Praying for someone to sit with
ʿAlqama arrived in a strange city, prayed two rakʿahs, and asked for this.
اللَّهُمَّ ارْزُقْنِي جَلِيسًا
Allāhumma-rzuqnī jalīsan ṣāliḥan.
“O Allah, grant me a righteous companion to sit with.”
Where this comes from
He said it in the mosque of a city he did not know. Abū al-Dardā' came and sat down beside him.
The full narration
Narrated Ibrahim:'Alaqama went to Sham and came to the mosque and offered a two-rak`at prayer, and invoked Allah: "O Allah! Bless me with a (pious) good companion." So he sat beside Abu Ad-Darda' who asked, "From where are you?" He said, "From the people of Kufa." Abu Darda' said, "Wasn't there among you the person who keeps the secrets (of the Prophet (ﷺ) ) which nobody knew except him (i.e., Hudhaifa (bin Al-Yaman)). And isn't there among you the person whom Allah gave refuge from Satan through the request (tongue) of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)? (i.e., `Ammar). Isn't there among you the one who used to carry the Siwak and the cushion (or pillows (of the Prophets)? (i.e., Ibn Mas`ud). How did Ibn Mas`ud use to recite 'By the night as it conceals (the light)?" (Sura 92). 'Alqama said, "Wadhdhakari Wal Untha' (And by male and female.") Abu Ad-Darda added. 'These people continued to argue with me regarding it till they were about to cause me to have doubts although I heard it from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)
Source
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī · 6278
- Agreed upon as authentic (al-Bukhārī / Muslim)