[AI] ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, whenever reinforcements from the people of Yemen came to him, would ask them, “Is there among you Uways ibn ʿĀmir?” until he came upon Uways. He said, “Are you Uways ibn ʿĀmir?” He replied, “Yes.” He said, “From Murād, then from Qaran?” He replied, “Yes.” He said, “Did you have leprosy and then were cured of it except for the spot the size of a dirham?” He replied, “Yes.” He said, “Do you have a mother?” He replied, “Yes.” He said, “I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: ‘Uways ibn ʿĀmir will come to you with the reinforcements from the people of Yemen, from Murād, then from Qaran. He had leprosy and was cured of it except for a spot the size of a dirham. He has a mother, and he is dutiful to her. If he were to swear an oath by Allah, Allah would fulfill it for him. So if you are able to have him seek forgiveness for you, then do so.’”

So he said, “Seek forgiveness for me.” And he sought forgiveness for him. Then ʿUmar said to him, “Where do you intend to go?” He replied, “To Kūfah.” He said, “Shall I not write for you to its governor?” He replied, “Being among the common folk is dearer to me.”

He said: Then in the following year a man from their nobles performed Hajj and met ʿUmar, and he asked him about Uways. He said, “I left him in a shabby home, with little property.” He said, “I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: ‘Uways ibn ʿĀmir will come to you with the reinforcements from the people of Yemen, from Murād, then from Qaran. He had leprosy and was cured of it except for a spot the size of a dirham. He has a mother, and he is dutiful to her. If he were to swear an oath by Allah, Allah would fulfill it for him. So if you are able to have him seek forgiveness for you, then do so.’”

So he went to Uways and said, “Seek forgiveness for me.” He said, “You have more recently returned from a righteous journey, so seek forgiveness for me.” He said, “Seek forgiveness for me.” He said, “You have more recently returned from a righteous journey, so seek forgiveness for me.” He said, “Did you meet ʿUmar?” He replied, “Yes.” So he sought forgiveness for him.

Then the people noticed him, so he went away on his own. Usayr said, “And I clothed him with a cloak, and whenever anyone saw him he would say, ‘Where did Uways get this cloak from?’”

كَانَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ إِذَا أَتَى عَلَيْهِ أَمْدَادُ أَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ سَأَلَهُمْ: أَفِيكُمْ أُوَيْسُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ؟ حَتَّى أَتَى عَلَى أُوَيْسٍ، فَقَالَ: أَنْتَ أُوَيْسُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: مِنْ مُرَادٍ، ثُمَّ مِنْ قَرَنٍ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: فَكَانَ بِكَ بَرَصٌ فَبَرَأْتَ مِنْهُ إِلَّا مَوْضِعَ دِرْهَمٍ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: لَكَ وَالِدَةٌ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: «يَأْتِي عَلَيْكُمْ أُوَيْسُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ مَعَ أَمْدَادِ أَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ، مِنْ مُرَادٍ، ثُمَّ مِنْ قَرَنٍ، كَانَ بِهِ بَرَصٌ فَبَرَأَ مِنْهُ إِلَّا مَوْضِعَ دِرْهَمٍ، لَهُ وَالِدَةٌ، هُوَ بِهَا بَرٌّ، لَوْ أَقْسَمَ عَلَى اللَّهِ لَأَبَرَّهُ، فَإِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ يَسْتَغْفِرَ لَكَ فَافْعَلْ».

فَقَالَ: اسْتَغْفِرْ لِي. فَاسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُ. فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ: أَيْنَ تُرِيدُ؟ قَالَ: الْكُوفَةَ. قَالَ: أَلَا أَكْتُبُ لَكَ إِلَى عَامِلِهَا؟ قَالَ: أَكُونُ فِي غَبْرَاءِ النَّاسِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ.

قَالَ: فَلَمَّا كَانَ مِنَ الْعَامِ الْمُقْبِلِ حَجَّ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَشْرَافِهِمْ، فَوَافَقَ عُمَرَ، فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ أُوَيْسٍ. قَالَ: تَرَكْتُهُ رَثَّ الْبَيْتِ، قَلِيلَ الْمَتَاعِ. قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: «يَأْتِي عَلَيْكُمْ أُوَيْسُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ مَعَ أَمْدَادِ أَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ، مِنْ مُرَادٍ، ثُمَّ مِنْ قَرَنٍ، كَانَ بِهِ بَرَصٌ فَبَرَأَ مِنْهُ إِلَّا مَوْضِعَ دِرْهَمٍ، لَهُ وَالِدَةٌ، هُوَ بِهَا بَرٌّ، لَوْ أَقْسَمَ عَلَى اللَّهِ لَأَبَرَّهُ، فَإِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ يَسْتَغْفِرَ لَكَ فَافْعَلْ».

فَأَتَى أُوَيْسًا، فَقَالَ: اسْتَغْفِرْ لِي. قَالَ: أَنْتَ أَحْدَثُ عَهْدًا بِسَفَرٍ صَالِحٍ، فَاسْتَغْفِرْ لِي. قَالَ: اسْتَغْفِرْ لِي. قَالَ: أَنْتَ أَحْدَثُ عَهْدًا بِسَفَرٍ صَالِحٍ، فَاسْتَغْفِرْ لِي. قَالَ: لَقِيتَ عُمَرَ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ. فَاسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُ.

