Hadith 3761

The merits of 'Abdullāh bin Mas'ūd رضي الله عنه.

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Darussalam · Volume 5

62 - THE VIRTUES AND THE MERITS OF THE COMPANIONS OF THE PROPHET ﷺ

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Shamela Arabic edition

الحديث: 3761 ¦ الجزء: 5 ¦ الصفحة: 28

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English translation

3761. Narrated 'Alqama: I went to Sham and was offering a two Rak'ah Ṣalāt (prayer); I said, "O Allāh! Bless me with a (pious) companion." Then I saw an old man coming towards me, and when he came near I said, (to myself), "I hope Allāh has granted me my request." The man asked (me), "Where are you from?" I replied, "I am from the people of Kūfa." He said, "Weren't there amongst you the one who use to carry the (Prophet's) shoes, Siwāk and the ablution water container?"(1) Weren't there amongst you the man who was given Allāh's refuge from the Satan?(2) And weren't there amongst you the man who used to keep the (Prophet's) secrets which nobody else knew?(3) How did Ibn Umm 'Abd (i.e., 'Abdullāh bin Mas'ūd use to recite Sūrat Al-Lail (No. 92)?" I recited: "By the night as it envelops, by the day as it appears in brightness, and by male and female". (V.92:1-3) On that, Abū Ad-Dardā' said, "By Allāh, the Prophet ﷺ made me read the Verse in this way after listening to him, but these people (of Sham) tried their best to let me say something different."(4)

Arabic text

3761 - حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى، عَنْ أَبِي عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ مُغِيرَةَ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ، دَخَلْتُ الشَّأْمَ فَصَلَّيْتُ رَكْعَتَيْنِ، فَقُلْتُ: اللَّهُمَّ يَسِّرْ لِي جَلِيسًا، فَرَأَيْتُ شَيْخًا مُقْبِلًا فَلَمَّا دَنَا قُلْتُ: أَرْجُو أَنْ يَكُونَ اسْتَجَابَ، قَالَ: مِنْ أَيْنَ أَنْتَ؟ قُلْتُ: مِنْ أَهْلِ الكُوفَةِ، قَالَ: أَفَلَمْ يَكُنْ فِيكُمْ صَاحِبُ النَّعْلَيْنِ وَالوِسَادِ وَالمِطْهَرَةِ؟ أَوَلَمْ يَكُنْ فِيكُمُ الَّذِي أُجِيرَ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ؟ أَوَلَمْ يَكُنْ فِيكُمْ صَاحِبُ السِّرِّ الَّذِي لاَ يَعْلَمُهُ غَيْرُهُ؟ كَيْفَ قَرَأَ ابْنُ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ وَاللَّيْلِ، فَقَرَأْتُ: {وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَى}. وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلَّى. وَالذَّكَرِ وَالأُنْثَى قَالَ: «أَقْرَأَنِيهَا النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَاهُ إِلَى فِيَّ، فَمَا زَالَ هَؤُلاَءِ حَتَّى كَادُوا يَرُدُّونِي»

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