Itban bin Malik, who was one of the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ from among the Ansar who had witnessed Badr, came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "Messenger of Allah, my eyesight has weakened, and I lead my people in prayer. When the rains come, the valley between me and them floods, and I am unable to reach their mosque to lead them in prayer. I would dearly wish, Messenger of Allah, that you come to me and pray in my house so that I may take it as a place of prayer."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, "I shall do so, if Allah wills."Itban continued, The Messenger of Allah ﷺ and Abu Bakr came in the morning, after the day had risen. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked permission to enter, and I granted it. He did not sit down until he had entered the house, then he asked, "Where in your house would you like me to pray?"I pointed him to a spot in the house. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up and pronounced the takbir, so we stood and formed rows behind him. He prayed two rakahs, then gave the salam.He then mentioned the rest of the hadith as it appeared in the previous chapter.
أن عتبان بن مالك، وهو من أصحاب رسول الله ﷺ ممن شهد بدرا من الأنصار أنه أتى رسول الله ﷺ فقال: يا رسول الله! قد أنكرت بصري وأنا أصلي لقومي، فإذا كانت الأمطار سال الوادي الذي بيني وبينهم لم أستطع أن آتي مسجدهم فأصلي بهم. ووددت يا رسول الله أنك تأتيني فتصلي في بيني فأتخذه مصلى. قال: فقال له رسول الله ﷺ: سأفعل إن شاء الله قال عتبان: فغدا رسول الله ﷺ وأبو بكر حين ارتفع النهار فاستأذن رسول الله ﷺ فأذنت له، فلم يجلس حتى دخل البيت ثم قال: أين تحب أن أصلي من بيتك؟ قال: فأشرت له إلى ناحية من البيت، فقام رسول الله ﷺ فكبر، فقمنا فصففنا فصلى ركعتين ثم سلم، فذكر الحديث كما مضى في الباب السابق.
Bukhari narrated it in the Book of Prayer (425), and Muslim in the Book of Mosques (263), both through Ibn Shihab, who said, "Mahmud bin Rabi told me," and he mentioned something similar, with the wording being that of Bukhari.Bukhari said, "Bara bin Azib prayed in congregation at his mosque in his house."Hafiz said in Fath al-Bari, "Ibn Abu Shayba recorded this report with the same meaning, within a longer account."