فَفَطِنَ لَهُ النَّاسُ، فَانْطَلَقَ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ. قَالَ أُسَيْرٌ: وَكَسَوْتُهُ بُرْدَةً، فَكَانَ كُلَّمَا رَآهُ إِنْسَانٌ قَالَ: مِنْ أَيْنَ لِأُوَيْسٍ هَذِهِ الْبُرْدَةُ؟

I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: Worthy amongst the successors would be a person who would be called Uwais. He would have his mother (living with him) and he would have (a small) sign of leprosy. Ask him to beg pardon for you (from Allah).

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ خَيْرَ التَّابِعِينَ رَجُلٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ أُوَيْسٌ وَلَهُ وَالِدَةٌ وَكَانَ بِهِ بَيَاضٌ فَمُرُوهُ فَلْيَسْتَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ

"إِنَّ خَيْرَ التَّابِعينَ رَجُلٌ يقالُ له: أُوَيْسِ، وله وَالِدَةٌ هُوَ بِهَا بَرٌّ، لَوْ أَقْسَمَ عَلَى اللَّهِ لأَبَرَّهُ، وَكَانَ به بَيَاضٌ فَمُرُوهُ فَلْيَسْتَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ".

[AI] The people of Kufa came as a delegation to ʿUmar, and among them was a man who used to mock Uways. ʿUmar said, “Is there anyone here from the Qaranis?” So that man came. ʿUmar said, “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has said: ‘A man will come to you from Yemen, called Uways. He will leave behind in Yemen no one but a mother of his. He had a white patch on him, and he supplicated Allah, and He removed it from him except for the place of a dinar or a dirham. Whoever among you meets him, let him ask him to seek forgiveness for you.’”

أَنَّ أَهْلَ الْكُوفَةِ وَفَدُوا إِلَى عُمَرَ وَفِيهِمْ رَجُلٌ مِمَّنْ كَانَ يَسْخَرُ بِأُوَيْسٍ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ هَلْ هَا هُنَا أَحَدٌ مِنَ الْقَرَنِيِّينَ فَجَاءَ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلُ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَدْ قَالَ إِنَّ رَجُلاً يَأْتِيكُمْ مِنَ الْيَمَنِ يُقَالُ لَهُ أُوَيْسٌ لاَ يَدَعُ بِالْيَمَنِ غَيْرَ أُمٍّ لَهُ قَدْ كَانَ بِهِ بَيَاضٌ فَدَعَا اللَّهَ فَأَذْهَبَهُ عَنْهُ إِلاَّ مَوْضِعَ الدِّينَارِ أَوِ الدِّرْهَمِ فَمَنْ لَقِيَهُ مِنْكُمْ فَلْيَسْتَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ

[Machine] A man from the people of Sham called out on the day of Siffin, "Is Uwais Al-Qarni with you?" They replied, "Yes." He said, "I heard the Prophet ﷺ saying, 'Indeed, among the best of the followers is Uwais Al-Qarni.'"

نَادَى رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الشَّامِ يَوْمَ صِفِّينَ أَفِيكُمْ أُوَيْسٌ الْقَرَنِيُّ؟ قَالُوا نَعَمْ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ مِنْ خَيْرِ التَّابِعِينَ أُوَيْسًا الْقَرَنِيَّ

[Machine] "When it was the day of Siffin, a caller from the companions of Muawiyah called out to the companions of Ali, 'Is Uwais al-Qarni among you?' They replied, 'Yes.' He then struck his mount until he reached them, and then said, 'I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "The best of the followers is Uwais al-Qarni."' The Dhahabi remained silent about this in his summary."

لَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ صِفِّينَ نَادَى مُنَادٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ مُعَاوِيَةَ أَصْحَابَ عَلِيٍّ أَفِيكُمْ أُوَيْسٌ الْقَرَنِيُّ؟ قَالُوا نَعَمْ فَضَرَبَ دَابَّتَهُ حَتَّى دَخَلَ مَعَهُمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «خَيْرُ التَّابِعِينَ أُوَيْسٌ الْقَرَنِيُّ»

When the people of Yemen came, ‘Umar started asking people in the group, Is there anyone among you from Qaran, until he came to [the tribe of Qaran] and said: Who are you? They said: Qaran. Umar’s reins - or Uwaisʿs reins - fell and one of them picked them up and gave them to the other. ‘Umar recognized him and said: What is your name? He said: I am Uwais, [ʼUmar] said: Do you have a mother? [Uwais] said: Yes. [ʻUmar] said: Did you have any whiteness [leprosy]? He said: Yes, but I prayed to Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, and He took it away, except for an area the size of a dirham near my navel, so that I would remember my Lord. ‘Umar said to him: Pray for forgiveness for me. He said: Rather you should pray for forgiveness for me; you are the Companion of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. ʼUmar (e.) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: ʿThe best of the Tabiʿeen will be a man called Uwais who has a mother, and he has some whiteness, then he prayed to Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, and He took it away, except for an area the size of a dirham near his navel.” So he prayed for forgiveness for him, then he disappeared in a group of people and no one knew where he ended up. Then he (Uwais) came to Koofah. We used to gather in a circle, remembering Allah, and he would sit with us, and when he spoke of Allah, his words would have an impact on us like that of no one else. And he quoted the hadeeth... It was narrated from Qais or Ibn Qais, a man from Juʿfi, from ʿUmar bin al-Khattab and he mentioned a Hadeeth similar to that of Affan.

