبِي حَدِيثًا عَنْ عِتْبَانَ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

أَبِي أَيْ بُنَيَّ احْفَظْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ فَإِنَّهُ مِنْ كُنُوزِ الْحَدِيثِ فَلَمَّا قَفَلْنَا انْصَرَفْنَا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ فَسَأَلْنَا عَنْهُ فَإِذَا هُوَ حَيٌّ وَإِذَا شَيْخٌ أَعْمَى قَالَ فَسَأَلْنَاهُ عَنِ الْحَدِيثِ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ ذَهَبَ بَصَرِي عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ذَهَبَ بَصَرِي وَلَاأَسْتَطِيعُ الصَّلَاةَ خَلْفَكَ فَلَوْ بَوَّأْتَ فِي دَارِي مَسْجِدًا فَصَلَّيْتُ فِيهِ فَأَتَّخِذُهُ مُصَلًّى قَالَ نَعَمْ فَإِنِّي غَادٍ عَلَيْكَ غَدًا قَالَ فَلَمَّا صَلَّى مِنَ الْغَدِ الْتَفَتَ إِلَيْهِ فَقَامَ حَتَّى أَتَاهُ فَقَالَ يَا عِتْبَانُ أَيْنَ تُحِبُّ أَنْ أُبَوِّئَ لَكَ؟ فَوَصَفَ لَهُ مَكَانًا فَبَوَّأَ لَهُ وَصَلَّى فِيهِ ثُمَّ حَبَسَ أَوْ جَلَسَ وَبَلَغَ مَنْ حَوْلَنَا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فَجَاءُوا حَتَّى مُلِئَتْ عَلَيْنَا الدَّارُ فَذَكَرُوا الْمُنَافِقِينَ وَمَا يَلْقُونَ مِنْ أَذَاهُمْ وَشَرِّهِمْ حَتَّى صَيَّرُوا أَمْرَهُمْ إِلَى رَجُلٍ مِنْهُمْ يُقَالُ لَهُ مَالِكُ بْنُ الدُّخْشُمِ وَقَالُوا مِنْ حَالِهِ وَمِنْ حَالِهِ وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سَاكِتٌ فَلَمَّا أَكْثَرُوا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَلَيْسَ يَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ؟ فَلَمَّا كَانَ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ قَالُوا إِنَّهُ لَيَقُولُهُ قَالَ وَالَّذِي بَعَثَنِي بِالْحَقِّ لَئِنْ قَالَهَا صَادِقًا مِنْ قَلْبِهِ لَا تَأْكُلُهُ النَّارُ أَبَدًا قَالَ فَمَا فَرِحُوا بِشَيْءٍ قَطُّ كَفَرَحِهِمْ بِمَا قَالَ  


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bukhari:5401Yaḥyá b. Bukayr > al-Layth > ʿUqayl > Ibn Shihāb > Maḥmūd b. al-Rabīʿ al-Anṣārī

who attended the Badr battle and was from the Ansar, that he came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Allah's Apostle! I have lost my eyesight and I lead my people in the prayer (as an Imam). When it rains, the valley which is between me and my people, flows with water, and then I cannot go to their mosque to lead them in the prayer. O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! I wish that you could come and pray in my house so that I may take it as a praying place. The Prophet ﷺ said, "Allah willing, I will do that." The next morning, soon after the sun had risen, Messenger of Allah ﷺ came with Abu Bakr. The Prophet ﷺ asked for the permission to enter and I admitted him. The Prophet ﷺ had not sat till he had entered the house and said to me, "Where do you like me to pray in your house?" I pointed at a place in my house whereupon he stood and said, "Allahu Akbar." We lined behind him and he prayed two rakʿat and finished it with Taslim. We then requested him to stay for a special meal of Khazira which we had prepared. A large number of men from the adjoining area gathered in the house. One of them said, "Where is Malik bin Ad-Dukhshun?" Another man said, "He is a hypocrite and does not love Allah and His Apostle." The Prophet said, "Do not say so. Do you not think that he has said: "None has the right to be worshipped but Allah," seeking Allah's pleasure? The man said, "Allah and His Apostle know better, but we have always seen him mixing with hypocrites and giving them advice." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Allah has forbidden the (Hell) Fire for those who testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah, seeking Allah's pleasure. "  

البخاري:٥٤٠١حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي مَحْمُودُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ الأَنْصَارِيُّ

