Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مُغِيرَةَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ أَنَّهُ قَدِمَ الشَّامَ فَدَخَلَ مَسْجِدَ دِمَشْقَ فَصَلَّى فِيهِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ ارْزُقْنِي جَلِيسًا صَالِحًا قَالَ فَجَاءَ فَجَلَسَ إِلَى أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ مِمَّنْ أَنْتَ قَالَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ قَالَ كَيْفَ سَمِعْتَ ابْنَ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ يَقْرَأُ { وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَى وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلَّى } قَالَ عَلْقَمَةُ وَالذَّكَرِ وَالْأُنْثَى فَقَالَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ لَقَدْ سَمِعْتُهَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَمَا زَالَ هَؤُلَاءِ حَتَّى شَكَّكُونِي ثُمَّ قَالَ أَلَمْ يَكُنْ فِيكُمْ صَاحِبُ الْوِسَادِ وَصَاحِبُ السِّرِّ الَّذِي لَا يَعْلَمُهُ أَحَدٌ غَيْرُهُ وَالَّذِي أُجِيرَ مِنْ الشَّيْطَانِ عَلَى لِسَانِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ صَاحِبُ الْوِسَادِ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ وَصَاحِبُ السِّرِّ حُذَيْفَةُ وَالَّذِي أُجِيرَ مِنْ الشَّيْطَانِ عَمَّارٌ حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي مُغِيرَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ ذَهَبَ عَلْقَمَةُ إِلَى الشَّامِ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ.
English Translation
Yazid ibn Harun narrated to us, Shu'bah informed us, from Mughirah, from Ibrahim, from Alqamah, that he arrived in Sham and entered the mosque of Damascus, prayed two rak'ahs in it, and said: "O Allah, grant me a righteous companion." He said: Then he came and sat with Abu al-Darda'. Abu al-Darda' said to him: "Where are you from?" He said: "From the people of Kufah." He said: "How did you hear Ibn Umm Abd recite 'By the night when it covers, and the day when it appears'?" Alqamah said: "And the male and the female." Abu al-Darda' said: "I heard it from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), but these people have kept on until they nearly made me doubt." Then he said: "Was there not among you the companion of the cushion, and the keeper of the secret that no one else knew, and the one who was granted protection from Shaytan on the tongue of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)?" The companion of the cushion was Ibn Mas'ud, the keeper of the secret was Hudhayfah, and the one granted protection from Shaytan was Ammar. Affan narrated to us, Shu'bah narrated to us. He said: Mughirah informed me. He said: I heard Ibrahim say: Alqamah went to Sham - and he mentioned the hadith.