حَدَّثَنَا
سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا
شُعْبَةُ ، عَنْ
مُغِيرَةَ ، عَنْ
إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، قَالَ : ذَهَبَ
عَلْقَمَةُ إِلَى الشَّأْمِ فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ ، قَالَ : " اللَّهُمَّ يَسِّرْ لِي جَلِيسًا صَالِحًا " , فَجَلَسَ إِلَى
أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ ، فَقَالَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ : مِمَّنْ أَنْتَ ؟ قَالَ : مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ ، قَالَ : أَلَيْسَ فِيكُمْ أَوْ مِنْكُمْ صَاحِبُ السِّرِّ الَّذِي لَا يَعْلَمُهُ غَيْرُهُ يَعْنِي حُذَيْفَةَ ، قَالَ : قُلْتُ : بَلَى ، قَالَ : أَلَيْسَ فِيكُمْ أَوْ مِنْكُمُ الَّذِي أَجَارَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَى لِسَانِ نَبِيِّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَعْنِي مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ يَعْنِي عَمَّارًا ، قُلْتُ : بَلَى ، قَالَ : أَلَيْسَ فِيكُمْ أَوْ مِنْكُمْ صَاحِبُ السِّوَاكِ وَالْوِسَادِ أَوِ السِّرَارِ ، قَالَ : بَلَى ، قَالَ : كَيْفَ كَانَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ يَقْرَأُ وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَى { 1 } وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلَّى { 2 } سورة الليل آية 1-2 ؟ قُلْتُ : 0 وَالذَّكَرِ وَالْأُنْثَى 0 , قَالَ : مَا زَالَ بِي هَؤُلَاءِ حَتَّى كَادُوا يَسْتَنْزِلُونِي عَنْ شَيْءٍ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ .
Narrated Ibrahim: 'Alqama went to Sham and when he entered the mosque, he said, "O Allah ! Bless me with a pious companion." So he sat with Abu Ad-Darda. Abu Ad-Darda' asked him, "Where are you from?" 'Alqama replied, "From the people of Kufa." Abu Ad-Darda said, "Isn't there amongst you the Keeper of the secret which nobody else knows i.e. Hudhaifa?" Al-qama said, "Yes." Then Abu Ad-Darda further said, "Isn't there amongst you the person whom Allah gave Refuge from Satan through the invocation of His Prophet namely `Ammar?" Alqama replied in the affirmative Abu Ad-Darda said, "Isn't there amongst you the person who carries the Siwak (or the Secret) (i.e. of the Prophet namely `Abdullah bin Massud)?" Alqama said, "Yes." Then Abu Ad-Darda asked, "How (Abdullah bin Masud) used to recite the Sura starting with: "By the night as it envelopes; By the day as it appears in brightness?" (92.1-2). Alqama said "And by male and female." Abu Ad-Darda then said, "These people (of Sham) tried hard to make me accept something other than what I had heard from the Prophet."
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Abdul Sattar al-Hammad
Hadith Commentary:
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The well-known recitation is ﴿وَمَا خَلَقَ الذَّكَرَ وَالْأُنثَىٰ﴾, which has been recited in the recent period.
It is possible that initially, the verse was revealed according to the recitation of Abdullah ibn Mas'ud radi Allahu anhu, but later (وَمَا خَلَقَ) was added to it, yet Abdullah ibn Mas'ud radi Allahu anhu and Abu Darda radi Allahu anhu were not informed of this addition.
They continued to recite according to the earlier recitation.
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In any case, these ahadith mention the virtues of Hudhayfah radi Allahu anhu and Ammar ibn Yasir radi Allahu anhu: the first personality was the confidant of the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, and the second was granted protection from the evil of the accursed Shaytan through the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.
Khuthaymah ibn Abdur Rahman says that once I came to Madinah Tayyibah, and I also made this supplication:
“O Allah! Grant me a good companion.” So I met Abu Hurayrah radi Allahu anhu, and he also said regarding Ammar radi Allahu anhu and Hudhayfah radi Allahu anhu the same as Abu Darda radi Allahu anhu had said. In fact, he said regarding Sa'd ibn Malik radi Allahu anhu that he is one whose supplications are answered, and regarding Abdullah ibn Mas'ud radi Allahu anhu, he said that he is the possessor of the two sandals and used to arrange the ablution (wudu) of the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.
(Jami' al-Tirmidhi, al-Manaqib, Hadith: 3811)
Source: Hidayat al-Qari: Commentary on Sahih Bukhari, Urdu, Page: 3743