Sahih Muslim Book - 6, Hadith - 1918

حَدَّثَنَا عَلِىُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ السَّعْدِىُّ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ أَبِى هِنْدٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِىِّ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ قَالَ لَقِيتُ أَبَا الدَّرْدَاءِ فَقَالَ لِى مِمَّنْ أَنْتَ قُلْتُ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِرَاقِ. قَالَ مِنْ أَيِّهِمْ قُلْتُ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ. قَالَ هَلْ تَقْرَأُ عَلَى قِرَاءَةِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ. قَالَ فَاقْرَأْ (وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَى) قَالَ فَقَرَأْتُ (وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَى وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلَّى وَالذَّكَرِ وَالأُنْثَى ). قَالَ فَضَحِكَ ثُمَّ قَالَ هَكَذَا سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- يَقْرَؤُهَا.

It was narrated that 'Alqamah said: "I met Abu Ad-Darda' and he said to me: 'Where are you from?' I said: 'From Al-'Iraq.' He said: 'Which part?' I said: 'Al-Kufah.' He said: 'Do you recite Qur'an according to the recitation of 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud?' I said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Recite "Wal-laili idha yaghsha (By the night as it envelops)"' I recited: 'Wail- laili idha yaghsha wan-nahari idha tajalla wadh-dhakari wal-untha (By the night as it envelops, the day as it appears in brightness, and the male and the female).' He smiled then he said: 'This is how I heard the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) recite it."'