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flour. When my neighbors heard that the Messenger of Allah, praise
and peace be upon him, was in my house they gathered there in

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large numbers. Someone asked, „What has happened to Malik, the
son of Dakhsahm?‟ Another said, „He is not here.‟ Then another
said, „He is a hypocrite. He does not love Allah and His Messenger,
praise and peace be upon him.‟ Upon hearing this the Messenger of
Allah, praise and peace be upon him, said, „Do not say that, don't
you know that he has said: There is no god except Allah; seeking
only the pleasure of Allah?‟ The man said, „Allah and His
Messenger, praise and peace be upon him, know best, but as for us
we see that his friendship and conversation are confined to the
hypocrites.‟ The Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him,
said, „Allah will protect whosoever bears witness that there is no god
except Allah, seeking with it only the pleasure of Allah from the