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] That a man by the name of 'Utba complained of his eye, so he sent a message to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and informed him of what had afflicted him. He said, "O Messenger of Allah, come and pray in my house so that I may make it a place of prayer." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came, and whoever among his companions Allah willed also came. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood to pray while his companions were talking amongst themselves, mentioning what they had encountered from the hypocrites. They attributed the blame to Malik ibn Dukhsham. So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished praying and said, "Isn't it witnessed that there is no god but Allah and that I am the Messenger of Allah?" A person among them said, "Yes, it is witnessed, but not from the heart." So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever testifies that there is no god but Allah and that I am the Messenger of Allah, the Hellfire shall not consume him." Or he said, "He shall not enter the Hellfire."  

أَنَّ عِتْبَانَ اشْتَكَى عَيْنَهُ فَبَعَثَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ لَهُ مَا أَصَابَهُ وقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ تَعَالَ صَلِّ فِي بَيْتِي حَتَّى أَتَّخِذَهُ مُصَلًّى قَالَ فَجَاءَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَمَنْ شَاءَ اللهُ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي وَأَصْحَابُهُ يَتَحَدَّثُونَ بَيْنَهُمْ فَجَعَلُوا يَذْكُرُونَ مَا يَلْقَوْنَ مِنَ الْمُنَافِقِينَ فَأَسْنَدُوا عُظْمَ ذَلِكَ إِلَى مَالِكِ بْنِ دُخَيْشَمٍ فَانْصَرَفَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَقَالَ أَلَيْسَ يَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَأَنِّي رَسُولُ اللهِ؟ فَقَالَ قَائِلٌ بَلَى وَمَا هُوَ مِنْ قَلْبِهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ شَهِدَ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَأَنِّي رَسُولُ اللهِ فَلَنْ تَطْعَمَهُ النَّارُ أَوْ قَالَ لَنْ يَدْخُلَ النَّارَ  

[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] 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.  

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