أَنَّ عِتْبَانَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ وَكَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مِمَّنْ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ أَنَّهُ أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي أَنْكَرْتُ بَصَرِي وَأَنَا أُصَلِّي لِقَوْمِي فَإِذَا كَانَتِ الأَمْطَارُ سَالَ الْوَادِي الَّذِي بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُمْ لَمْ أَسْتَطِعْ أَنْ آتِيَ مَسْجِدَهُمْ فَأُصَلِّيَ لَهُمْ فَوَدِدْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنَّكَ تَأْتِي فَتُصَلِّي فِي بَيْتِي فَأَتَّخِذُهُ مُصَلًّى فَقَالَ سَأَفْعَلُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ قَالَ عِتْبَانُ فَغَدَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ حِينَ ارْتَفَعَ النَّهَارُ فَاسْتَأْذَنَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَأَذِنْتُ لَهُ فَلَمْ يَجْلِسْ حَتَّى دَخَلَ الْبَيْتَ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي أَيْنَ تُحِبُّ أَنْ أُصَلِّيَ مِنْ بَيْتِكَ فَأَشَرْتُ إِلَى نَاحِيَةٍ مِنَ الْبَيْتِ فَقَامَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَكَبَّرَ فَصَفَفْنَا فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ وَحَبَسْنَاهُ عَلَى خَزِيرٍ صَنَعْنَاهُ فَثَابَ فِي الْبَيْتِ رِجَالٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الدَّارِ ذَوُو عَدَدٍ فَاجْتَمَعُوا فَقَالَ قَائِلٌ مِنْهُمْ أَيْنَ مَالِكُ بْنُ الدُّخْشُنِ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ ذَلِكَ مُنَافِقٌ لاَ يُحِبُّ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لاَ تَقُلْ أَلاَ تَرَاهُ قَالَ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ يُرِيدُ بِذَلِكَ وَجْهَ اللَّهِ قَالَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ قُلْنَا فَإِنَّا نَرَى وَجْهَهُ وَنَصِيحَتَهُ إِلَى الْمُنَافِقِينَ فَقَالَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ حَرَّمَ عَلَى النَّارِ مَنْ قَالَ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ يَبْتَغِي بِذَلِكَ وَجْهَ اللَّهِ قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُ الْحُصَيْنَ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ الأَنْصَارِيَّ أَحَدَ بَنِي سَالِمٍ وَكَانَ مِنْ سَرَاتِهِمْ عَنْ حَدِيثِ مَحْمُودٍ فَصَدَّقَهُ  

tabarani:15196ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > ʿĀrim Abū al-Nuʿmān > Ḥammād b. Zayd > ʿAlī b. Zayd

[Machine] He told me that his sight went back to the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and he said, "O Messenger of Allah, if you came to my house and assigned a mosque in it, and you prayed in it, and I made it a mosque, even though my sight was gone and I was weak in going out to the mosque, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ promised him that he would come to him on a day. So when that day came, his companions gathered in my house and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came and heard them talking, the people of Al-Madina being more severe towards the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and having more enmity towards him. They informed Malik Ibn Dukhshum about it, so the Prophet ﷺ asked them, "What are you discussing?" Malik Ibn Dukhshum asked them, "Doesn't he testify that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah?" They said, "O Messenger of Allah, he is a companion." He said, "Doesn't he testify that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah?" They said, "Yes." He said, "By the One in Whose Hand is my soul, if he says it sincerely from his heart, it will never be the Fire that consumes him." Anas said to me, "Remember this hadith, for it is one of the treasures of knowledge." So when we came to Al-Madina, we found 'Utban bin Malik alive, so I said to my father, "Do you have anything to ask 'Utban about the hadith that Mahmoud narrated from him?" So we went and asked him about it, and he narrated it to us.  

الطبراني:١٥١٩٦حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا عَارِمُ أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ زَيْدٍ قَالَ كُنَّا عِنْدَ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ فَقَالَ لِابْنِهِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ حَدِّثْهُمْ حَدِيثَ عِتْبَانَ بْنِ مَالِكٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ فَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَأَنَسٌ شَاهِدٌ فَقَالَ خَرَجْتُ مَعَ أَبِي إِلَى الشَّامِ فَلَمَّا أَقْبَلَ مِنَ الشَّامِ مَشَى مَعَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ فَشَيَّعَنَا حَتَّى إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُفَارِقَنَا قَالَ أَلَا أُحَدِّثُكُمْ بِحَدِيثِ عِتْبَانَ بْنِ مَالِكٍ؟ قُلْنَا بَلَى قَالَ فَإِنَّهُ

