حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ قَالَ قَدِمْنَا الشَّامَ فَأَتَانَا أَبُو الدَّرْدَائِ فَقَالَ أَفِيکُمْ أَحَدٌ يَقْرَأُ عَلَيَّ قِرَائَةَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ فَأَشَارُوا إِلَيَّ فَقُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ کَيْفَ سَمِعْتَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ يَقْرَأُ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَی قَالَ قُلْتُ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقْرَؤُهَا وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَی وَالذَّکَرِ وَالْأُنْثَی فَقَال أَبُو الدَّرْدَائِ وَأَنَا وَاللَّهِ هَکَذَا سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقْرَؤُهَا وَهَؤُلَائِ يُرِيدُونَنِي أَنْ أَقْرَأَهَا وَمَا خَلَقَ فَلَا أُتَابِعُهُمْ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَی هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَهَکَذَا قِرَائَةُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَی وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلَّی وَالذَّکَرِ وَالْأُنْثَی
جامع ترمذی · Hadith 2939
Narrated 'Alqamah: We arrived in Ash-Sham and we went to Abu Ad-Darda. So he said: 'Is there any among you who can recite for me according to the recitation of 'Abdullah?' He said: They pointed to me, so I said: 'Yes, [I (can recite)].' He said: 'How did you hear 'Abdullah recite this Ayah: By the night as it envelopes?' He said: I said: 'I heard him recite it: Wal-Laili Idha Yaghsha, Wadh-Dhakari Wal-Untha Abu Ad-Darda said: 'Me too, By Allah, this is how I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) reciting it. But these people want me to recite it: Wa Ma Khalaqa but I will not follow them.'
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020