لَمَّا أَقْبَلَ أَهْلُ الْيَمَنِ جَعَلَ عُمَرُ يَسْتَقْرِي الرِّفَاقَ فَيَقُولُ هَلْ فِيكُمْ أَحَدٌ مِنْ قَرَنٍ؟ حَتَّى أَتَى عَلَى قَرَنٍ فَقَالَ مَنْ أَنْتُمْ؟ قَالُوا قَرَنٌ فَوَقَعَ زِمَامُ عُمَرَ أَوْ زِمَامُ أُوَيْسٍ فَنَاوَلَهُ أَوْ نَاوَلَ أَحَدُهُمَا الْآخَرَ فَعَرَفَهُ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ مَا اسْمُكَ؟ قَالَ أَنَا أُوَيْسٌ فَقَالَ هَلْ لَكَ وَالِدَةٌ؟ قَالَنَعَمْ قَالَ فَهَلْ كَانَ بِكَ مِنَ الْبَيَاضِ شَيْءٌ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ فَدَعَوْتُ اللهَ ﷻ فَأَذْهَبَهُ عَنِّي إِلَّا مَوْضِعَ الدِّرْهَمِ مِنْ سُرَّتِي لِأَذْكُرَ بِهِ رَبِّي قَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ اسْتَغْفِرْ لِي قَالَ أَنْتَ أَحَقُّ أَنْ تَسْتَغْفِرَ لِي أَنْتَ صَاحِبُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ خَيْرَ التَّابِعِينَ رَجُلٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ أُوَيْسٌ وَلَهُ وَالِدَةٌ وَكَانَ بِهِ بَيَاضٌ فَدَعَا اللهَ ﷻ فَأَذْهَبَهُ عَنْهُ إِلَّا مَوْضِعَ الدِّرْهَمِ فِي سُرَّتِهِ فَاسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُ ثُمَّ دَخَلَ فِي غِمَارِ النَّاسِ فَلَمْ يُدْرَ أَيْنَ وَقَعَ قَالَ فَقَدِمَ الْكُوفَةَ قَالَ وَكُنَّا نَجْتَمِعُ فِي حَلْقَةٍ فَنَذْكُرُ اللهَ وَكَانَ يَجْلِسُ مَعَنَا فَكَانَ إِذَا ذَكَرَ هُوَ وَقَعَ حَدِيثُهُ مِنْ قُلُوبِنَا مَوْقِعًا لَا يَقَعُ حَدِيثُ غَيْرِهِ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ

Is there amongst you Uwais b. 'Amir? (He continued finding him out) until he met Uwais. He said: Are you Uwais b., Amir? He said: Yes. He said: Are you from the tribe of Qaran? He said: Yes. He (Hadrat) 'Umar (again) said: Did you suffer from leprosy and then you were cured from it but for the space of a dirham? He said: Yes. He ('Umar) said: Is your mother (living)? He said: Yes. He ('Umar) said: I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: There would come to you Uwais b. Amir with the reinforcement from the people of Yemen. (He would be) from Qaran, (the branch) of Murid. He had been suffering from leprosy from which he was cured but for a spot of a dirham. His treatment with his mother would have been excellent. If he were to take an oath in the name of Allah, He would honour that. And if it is possible for you, then do ask him to beg forgiveness for you (from your Lord). So he (Uwais) begged forgiveness for him. Umar said: Where do you intend to go? He said: To Kufa. He ('Umar) said: Let me write a letter for you to its governor, whereupon he (Uwais) said: I love to live amongst the poor people. When it was the next year, a person from among the elite (of Kufa) performed Hajj and he met Umar. He asked him about Uwais. He said: I left him in a state with meagre means of sustenance. (Thereupon) Umar said: I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: There would come to you Uwais b. 'Amir, of Qaran, a branch (of the tribe) of Murid, along with the reinforcement of the people of Yemen. He had been suffering from leprosy which would have been cured but for the space of a dirham. His treatment with his mother would have been very kind. If he would take an oath in the name of Allah (for something) He would honour it. Ask him to beg forgiveness for you (from Allah) in case it is possible for you. So he came to Uwais and said.: Beg forgiveness (from Allah) for me. He (Uwais) said: You have just come from a sacred journey (Hajj) ; you, therefore, ask forgiveness for me. He (the person who had performed Hajj) said: Ask forgiveness for me (from Allah). He (Uwais again) said: You have just come from the sacred journey, so you ask forgiveness for me. (Uwais further) said: Did you meet Umar? He said: Yes. He (Uwais) then begged forgiveness for him (from Allah). So the people came to know about (the status of religious piety) of Uwais. He went away (from that place). Usair said: His clothing consisted of a mantle, and whosoever saw him said: From where did Uwais get this mantle? (Using translation from Muslim 2542c)

كَانَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ إِذَا أَتَتْ عَلَيْهِ أَمْدَادُ الْيَمَنِ سَأَلَهُمْ أَفِيكُمْ أُوَيْسُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ؟ حَتَّى أَتَى عَلَيْهِ أُوَيْسٌ فَقَالَ أَنْتَ أُوَيْسُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ مِنْ مُرَادٍ ثُمَّ قَرَنٍ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ كَانَ بِكَ بَرَصٌ فَبَرَأَتْ مِنْهُ إِلَّا مَوْضِعَ دِرْهَمٍ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ أَلَكَ وَالِدَةٌ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ عُمَرُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «يَأْتِي عَلَيْكُمْ أُوَيْسُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ مَعَ أَمْدَادِ الْيَمَنِ مِنْ مُرَادٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ قَرَنٍ كَانَ بِهِ بَرَصٌ فَبَرَأَ مِنْهُ إِلَّا مَوْضِعَ دِرْهَمٍ لَهُ وَالِدَةٌ هُوَ بِهَا بَرٌّ لَوْ أَقْسَمَ عَلَى اللَّهِ لَأَبَرَّهُ فَإِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ يَسْتَغْفِرَ لَكَ فَافْعَلْ» قَالَ فَاسْتَغْفِرْ لِي فَاسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ عُمَرُ أَيْنَ تُرِيدُ؟ قَالَ الْكُوفَةَ قَالَ أَلَا أَكْتُبُ لَكَ إِلَى عُمَّالِهَا فَيَسْتَوْصُوا بِكَ خَيْرًا؟ فَقَالَ لَا لَأَنْ أَكُونَ فِي غَبْرَاءِ النَّاسِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ فَلَمَّا كَانَ فِي الْعَامِ الْمُقْبِلِ حَجَّ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَشْرَافِهِمْ فَسَأَلَ عُمَرُ عَنْ أُوَيْسٍ كَيْفَ تَرَكْتَهُ؟ فَقَالَ تَرَكْتُهُ رَثَّ الْبَيْتِ قَلِيلَ الْمَتَاعِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «يَأْتِي عَلَيْكُمْ أُوَيْسُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ مَعَ أَمْدَادِ أَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ مِنْ مُرَادٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ قَرَنٍ كَانَ بِهِ بَرَصٌ فَبَرَأَ مِنْهُ إِلَّا مَوْضِعَ دِرْهَمٍ لَهُ وَالِدَةٌ هُوَ بِهَا بَرٌّ لَوْ أَقْسَمَ عَلَى اللَّهِ لَأَبَرَّهُ فَإِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ يَسْتَغْفِرَ لَكَ فَافْعَلْ» فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ الرَّجُلُ أَتَى أُوَيْسًا فَقَالَ اسْتَغْفِرْ لِي فَقَالَ أَنْتَ أَحْدَثُ النَّاسِ بِسَفَرٍ صَالِحٍ فَاسْتَغْفِرْ لِي فَقَالَ لَقِيتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ؟ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَاسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُ قَالَ فَفَطَنَ لَهُ النَّاسُ فَانْطَلَقَ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ قَالَ أَسِيرٌ فَكَسَوْتُهُ بُرْدًا فَكَانَ إِذَا رَآهُ عَلَيْهِ إِنْسَانٌ قَالَ مِنْ أَيْنَ لِأُوَيْسٍ هَذَا؟

[AI] Uways ibn ʿĀmir al-Qaranī was a man from Qaran; he was one of the Successors and was from the people of Kūfah. He was afflicted with vitiligo, so he supplicated to God—Exalted and Glorified is He—to remove it from him, and He removed it. Then he said, “O God, leave for me on my body something by which I may remember Your favor upon me,” so He left on his body something by which he would remember His favor upon him. He was a man who kept to the main congregational mosque along with some of his companions. He had a cousin who kept close to the authorities and was enamored of them; whenever he saw him with wealthy people he would say, “He is only trying to live off them,” and whenever he saw him with poor people he would say, “He is only deceiving them.” And Uways would say nothing about his cousin except good, except that when he passed by him he would hide himself, for fear of committing a sin because of him.

ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb used to ask the delegations that came to him from Kūfah, “Do you know Uways ibn ʿĀmir al-Qaranī?” and they would say, “No.” Then a delegation from Kūfah came to him in which was that cousin of his. He said, “Do you know Uways ibn ʿĀmir al-Qaranī?” He replied, “He is my cousin, and he is a corrupt, vile man; he has not amounted to anything—how would you know him, O Commander of the Faithful?” ʿUmar said to him, “Woe to you! You are ruined. When you go to him, convey my greetings to him and tell him to come to me.”

When he returned to Kūfah, he did not even take off his travel clothes before going to him. He found him in the mosque, but he did not follow him in prayer. He said to him, “Ask forgiveness for me, O my cousin.” He replied, “May God forgive you, O my cousin.” He said, “And you—may God forgive you, O Uways ibn ʿĀmir. The Commander of the Faithful sends you greetings.” He said, “And who mentioned me to the Commander of the Faithful?” He replied, “He mentioned you and commanded me to deliver this to you—so go to him.” He said, “Hearkening and obedience to the Commander of the Faithful.”

So he went as part of a delegation to ʿUmar and entered upon him. ʿUmar said to him, “Are you Uways ibn ʿĀmir al-Qaranī?” He said, “Yes.” He said, “Are you the one who was afflicted with vitiligo, so you supplicated God—Exalted and Glorified is He—to remove it from you and He removed it, and you said, ‘O God, leave for me on my body something by which I may remember Your favor upon me,’ and He left on your body something by which you remember God’s favor upon you?” He said, “How did you know, O Commander of the Faithful? By God, no human being has come to know this.” He said, “The Messenger of God ﷺ informed us that among the Successors there will be a man from Qaran called Uways ibn ʿĀmir al-Qaranī. He will be afflicted with vitiligo and will supplicate God to remove it, and He will remove it from him. Then he will say, ‘O God, leave for me on my body something by which I may remember Your favor upon me,’ and He will leave on his body something by which he remembers His favor upon him. Whoever among you meets him and is able to ask him to seek forgiveness for him, let him do so. So seek forgiveness for me, O Uways ibn ʿĀmir.” He said, “May God forgive you, O Commander of the Faithful.” He said, “And you—may God forgive you, O Uways ibn ʿĀmir.”

