[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."
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