Hadith #48

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English Translation

ʿAbd al-Aʿlā ibn ʿAbd al-Aʿlā narrated to us, from Maʿmar, from al-Zuhrī, from Maḥmūd ibn al-Rabīʿ, from ʿItbān ibn Mālik who said: 'O Messenger of Allāh, the floods come between me and the mosque of my people. I would like you to come and pray in a place in my house that I can take as a prayer spot.' The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'We will do that.' When the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ came the next morning, he went to Abū Bakr and took him along. When the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ entered, he said: 'Where would you like?' I pointed to a part of the house. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ stood there, and we lined up behind him. He prayed two rakʿahs with us. We held him for khazīr (a meat and barley dish) we had prepared. The people of the neighborhood heard and began gathering, and the house filled up. A man from the people said: 'Where is Mālik ibn al-Dukhshum?' A man said: 'That one is among the hypocrites.' The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'Do not say that — he says lā ilāha illAllāh, seeking Allāh's face thereby.' He said: 'As for us, we see his face and his talk directed toward the hypocrites.' The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'Do not say that — he says lā ilāha illAllāh, seeking Allāh's face thereby.' A man from the people said: 'Yes, O Messenger of Allāh.' The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'If a servant arrives on the Day of Resurrection saying lā ilāha illAllāh, seeking Allāh's face thereby, the Fire is forbidden for him.' Maḥmūd said: I narrated this to a group that included Abū Ayyūb, who said: 'I do not think the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said this.' I said: 'If ʿItbān is still alive when I return, I will certainly ask him.' I returned and found him alive, blind, and still leading his people in prayer. I asked him, and he narrated it to me just as he had the first time. ʿItbān was a veteran of Badr. ʿAbd al-Razzāq narrated to us, he said: Maʿmar informed us, from al-Zuhrī, from Maḥmūd ibn al-Rabīʿ, from ʿItbān ibn Mālik who said: I came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: 'My sight has deteriorated.' And he mentioned the same meaning, except he said: 'Mālik ibn al-Dukhshun' — and sometimes said 'al-Dukhayshin' — and said: 'Forbidden from the Fire.' He did not say: 'He was a veteran of Badr.'