Itban bin Malik reported,

I came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "My eyesight has weakened, and the floodwaters block the way between me and my mosque. I would love for you to come and pray in my house at a spot that I could take as a place of prayer."The Prophet ﷺ said, "I will do so, Allah willing."He passed by Abu Bakr and asked him to come along, so Abu Bakr went with him. He sought permission and entered upon me. While still standing, he asked, "Where would you like me to pray?"I pointed out the spot where I wanted him to pray. Then I detained him for a dish of khazirah we had prepared for him. The people of the valley, meaning the people of the neighborhood, heard about it and gathered until the house was full.A man asked, "Where is Malik bin Dukhshun?" Or perhaps he said, "Malik bin Dukhayshin."Another man said, "That man is a hypocrite who loves neither Allah nor His Messenger."The Prophet ﷺ said, "Do not say that. He says 'There is no god but Allah,' seeking thereby the face of Allah."The man said, "Messenger of Allah, as for us, we see his face and his conversation directed toward the hypocrites."The Prophet ﷺ again said, "Do not say that. He says 'There is no god but Allah,' seeking thereby the face of Allah."The man said, "Of course, Messenger of Allah."The Prophet ﷺ said, "No servant will come on the Day of Resurrection saying 'There is no god but Allah,' seeking thereby the face of Allah, except that the Fire will be forbidden to him."Mahmud said, I related this hadith to a group of people, among whom was Abu Ayub al-Ansari, and he said, "I do not think the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said what you have said."So I vowed that if I returned to Itban, I would ask him. I returned to him and found him an old man whose sight had gone, and he was the imam of his people. I sat beside him and asked him about this hadith, and he related it to me just as he had related it to me the first time.Muamar said, Whenever Zuhri related this hadith, he would say, "Then obligations and matters were revealed afterward, which we consider to have settled the matter. So whoever is able not to slacken, let him not slacken."

حدثنا عبد الرزاق أنبأنا معمر عن الزهري قال حدثني محمود بن الربيع

عن عتبان بن مالك قال

أتيت النبي ﷺ فقلت إني قد أنكرت بصري والسيول تحول بيني وبين مسجدي فلوددت أنك جئت فصليت في بيتي مكانا أتخذه مسجدا فقال النبي ﷺ أفعل إن شاء الله قال فمر على أبي بكر فاستتبعه فانطلق معه فاستأذن فدخل علي فقال وهو قائم أين تريد أن أصلي فأشرت له حيث أريد قال ثم حبسته على خزير صنعناه له قال فسمع أهل الوادي يعني أهل الدار فثابوا إليه حتى امتلأ البيت فقال رجل أين مالك بن الدخشن وربما قال مالك بن الدخيشن فقال رجل ذاك رجل منافق لا يحب الله ولا رسوله فقال النبي ﷺ لا تقول هو يقول لا إله إلا الله يبتغي بذلك وجه الله قال يا رسول الله أما نحن فنرى وجهه وحديثه إلى المنافقين فقال النبي ﷺ أيضا لا تقول هو يقول لا إله إلا الله يبتغي بذلك وجه الله قال بلى يا رسول الله قال فلن يوافي عبد يوم القيامة يقول لا إله إلا الله يبتغي بذلك وجه الله إلا حرم على النار قال محمود فحدثت بهذا الحديث نفرا فيهم أبو أيوب الأنصاري فقال ما أظن رسول الله ﷺ قال ما قلت قال فآليت إن رجعت إلى عتبان أن أسأله فرجعت إليه فوجدته شيخا كبيرا قد ذهب بصره وهو إمام قومه فجلست إلى جنبه فسألته عن هذا الحديث فحدثنيه كما حدثنيه أول مرة قال معمر فكان الزهري إذا حدث بهذا الحديث قال ثم نزلت فرائض وأمور نرى أن الأمر انتهى إليها فمن استطاع أن لا يفتر فلا يفتر