When the people heard from ʿUmar what he had related from the Messenger of God ﷺ, one man said, “Seek forgiveness for me,” and another said, “Seek forgiveness for me, O Uways.” When they became many around him, he slipped away and left, and he has not been seen to this hour.

كَانَ أُوَيْسُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ الْقَرَنِيُّ رَجُلٌ مِنْ قَرْنٍ وَكَانَ مِنَ التَّابِعِينَ وَكَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ وَخَرَجَ بِهِ وَضَحٌ فَدَعَا اللَّهَ ﷻ أَنْ يُذْهِبَهُ عَنْهُ فَأَذْهَبَهُ فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ دَعْ لِي فِي جَسَدِي مَا أَذْكُرُ بِهِ نِعْمَتَكَ عَلَيَّ فَتَرَكَ لَهُ فِي جَسَدِهِ مَا يَذْكُرُ بِهِ نِعْمَتَهُ عَلَيْهِ وَكَانَ رَجُلًا يَلْزَمُ الْمَسْجِدَ الْجَامِعَ فِي نَاسٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ وَكَانَ لَهُ ابْنُ عَمٍّ لَهُ يَلْزَمُ السُّلْطَانَ يُولَعُ بِهِ فَإِذَا رَآهُ مَعَ نَاسٍ أَغْنِيَاءَ قَالَ مَا هُوَ إِلَّا يَسْتَأْكِلُهُمْ فَإِذَا رَآهُ مَعَ نَاسٍ فُقَرَاءَ قَالَ مَا هُوَ إِلَّا يَخْدَعُهُمْ وأُوَيْسٌ لَا يَقُولُ فِي ابْنِ عَمِّهِ إِلَّا خَيْرًا غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ إِذَا مَرَّ بِهِ اسْتَتَرَ مَخَافَةَ أَنْ يَأْثَمَ فِي سَبَبِهِ وَكَانَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ يَسْأَلُ عَنْهُ الْوَفْدَ قَدِمُوا عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الْكُوفَةِ هَلْ تَعْرِفُونَ أُوَيْسَ بْنَ عَامِرٍ الْقَرَنِيَّ؟ فَيَقُولُونَ لَا فَقَدِمَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَفْدٌ مِنَ الْكُوفَةِ فِيهِمْ ابْنُ عَمِّهِ ذَاكَ فَقَالَ هَلْ تَعْرِفُونَ أُوَيْسَ بْنَ عَامِرٍ الْقَرَنِيَّ؟ فَقَالَ هُوَ ابْنُ عَمِيَ وَهُوَ رَجُلٌ فَاسِدٌ نَذْلٌ لَمْ يَبْلُغْ مَا إِنْ تَعْرِفُهُ أَنْتَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ وَيْلَكَ هَلَكْتَ إِذَا أَتَيْتَهُ فَأَقْرِئْهُ مِنِّي السَّلَامَ وَمُرْهُ فَلْيَقْدَمْ إِلَيَّ فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ الْكُوفَةَ لَمْ يَضَعْ عَنْهُ ثِيَابَ سَفَرِهِ حَتَّى أَتَاهُ فَرَآهُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَلَمْ يَأْتَمَّ فَقَالَ لَهُ اسْتَغْفِرْ لِي يَا *ابْنَ *عَمِّي فَقَالَ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَكَ يَا *ابْنَ *عَمِّي قَالَ وَأَنْتَ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَكَ يَا *أُوَيْسُ **بْنَ **عَامِرٍ *أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ يُقْرِئُكَ السَّلَامَ قَالَ وَمَنْ ذَكَرَنِي لِأَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ؟ قَالَ هُوَ ذَكَرَكَ وَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أُبْلِغَكَ فَلْتَنْفُذْ إِلَيْهِ قَالَ سَمْعًا وَطَاعَةً لِأَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَالَ فَوَفَدَ إِلَى عُمَرَ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ أَنْتَ *أُوَيْسُ **بْنُ **عَامِرٍ *الْقَرَنِيُّ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ أَنْتَ الَّذِي خَرَجَ بِكَ وَضَحٌ فَدَعَوْتَ اللَّهَ ﷻ أَنْ يُذْهِبَهُ عَنْكَ فَأَذْهَبَهُ فَقُلْتَ اللَّهُمَّ دَعْ لِي فِي جَسَدِي مَا أَذْكُرُ [279] بِهِ نِعْمَتَكَ عَلَيَّ فَتَرَكَ فِي جَسَدِكَ مَا تَذْكُرُ بِهِ نِعْمَةَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكَ؟ قَالَ وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَوَاللَّهِ مَا اطَّلَعَ عَلَى هَذَا بِشْرٌ؟ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ سَيَكُونُ فِي التَّابِعِينَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ قَرْنٍ يُقَالُ لَهُ *أُوَيْسُ **بْنُ **عَامِرٍ *الْقَرَنِيُّ يَخْرُجُ بِهِ وَضَحٌ فَيَدْعُو اللَّهَ أَنْ يُذْهِبَهُ فَيُذْهِبَهُ عَنْهُ فَيَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ دَعْ لِي فِي جَسَدِي مَا أَذْكُرُ بِهِ نِعْمَتَكَ عَلَيَّ فَيَدَعُ لَهُ فِي جَسَدِهِ مَا يَذْكُرُ بِهِ نِعْمَتَهُ عَلَيْهِ فَمَنْ أَدْرَكَهُ مِنْكُمْ واسْتَطَاعَ أَنْ يَسْتَغْفِرَ لَهُ فَلْيَسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُ فَاسْتَغْفِرْ لِي يَا *أُوَيْسُ **بْنَ **عَامِرٍ *قَالَ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَكَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَالَ وَأَنْتَ يَغْفِرُ اللَّهُ لَكَ يَا *أُوَيْسُ **بْنَ **عَامِرٍ *فَلَمَّا سَمِعُوا مِنْ عُمَرَ مَا قَالَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ رَجُلٌ اسْتَغْفِرْ لِي وَقَالَ آخَرُ اسْتَغْفِرْ لِي يَا *أُوَيْسُ *فَلَمَّا كَثُرُوا عَلَيْهِ انْسَابَ فَذَهَبَ فَمَا رُئِيَ حَتَّى السَّاعَةِ