حَدَّثَنِي أَنَّهُ ذَهَبَ بَصَرُهُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَلَوْ أَتَيْتَ مَنْزِلِي فَبَوَّأْتَ لِي فِيهِ مَسْجِدًا وَصَلَّيْتَ فِيهِ فَأَتَّخِذُهُ مَسْجِدًا وَإِنَّ بَصَرِي قَدْ ذَهَبَ وَضَعُفْتُ عَنِ الْخُرُوجِ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ فَوَعَدَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمًا يَأْتِيَهُ فِيهِ فَلَمَّا كَانَ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمُ حَشَكَ لَهُ أَصْحَابَهُ فَاجْتَمَعُوا فِي مَنْزِلِي فَجَاءَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَسَمِعَهُمْ يَتَذَاكَرُونَ أَشَدَّ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ عَلَى أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَعْظَمَهُمْ لَهُ عَدَاوَةً فَرَدُّوا ذَلِكَ إِلَى مَالِكِ بْنِ الدُّخْشُمِ فَسَأَلَهُمُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَا يَتَذَاكَرُونَ؟ قَالَ «أَلَيْسَ يَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَأَنِّي رَسُولُ اللهِ؟» قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّهُ صَاحِبُ قَالَ «أَلَيْسَ يَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَأَنِّي رَسُولُ اللهِ؟» قَالُوا بَلَى قَالَ «وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَئِنْ كَانَ يَقُولُهَا صَادِقًا مِنْ قَلْبِهِ لَا تَأْكُلُهُ النَّارُ أَبَدًا» فَقَالَ لِي أَنَسٌ «احْفَظْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ فَإِنَّهُ مِنْ كُنُوزِ الْعِلْمِ» فَلَمَّا أَتَيْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ وَجَدْنَا عِتْبَانَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ حَيًّا فَقُلْتُ لِأَبِي هَلْ لَكَ فِي عِتْبَانَ تَسْأَلُهُ عَنِ الْحَدِيثِ الَّذِي حَدَّثَنَاهُ مَحْمُودٌ عَنْهُ فَانْطَلَقْنَا فَسَأَلْنَاهُ عَنْهُ فَحَدَّثَنَا  

tabarani:15201Ismāʿīl b. al-Ḥasan al-Khaffāf al-Miṣrī > Aḥmad b. Ṣāliḥ > Ibn Wahb > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > Maḥmūd b. al-Rabīʿ al-Anṣārī

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)  

الطبراني:١٥٢٠١حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْخَفَّافُ الْمِصْرِيُّ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ أنا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ أَنَّ مَحْمُودَ بْنَ الرَّبِيعِ الْأَنْصَارِيَّ حَدَّثَهُ

أَنَّ عِتْبَانَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ وَهُوَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِمَّنْ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّهُ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي قَدْ أَنْكَرْتُ بَصَرِي وَأَنَا أُصَلِّي لِقَوْمِي وَإِذَا كَانَتِ الْإِمْطَارَاتُ سَالَتِ الْوَادِيَ الَّذِي بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُمْ وَلَمْ أَسْتَطِعْ أَنْ آتِي مَسْجِدَهُمْ فَأُصَلِّيَ لَهُمْ وَوَدِدْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَنَّكَ تَأْتِيَنِي فَتُصَلِّيَ فِي مُصَلًّى أَتَّخِذُهُ مُصَلًّى فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «سَأَفْعَلُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ» قَالَ عِتْبَانُ فَغَدَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ حِينَ ارْتَفَعَ النَّهَارُ فَاسْتَأْذَنَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَذِنْتُ لَهُ فَلَمْ يَجْلِسْ حَتَّى دَخَلَ الْبَيْتَ ثُمَّ قَالَ «أَيْنَ تُحِبُّ أَنْ أُصَلِّيَ مِنْ بَيْتِكَ؟» فَأَشَرْتُ إِلَى نَاحِيَةٍ مِنَ الْبَيْتِ فَقَامَ فَكَبَّرَ فَقُمْنَا وَرَاءَهُ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ وَحَبَسْنَاهُ عَلَى خَزِيرَةٍ صَنَعْنَاهَا فَنَالَ رِجَالٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الدَّارِ حَوْلَنَا حَتَّى اجْتَمَعَ فِي الْبَيْتِ رِجَالٌ ذُو عَدَدٍ فَقَالَ قَائِلٌ مِنْهُمْ أَيْنَ مَالِكُ بْنُ الدُّخْشُنِ؟ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ ذَاكَ مُنَافِقٌ لَا يُحِبُّ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا تَفْعَلْ أَلَا تَرَاهُ قَدْ قَالَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ يُرِيدُ بِذَلِكَ وَجْهَ اللهِ؟» فَقَالُوا اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ فَإِنَّمَا وَجْهُهُ ونُصْحَتُهُ لِلْمُنَافِقِينَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَإِنَّ اللهَ قَدْ حَرَّمَ عَلَى النَّارِ مَنْ قَالَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ يَبْتَغِي بِذَلِكَ وَجْهَ اللهِ ﷻ قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُ الْحُصَيْنَ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَنْصَارِيَّ وَهُوَ أَحَدُ بَنِي سَالِمٍ عَنْ حَدِيثِ مَحْمُودِ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ فَصَدَّقَهُ بِذَلِكَ قَالَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ أَوْ تَقُولُونَ الدُّخْشُمَ وَهُوَ الصَّوَابُ