Sahih al-Bukhari 6278

Translation

'Alaqama went to Sham and came to the mosque and offered a two-rakʿat prayer, and invoked Allah: "O Allah! Bless me with a (pious) good companion." So he sat beside Abu Ad-Darda' who asked, "From where are you?" He said, "From the people of Kufa." Abu Darda' said, "Wasn't there among you the person who keeps the secrets (of the Prophet ﷺ ) which nobody knew except him (i.e., Hudhaifa (bin Al-Yaman)). And isn't there among you the person whom Allah gave refuge from Satan through the request (tongue) of Messenger of Allah ﷺ? (i.e., ʿAmmar). Isn't there among you the one who used to carry the Siwak and the cushion (or pillows (of the Prophets)? (i.e., Ibn Masʿud). How did Ibn Masʿud use to recite 'By the night as it conceals (the light)?" (Sura 92). 'Alqama said, "Wadhdhakari Wal Untha' (And by male and female.") Abu Ad-Darda added. 'These people continued to argue with me regarding it till they were about to cause me to have doubts although I heard it from Messenger of Allah ﷺ."

Notes

• وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مُغِيرَةَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ ذَهَبَ عَلْقَمَةُ إِلَى الشَّأْمِ فَأَتَى الْمَسْجِدَ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ ارْزُقْنِي جَلِيسًا فَقَعَدَ إِلَى أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ فَقَالَ مِمَّنْ أَنْتَ قَالَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ قَالَ أَلَيْسَ فِيكُمْ صَاحِبُ السِّرِّ الَّذِي كَانَ لاَ يَعْلَمُهُ غَيْرُهُ يَعْنِي حُذَيْفَةَ أَلَيْسَ فِيكُمْ أَوْ كَانَ فِيكُمُ الَّذِي أَجَارَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَى لِسَانِ رَسُولِهِ ﷺ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ يَعْنِي عَمَّارًا أَوَلَيْسَ فِيكُمْ صَاحِبُ السِّوَاكِ وَالْوِسَادِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ يَقْرَأُ {وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَى} قَالَ {وَالذَّكَرِ وَالأُنْثَى} فَقَالَ مَا زَالَ هَؤُلاَءِ حَتَّى كَادُوا يُشَكِّكُونِي وَقَدْ سَمِعْتُهَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ

  machine translationAnd Abū al-Walīd narrated to us, (he said) Shuʿbah narrated to us, from Mughīrah, from Ibrāhīm, who said: ʿAlqamah went to Syria, came to the mosque and prayed two rakʿahs. Then he said: "O Allāh, grant me a companion." So he sat with Abū al-Dardāʾ, who said: "Where are you from?" He said: "From the people of Kufa." He said: "Is there not among you the keeper of the secret, which no one else knew" meaning Ḥudhayfah "Is there not among you, or was there not among you, the one whom Allah protected from the Satan on the tongue of His Messenger ﷺ" meaning ʿAmmār "And is there not among you the owner of the toothstick and the pillow" meaning Ibn Masʿūd "How did ʿAbdullāh recite {وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَى}?" He said: {وَالذَّكَرِ وَالأُنْثَى}. He said: "These people kept on until they almost made me doubt, though I heard it from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." Report a problem

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1. 1
   Abū al-Dardāʾ

   Eminent Companion (ṣaḥābī jalīl)d. 32 AH, also said: after Ṣiffīn, the correct view is that he died in ʿUthmān's caliphate
   أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِصحابي جليل
   عن
2. 2
   ʿAlqamah b. Qays al-Nakhaʿī

   Trustworthy (thiqah), firm (thabt), jurist, devout worshipperd. 61 AH, or 62 AH, or 65 AH, or 72 AH, or 73 AH, also said: 63 AH
   علقمة بن قيس النخعيثقة ثبت فقيه عابد
   عن
3. 3
   Ibrāhīm al-Nakhaʿī

   Trustworthy (thiqah), except that he often narrates with omission of the Companion (irsāl).d. 94 AH, or 95 AH, or 96 AH
   إبراهيم النخعيثقة إلا أنه يرسل كثيرا
   عن
4. 4
   al-Mughīrah b. Miqsam al-Ḍabbī

   Trustworthy (thiqah) and meticulous (mutqin), except that he used to practise concealment (tadlīs), especially from Ibrāhīmd. 132 AH, or: 133 AH, or: 134 AH, or: 136 AH
   المغيرة بن مقسم الضبيثقة متقن إلا أنه كان يدلس ولا سيما عن إبراهيم
   عن
5. 5
   Shuʿbah

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a retentive memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), meticulous (mutqin)d. 160 AH
   شعبة بن الحجاجثقة حافظ , متقن
   عن
6. 6
   Yazīd b. Hārūn

   Trustworthy (thiqah), meticulous (mutqin), devout (ʿābid).d. 206 AH.
   يزيد بن هارونثقة متقن عابد .
   حدثنا
7. 7
   Yaḥyā

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. 243 AH
   يحيى بن جعفر البارقيثقة
   حدثنا
8. 8
   al-Bukhārī

   a mountain of memorization and the leader of the world in the comprehension of hadith (jabal al-ḥifẓ wa-imām al-dunyā fī fiqh al-ḥadīth)d. 256 AH
   الْبُخَارِيُّجبل الحفظ وإمام الدنيا في فقه الحديث

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