English translation
6278. Narrated Ibrāhīm: 'Alaqama went to Shām and came to the mosque and offered a two Rak'ah Ṣalāt (prayer), and invoked Allāh: "O Allāh! Bless me with a (pious) good companion." So he sat beside Abū Ad-Dardā' who asked, "Where are you from?" He said, "From the people of Kūfa." Abū Ad-Dardā' said, "Wasn't there among you a person who keeps the secrets (of the Prophet ﷺ) which nobody knew except him (i.e., Hudhaifa bin Al-Yamān)? And isn't there among you a person whom Allāh gave refuge from Satan through the request (tongue) of Allāh's Messenger? (i.e., 'Ammār). Isn't there among you the one who used to carry the Siwāk and the cushion (or pillow) (of the Prophet ﷺ)? (i.e., Ibn Mas'ūd). How did Ibn Mas'ūd use to recite 'By the night as it conceals (the light)?' (Sūrah 92). 'Alqama said, "Wadh-dhakari wal Untha. (And by male and female.)" Abū Ad-Dardā 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 Allāh's Messenger ﷺ."
