It is narrated on the authority of 'Itban bin Malik that he came to Madinah and said: Something had gone wrong with my eyesight. I, therefore, sent (a message to the Holy Prophet): Verily it is my ardent desire that you should kindly grace my house with your presence and observe prayer there so, that I should make that corner a place of worship. He said: The Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) came there, and those amongst the Companions whom Allah willed also accompanied him. He entered (my place) and offered prayer at my residence and his Companions began to talk amongst themselves (and this conversation centered round hypocrites), and then the conspicuous one, Malik bin Dukhshum was made the target and they wished that he (the Holy Prophet) should curse him and he should die or he should meet some calamity. In the meanwhile the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) (may peace and blessings be upon him) completed his prayer and said: Does Malik bin Dukhshum not testify the fact that there is no god but Allah and verily I am the messenger of Allah. They replied: He makes a profession of it (no doubt) but does not do it out of (sincere) heart. He (the Holy Prophet) said: He who testifies that there is no god but Allah and I am the messenger of Allah would not enter Hell or its (flames) would not consume him. Anas said: This hadith impressed me very much and I told my son to write it down.

It is narrated on the authority of Anas that 'Itban bin Malik told him that he became blind. He sent a message to the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) that he should come and mark a place of worship for him. Thereupon came the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and his people and then there was a discussion among them about a man who was known as Malik bin Dukhshum, and subsequently the narrator described the hadith of Sulaiman bin Mughira as stated above.

Mahmud bin al-Rabi' reported that 'Ibn bin Malik, who was one of the Companions of the Apostle of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and who participated in the (Battle of) Badr and was among the Ansar (of Madinah), told that he came to the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) 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 ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: Well, it God so wills I would soon do so. 'Itban said: On the following day when the day dawned, the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) (may peace he upon him) came along with Abu Bakr (RA) at-Siddiq, and the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) 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 bin Malik) said: I pointed to a corner in the house, The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) 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 bin Dukhshun? Upon this one of them remarked: He is a hypocrite; he does not love Allah and His Messenger. Thereupon the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) 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 ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) 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 bin Muhammad al-Ansar (he was one of the leaders of Banu Salim) about the hadith transmitted by Mahmud bin Rabi' and he testified it.

'Itban bin Malik reported: I came to the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and the rest of the hadith is the same as narrated (above) except this that a man said: Where is Malik bin 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 ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) 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.

Mahmud b. Rabi' reported: I well remember the disgorge of the Messenger of Allah (صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ) 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 (صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ) 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.