Sahih Muslim Book 5 – Hadith 329-331
Chapter 47: Concession allowing one to not attend the congregation
if there is an excuse.
Mahmud b. al-Rabi' reported
that 'Ibn b. Malik, who was one of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
and who participated in the (Battle of) Badr and was among the Ansar (of
Medina), told that he came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said:
Messenger of Allah, I have
lost my eyesight and I lead my people in prayer. When there is a downpour there
is then a current (of water) in the valley that stands between me and them and
I find it impossible to go to their mosque and lead them in prayer. Messenger
of Allah, I earnestly beg of you that you should come and observe prayer at a
place of worship (in my house) so that I should then use it as a place of
worship. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Well, if Allah so wills. I would soon
do so. 'Itban said: On the following day when the day dawned, the Messenger of
Allah (Peace Be Upon Him) came along with Abu Bakr as-Siddiq, and the Messenger
of Allah (ﷺ) asked permission (to get into the house). I gave him the
permission, and he did not sit after entering the house, when he said: At what
place in your house you desire me to say prayer? I ('Itban b. Malik) said: I
pointed to a corner in the house, The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) stood (at that
place for prayer) and pronounced Allah-o-Akbar (Allah is the Greatest) (as an
expression for the commencement of prayer). We too stood behind him, and he
said two rak'ahs and then pronounced salutation (marking the end of the
prayer). We detained him (the Holy Prophet) for the meat curry we had prepared
for, him. The people of the neighbouring houses came and thus there was a good
gathering in (our house). One of them said: Where is Malik b. Dukhshun? Upon
this one of them remarked: He is a hypocrite; he does not love Allah and His
Messenger. There upon the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Do not say so about him.
Don't you see that he utters La ilaha ill-Allah (There is no god but Allah) and
seeks the pleasure of Allah through it? They said: Allah and His Messenger know
best. One (among the audience) said: We see his inclination and well wishing
for hypocrites only. Upon this the Messenger of Allah' (ﷺ) again said: Verily
Allah has forbidden the Fire for one who says: There is no god but Allah,
thereby seeking Allah's pleasure. Ibn Shihab said: I asked Husain b. Muhammad
al-Ansar (he was one of the leaders of Banu Salim) about the hadith transmitted
by Mahmud b. Rabi' and he testified it. (Sahih
Muslim Book 5 – Hadith 329)
'Itban b. Malik reported:
I came to the Messenger of
Allah (ﷺ) and the rest of the hadith is the same as narrated (above) except
this that a man said: Where is Malik b. Dukhshun or Dukhaishin, and also made
this addition that Mahmud said: I narrated this very hadith to many people and
among them was Abu Ayyub al-Ansari who said: I cannot think that the Messenger
of Allah (ﷺ) could have said so as you say. He (the narrator) said: I took an
oath that if I ever go to 'Itban. I would ask him about it. So I went to him
and found him to be a very aged man, having lost his eyesight, but he was the
Imam of the people. I sat by his side and asked about this hadith and he
narrated it In the same way as he had narrated it for the first time. Then so many
other obligatory acts and commands were revealed which we see having been
completed. So he who wants that he should not be deceived would not be
deceived. (Sahih
Muslim Book 5 – Hadith 330)
Mahmud b. Rabi' reported:
I well remember the
disgorge of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) that he did (with water) from a bucket
of our house. Mahmud said: 'Itban b. Malik narrated it to me that he had said:
Messenger of Allah, I have lost my eyesight, and the rest of the hadith is the
same up to these words:" He led us in two rak'ahs of prayer and we
detained the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) for serving him the pudding that we had
prepared for him," and no mention has been made of what follows next from
the addition made by Yunus and Ma'mar. (Sahih
Muslim Book 5 – Hadith 331)
Sahih Muslim Book 5 – Hadith 329-331
Sahih Muslim Book 5 – Hadith 322-328
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