\nNarrated Ibrahim:\n \n\n'Alqama went to Sham and when he entered the mosque, he said, "O Allah ! Bless me with a pious \ncompanion." So he sat with Abu Ad-Darda. Abu Ad-Darda' asked him, "Where are you from?" \n'Alqama replied, "From the people of Kufa." Abu Ad-Darda said, "Isn't there amongst you the Keeper \nof the secret which nobody else knows i.e. Hudhaifa?" Al-qama said, "Yes." Then Abu Ad-Darda \nfurther said, "Isn't there amongst you the person whom Allah gave Refuge from Satan through the \ninvocation of His Prophet namely `Ammar?" Alqama replied in the affirmative Abu Ad-Darda said, \n"Isn't there amongst you the person who carries the Siwak (or the Secret) (i.e. of the Prophet (ﷺ) namely \n`Abdullah bin Massud)?" Alqama said, "Yes." Then Abu Ad-Darda asked, "How (Abdullah bin \nMasud) used to recite the Sura starting with: "By the night as it envelopes; By the day as it appears in \nbrightness?" (92.1-2). Alqama said "And by male and female." Abu Ad-Darda then said, "These \npeople (of Sham) tried hard to make me accept something other than what I had heard from the \nProphet."\n

\nNarrated Ibrahim:\n \n\n'Alqama went to Sham and when he entered the mosque, he said, "O Allah ! Bless me with a pious \ncompanion." So he sat with Abu Ad-Darda. Abu Ad-Darda' asked him, "Where are you from?" \n'Alqama replied, "From the people of Kufa." Abu Ad-Darda said, "Isn't there amongst you the Keeper \nof the secret which nobody else knows i.e. Hudhaifa?" Al-qama said, "Yes." Then Abu Ad-Darda \nfurther said, "Isn't there amongst you the person whom Allah gave Refuge from Satan through the \ninvocation of His Prophet namely `Ammar?" Alqama replied in the affirmative Abu Ad-Darda said, \n"Isn't there amongst you the person who carries the Siwak (or the Secret) (i.e. of the Prophet (ﷺ) namely \n`Abdullah bin Massud)?" Alqama said, "Yes." Then Abu Ad-Darda asked, "How (Abdullah bin \nMasud) used to recite the Sura starting with: "By the night as it envelopes; By the day as it appears in \nbrightness?" (92.1-2). Alqama said "And by male and female." Abu Ad-Darda then said, "These \npeople (of Sham) tried hard to make me accept something other than what I had heard from the \nProphet."\n

\nحَدَّثَنَا 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 ـ أَوْ مِنْكُمْ ـ صَاحِبُ السِّرِّ الَّذِي لاَ يَعْلَمُهُ غَيْرُهُ يَعْنِي حُذَيْفَةَ‏.‏ قَالَ قُلْتُ بَلَى‏.‏ قَالَ أَلَيْسَ فِيكُمُ ـ أَوْ مِنْكُمُ ـ الَّذِي أَجَارَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَى لِسَانِ نَبِيِّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَعْنِي مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ، يَعْنِي عَمَّارًا‏.‏ قُلْتُ بَلَى‏.‏ قَالَ أَلَيْسَ فِيكُمْ ـ أَوْ مِنْكُمْ ـ صَاحِبُ السِّوَاكِ أَوِ السِّرَارِ قَالَ بَلَى‏.‏ قَالَ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ يَقْرَأُ ‏{‏وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَى * وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلَّى‏}‏ قُلْتُ ‏{‏وَالذَّكَرِ وَالأُنْثَى‏}‏‏.‏ قَالَ مَا زَالَ بِي هَؤُلاَءِ حَتَّى كَادُوا يَسْتَنْزِلُونِي عَنْ شَىْءٍ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم‏.‏