Is there amongst you Uwais b. 'Amir? (He continued finding him out) until he met Uwais. He said: Are you Uwais b., Amir? He said: Yes. He said: Are you from the tribe of Qaran? He said: Yes. He (Hadrat) 'Umar (again) said: Did you suffer from leprosy and then you were cured from it but for the space of a dirham? He said: Yes. He ('Umar) said: Is your mother (living)? He said: Yes. He ('Umar) said: I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: There would come to you Uwais b. Amir with the reinforcement from the people of Yemen. (He would be) from Qaran, (the branch) of Murid. He had been suffering from leprosy from which he was cured but for a spot of a dirham. His treatment with his mother would have been excellent. If he were to take an oath in the name of Allah, He would honour that. And if it is possible for you, then do ask him to beg forgiveness for you (from your Lord). So he (Uwais) begged forgiveness for him. Umar said: Where do you intend to go? He said: To Kufa. He ('Umar) said: Let me write a letter for you to its governor, whereupon he (Uwais) said: I love to live amongst the poor people. When it was the next year, a person from among the elite (of Kufa) performed Hajj and he met Umar. He asked him about Uwais. He said: I left him in a state with meagre means of sustenance. (Thereupon) Umar said: I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: There would come to you Uwais b. 'Amir, of Qaran, a branch (of the tribe) of Murid, along with the reinforcement of the people of Yemen. He had been suffering from leprosy which would have been cured but for the space of a dirham. His treatment with his mother would have been very kind. If he would take an oath in the name of Allah (for something) He would honour it. Ask him to beg forgiveness for you (from Allah) in case it is possible for you. So he came to Uwais and said.: Beg forgiveness (from Allah) for me. He (Uwais) said: You have just come from a sacred journey (Hajj) ; you, therefore, ask forgiveness for me. He (the person who had performed Hajj) said: Ask forgiveness for me (from Allah). He (Uwais again) said: You have just come from the sacred journey, so you ask forgiveness for me. (Uwais further) said: Did you meet Umar? He said: Yes. He (Uwais) then begged forgiveness for him (from Allah). So the people came to know about (the status of religious piety) of Uwais. He went away (from that place). Usair said: His clothing consisted of a mantle, and whosoever saw him said: From where did Uwais get this mantle? (Using translation from Muslim 2542c)

كَانَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ إِذَا أَتَتْ عَلَيْهِ أَمْدَادٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ سَأَلَهُمْ فَقَالَ هَلْ فِيكُمْ أُوَيْسُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ الْقَرَنِيُّ؟ حَتَّى أَتَى عَلَى أُوَيْسٍ فَقَالَ أَنْتَ أُوَيْسُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ أَنْتَ مِنْ مُرَادٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ قَرَنٍ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ كَانَ بِكَ بَرَصٌ فَبَرَأْتَ مِنْهُ إِلَّا مَوْضِعَ دِرْهَمٍ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ أَلَكَ وَالِدَةٌ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «يَأْتِي عَلَيْكُمْ أُوَيْسُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ مَعَ أَمْدَادِ أَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ مِنْ مُرَادٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ قَرَنٍ كَانَ بِهِ بَرَصٌ فَبَرَأَ مِنْهُ إِلَّا مَوْضِعَ دِرْهَمٍ لَهُ وَالِدَةٌ هُوَ بِهَا بَرٌّ لَوْ أَقْسَمَ عَلَى اللَّهِ لَأَبَرَّهُ فَإِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ يَسْتَغْفِرَ لَكَ [281] فَافْعَلْ» فَاسْتَغْفِرْ لِي فَاسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ أَيْنَ تُرِيدُ؟ قَالَ الْكُوفَةَ قَالَ أَلَا أَكْتُبُ لَكَ إِلَى عَامِلِهَا فَيَسْتَوْصِيَ بِكَ؟ قَالَ لَأَنْ أَكُونَ فِي غَبْرَاءِ النَّاسِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ قَالَ فَلَمَّا كَانَ مِنَ الْعَامِ الْمُقْبِلِ حَجَّ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَشْرَافِهِمْ فَوَافَقَ عُمَرَ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ أُوَيْسٍ كَيْفَ تَرَكْتَهُ؟ قَالَ رَثَّ الْبَيْتِ قَلِيلَ الْمَتَاعِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «يَأْتِي عَلَيْكُمْ أُوَيْسُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ مَعَ أَمْدَادِ أَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ مِنْ مُرَادٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ قَرْنٍ كَانَ بِهِ بَرَصٌ فَبَرَأَ مِنْهُ إِلَّا مَوْضِعَ دِرْهَمٍ لَهُ وَالِدَةٌ هُوَ بِهَا بَرٌّ لَوْ أَقْسَمَ عَلَى اللَّهِ لَأَبَرَّهُ فَإِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ يَسْتَغْفِرَ لَكَ فَافْعَلْ» فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ الْكُوفَةَ أَتَى أُوَيْسًا فَقَالَ اسْتَغْفِرْ لِي قَالَ أَنْتَ أَحْدَثُ عَهْدًا بِسَفَرٍ صَالِحٍ فَاسْتَغْفِرْ لِي قَالَ لَقِيتَ عُمَرَ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ فَاسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُ فَفَطِنَ لَهُ النَّاسُ فَانْطَلَقَ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ قَالَ أُسَيْرٌ وَكَسَوْتُهُ بُرْدًا فَكَانَ إِذَا رَآهُ إِنْسَانٌ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ مِنْ أَيْنَ لِأُوَيْسٍ هَذَا الْبُرْدُ؟

"عَنْ صَعْصَعَةَ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ قَالَ: كَانَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ يَسْأَلُ وَفْدَ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ إِذَا قَدِمُوا عَلَيْهِ: تَعْرِفُونَ أُوَيْس بْنَ عَامِرٍ الْقَرْنِى؟ فَيَقُولُون: لَا، وَكَانَ أُوَيْسٌ رجُلًا يَلْزَمُ المَسْجِدَ بِالْكُوفَةِ فَلَا يَكَادُ يُفَارِقُهُ، وَلَهُ ابْنُ عَمٍّ يَغْشَى السُّلطَانَ ويؤذى أويْسًا فوفد ابن عَمِّهِ إِلَى عُمَرَ فِيمَنْ وَفَدَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: أَتَعْرِفُونَ أُوَيْس بْنَ عَامِرٍ الْقَرْنِىَّ؟ فَقَال ابنُ عَمِّهِ: يَا أَمِيرَ المؤْمِنِينَ! إِنَّ أُوَيْسًا لَمْ يَبْلُغْ أَنْ تَعْرِفَهُ أَنْتَ، إِنَّمَا هُوَ إِنْسَانٌ دُونٌ، وَهُوَ ابْنُ عَمِّى فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ: وَيْلَكَ هَلَكْتَ! إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّه ﷺ حَدَّثَنَا أَنَّهُ سَيَكُونُ فِى التَّابِعِينَ رَجُلٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ أُوَيْسُ بنُ عَامِرٍ الْقَرْنِىُّ، فَمَنْ أَدْرَكَهُ مِنْكُمْ فَاسْتَطَاعَ أَنْ يَسْتَغْفِرَ لَهُ فَلْيَفْعَلْ، فَإِذَا رَأَيْتَه فَأَقْرِهِ مِنِّى السَّلَامَ وَمُرْهُ أَنْ يَفِدِ إِلَىَّ، فَوَفَدَ إِلَيْهِ، فَلَمَّا دَخَل عَلَيْهِ قَالَ: أَنْتَ أُويْسُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ الْقَرْنِى؟ أَنْتَ الَّذِى خَرَجَ بكَ وَضَحٌ منْ بَرَصٍ فَدَعَوْتَ اللَّه أَنْ يُذْهِبَهُ عَنْكَ فَأَذْهَبَهُ؟ فَقُلتَ: اللَّهُمَّ أَبْقِ لِى مِنْهُ فِى جَسَدِى مَا أَذْكُرُ بِهِ نِعْمَتَكَ؟ قَالَ: وَأنَّى دَريْتَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ؟ وَاللَّه إِنْ أطْلَعْتُ علَى هَذَا بَشَرًا قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِى بِهِ رَسُولُ اللَّه ﷺ أَنَّهُ سَيَكُونُ فِى التَّابِعِينَ رَجُلٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ أُوَيْسُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ الْقَرْنِىُّ، يَخْرُجُ بِهِ وَضَحٌ من برصٍ فَيَدْعُو اللَّه أَنْ يُذْهِبَهُ عَنْهُ فَيفْعَلُ، فَيَقُولُ: اللَّهُمَّ أَنزِلْ فِى جَسَدِى مَا أَذْكُرُ بِهِ نِعْمَتَكَ، فَيَفْعَل فَمَنْ أَدْرَكَهُ فَاسْتَطَاعَ أَنْ يَسْتَغْفِرَ لَهُ فَليَفْعَلْ، فَاسْتَغْفِرْ لى يَا أُوَيْسُ! (قال: غفر اللَّه لك يا أمير المؤمنين! ) قَالَ: وَلَكَ يَغْفِرُ اللَّه يَا أُوَيْسُ بْنَ عَامِر! فَقَالَ النَّاسُ: اسْتَغْفِرْ لَنَا يَا أُوَيْسُ! فَرَاغَ فَمَا رُئى حَتَّى السَّاعَةِ".

