The reader: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
Muslim (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Qutaybah ibn Sa'id ibn Jamil ibn Tarif ibn 'Abd Allah al-Thaqafi narrated to us from Malik ibn Anas, in what was read to him, from Abu Suhayl, from his father, that he heard Talhah ibn 'Ubayd Allah say:
It is reported on the authority of Talha b. 'Ubaidullah that a person with dishevelled hair, one of the people of Nejd, came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). We heard the humming of his voice but could not fully discern what he had been saying, till he came nigh to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). It was then (disclosed to us) that he was asking questions pertaining to Islam. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Five prayers during the day and the night. (Upon this he said: Am I obliged to say any other (prayer) besides these? He (the Holy Prophet, ) said: No, but whatever you observe voluntarily, out of your own free will, and the fasts of Ramadan. The inquirer said: Am I obliged to do anything else besides this? He (the Holy Prophet) said: No, but whatever you do out of your own free will. And the Messenger of Allah told him about the Zakat (poor-rate). The inquirer said: Am I obliged to pay anything else besides this? He (the Holy Prophet) said: No, but whatever you pay voluntarily out of your own free will. The man turned back and was saying: I would neither make any addition to this, nor will decrease anything out of it. The Prophet remarked: He is successful, if he is true to what he affirms.
جاء رجلٌ إلى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم من أهل نجدٍ ثائر الرّأس ، نسمع دويّ صوته ، ولا نفقه ما يقول حتّى دنا من رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ، فإذا هو يسأل عن الإسلام ، فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : خمس صلواتٍ في اليوم واللّيلة فقال : هل عليّ غيرهنّ ؟ قال : لا ، إلّا أن تطّوّع ، وصيام شهر رمضان ، فقال : هل عليّ غيره ؟ فقال : لا ، إلّا أن تطّوّع ، وذكر له رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم الزّكاة ، فقال : هل عليّ غيرها ؟ قال : لا ، إلّا أن تطّوّع ، قال : فأدبر الرّجل ، وهو يقول : والله ، لا أزيد على هذا ولا أنقص منه ، فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : أفلح إن صدق 