Narrated 'Alqama: I went to Sham and offered a two-rak`at prayer and then said, O Allah! Bless me with a good pious companion. So I went to some people and sat with them. An old man came and sat by my side. I asked, Who is he? They replied, (He is) Abu-Ad-Darda.' I said (to him), I prayed to Allah to bless me with a pious companion and He sent you to me. He asked me, From where are you? I replied, From the people of Al-Kufa. He said, Isn't there amongst you Ibn Um `Abd, the one who used to carry the shoes, the cushion(or pillow) and the water for ablution? Is there amongst you the one whom Allah gave Refuge from Satan through the request of His Prophet. Is there amongst you the one who keeps the secrets of the Prophet which nobody knows except him? Abu Darda further asked, How does `Abdullah (bin Mas`ud) recite the Sura starting with, 'By the Night as it conceals (the light). (92.1) Then I recited before him: 'By the Night as it envelops: And by the Day as it appears in brightness; And by male and female.' (91.1-3) On this Abu Ad-Darda' said, By Allah, the Prophet made me recite the Sura in this way while I was listening to him (reciting it).
Read More..Narrated Ibrahim: 'Alqama went to Sham and when he entered the mosque, he said, O Allah ! Bless me with a pious 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 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.
Read More..Narrated Anas bin Malik: Allah's Apostle said, Every nation has an extremely trustworthy man, and the trustworthy man of this (i.e. Muslim) nation is Abu 'Ubaida bin Al-Jarrah.
Read More..Narrated Hudhaifa: The Prophet said to the people of Nijran, I will send you the most trustworthy man. (Every one of) the companions of the Prophet was looking forward (to be that person). He then sent Abu 'Ubaida.
Read More..Narrated Abu Bakra: I heard the Prophet talking at the pulpit while Al-Hasan was sitting beside him, and he (i.e. the Prophet ) was once looking at the people and at another time Al-Hasan, and saying, This son of mine is a Saiyid (i.e. chief) and perhaps Allah will bring about an agreement between two sects of the Muslims through him.
Read More..Narrated Usama bin Zaid: That the Prophet used to take him and Al-Hasan, and used to say, O Allah! I love them, so please love them, or said something similar.
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