Sahih al-Bukhari 3580 (Book 62, Hadith 88)
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 (ﷺ) 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.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 3580 (Book 62, Hadith 88)
The above hadith is from the Sahih al-Buhari collection of hadiths. The compilation known as Sahih al-Bukhari is a paramount collection of the Sunnah and hadith of the Prophet Muhammad. Its creator, Muḥammad ibn Ismā‘īl al-Bukhārī, dedicated his life to this work, completing it around 847. It holds a position of immense respect as arguably the most authentic book in Sunni Islam after the Holy Quran. As a key pillar of the six canonical books (Kutub al-Sittah), its detailed 97-chapter structure houses an estimated 7,563 narrations that continue to shape Islamic theology, law, and ethics to this day.
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