"Messenger of Allah, the floods prevent me from reaching the mosque of my people, so I would like you to come and pray in a spot in my house that I can take as a place of prayer."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "We will do so."The next morning, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out to Abu Bakr and asked him to come along. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered, he asked, "Where would you like me to pray?"I pointed out a corner of the house to him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood there, and we lined up behind him. He led us in two units of prayer, and we kept him with us for some khazirah we had prepared. The people of the neighborhood, meaning the people of the village, heard about it and began gathering until the house was filled.A man from the group said, "Where is Malik bin Dukhshum?"Another man replied, "He is one of the hypocrites."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do not say that. He says, 'There is no god but Allah,' seeking by it the face of Allah."The man said, "As for us, we see his face and his conversation directed toward the hypocrites."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do not say that. He says, 'There is no god but Allah,' seeking by it the face of Allah."A man from the group said, "Indeed, Messenger of Allah."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "No servant will come on the Day of Resurrection saying, 'There is no god but Allah,' seeking by it the face of Allah, except that he will be forbidden from the Fire."Mahmud said, I related this to a group among whom was Abu Ayub, and he said, "I do not think the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said this."I said, "If I return and find Itban still alive, I will ask him." So I came back, and he was blind and was the imam of his people. I asked him, and he related it to me just as he had the first time. Itban was one of the people of Badr.
قال حدثنا عبد الأعلى بن عبد الأعلى عن معمر عن الزهري عن محمود بن الربيع
يا رسول الله إن السيول تحول بيني وبين مسجد قومي فأحب أن تأتيني فتصلي في مكان في بيتي أتخذه مسجدا فقال رسول الله ﷺ سنفعل قال فلما أصبح رسول الله ﷺ غدا على أبي بكر فاستتبعه فلما دخل رسول الله ﷺ قال أين تريد فأشرت له إلى ناحية من البيت فقال رسول الله ﷺ فصففنا خلفه فصلى بنا ركعتين وحبسناه على خزير صنعناه فسمع أهل الدار يعني أهل القرية فجعلوا يثوبون فامتلأ البيت فقال رجل من القوم أين مالك بن الدخشم فقال رجل ذاك من المنافقين فقال رسول الله ﷺ لا تقوله يقول لا إله إلا الله يبتغي بها وجه الله قال أما نحن فنرى وجهه وحديثه إلى المنافقين فقال رسول الله ﷺ لا تقوله يقول لا إله إلا الله يبتغي بذلك وجه الله فقال رجل من القوم بلى يا رسول الله فقال رسول الله ﷺ لئن وافى عبد يوم القيامة يقول لا إله إلا الله يبتغي بذلك وجه الله إلا حرم على النار فقال محمود فحدثت بذلك قوما فيهم أبو أيوب قال ما أظن رسول الله ﷺ قال هذا قال فقلت لئن رجعت وعتبان حي لأسألنه فقدمت وهو أعمى وهو إمام قومه فسألته فحدثني كما حدثني أول مرة وكان عتبان بدريا