كان عمر بن الخطابِ إذا أَتى عليه أمدَادُ أَهْلِ اليمنِ سألهم: أفِيكُم أُوَيْسُ بنُ عامرٍ؟ حتى أتَى عَلى أويس، فقال: أنت أويسُ بْنُ عامرٍ؟ قال: نعم، قال: مِنْ مراد، ثم من قَرَنٍ؟ قال: نعم، قال: فكانَ بك برصٌ فبرأتَ مِنْه إلا موضعَ دِرْهَمٍ؟ قال: نعم، قال: ألَك والدةٌ؟ قال: نعم، قال: سمعت رسول اللَّه ﷺ يقول: يأتى عليكم أويسُ بنُ عامرٍ مع أَمْدادِ أَهْلِ اليمن من مُراد، ثم من قرَن، كان به برص؛ فبرأَ منه إلَّا موضعَ دِرهم، له والدةٌ هو بها بَرٌّ، لو أقسم على اللَّه لأبره، فَإِن اسْتَطَعْت أن يستغفرَ لَك فافْعَل، فاستغفرْ لى؛ فاستغفرَ له، فقال له: أينَ تُريدُ؟ قال: الكوفة قال: ألا أَكْتُبُ لك إلى عَامِلِها؟ قال: أكون في غُبَّرِ النَّاسِ أحبَّ إلىَّ، فلما كان من العام المقبلِ حجَّ رجل من أشْرَافِهم؛ فوافقَ عمرَ فسأله عن أويسٍ، قال: تركته رثَّ الهَيئة، قليلَ المتاع، قال: سمعت رسول اللَّه ﷺ يقولُ: يأتى عليكم أويسُ بْنُ عامرٍ مع أمدادِ أَهْلِ اليمن من مراد، ثم من قرَن، كان به برصٌ؛ فبرأ منه إلا موضعَ درهمٍ، له والدةٌ هو بها برٌّ، لو أقسمَ على اللَّه لأَبَرَّه فإن استطعت أن يستغفرَ لكَ فافعل، فأتى أويسًا فقال: استغفر لى، قال: أنت أحْدَثُ عهدًا بسفر صالحٍ فاستغفرْ لى، قال: استغفر لى، قال: لقيتَ عمر؟ قال: نعم، فاستغفرَ له؛ فَفَطن له الناس؛ فانطلقَ على وجهه

[Machine] As the people of Yemen approached, Umar began to gather companions and asked them, "Is there anyone among you from Qaran?" Until a man from Qaran came to him and Umar asked, "Who are you?" They replied, "I am Qaran." Umar then held him by the collar and recognized him by his distinctive appearance. Umar asked him, "What is your name?" He replied, "My name is Uwais." Umar asked him, "Do you have a mother?" He said, "Yes." Umar asked, "Do you have any white spots on your body?" He replied, "Yes, I prayed to Allah to remove it from my body except for the size of a dirham, so that I may remember my Lord with it." Umar said to him, "Ask forgiveness for me." He replied, "You are more deserving to ask forgiveness for me. You are the companion of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ." Umar said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, 'The best follower is a man named Uwais Al-Qarni. He has a mother and he has white spots on his body. He supplicated to his Lord, and he was cured except for the size of a dirham on his shin, which he uses to remember his Lord with.'" Umar then requested forgiveness from him. Uwais went among the people, but Umar did not know where he went. Uwais arrived in Kufa and we used to gather in a circle to remember Allah, and he would sit among us. When he mentioned something, it remained fixed in our hearts, and no other speech could take its place. One day, I lost him, so I asked my companion, "What happened to the man who used to join us?" He said, "Who are you referring to?" I asked, "Who is that?" He said, "That is Uwais Al-Qarni." I then found out where he was staying and I went to see him. I said to him, "May Allah have mercy on you, where have you been and why did you leave us?" He replied, "I did not have a garment, so it prevented me from coming to you." I then took off my own garment and threw it to him. He threw it back to me saying, "I delayed wearing it for an hour." Then he said, "If I had taken this garment from you and worn it, my people would have seen me in it, and they would have thought, 'This is the one they accuse of being a self-indulgent.' So I took off my own garment and threw it back to him and said, "Leave until I hear what they say." So he wore the garment and we left together. When he passed by his people's gathering, they said, "Look at this self-indulgent one, he has not stopped with anyone until he deceived him and took his garment." I said to him, "Are you not ashamed? Why did you harm him?" By Allah, I presented it to him and he refused to accept it." Uwais replied, "Delegations from various Arab tribes came to Umar and their leader said to him, 'O Umar bin Khattab, is there anyone among you from Qaran?' Umar asked him, 'Are you their leader?' He replied, 'Yes, I am.' Umar then asked him, 'Do you know a man from Qaran named Uwais who has such and such characteristics?' The leader of the delegation said, 'O Amir-ul-Mu'minin, why do you mention this person and his matters?' Umar said to him, 'May your mother be bereaved of you! I encountered him two or three times.' Then Umar said, 'When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ mentioned him to us, he said, 'A man named Uwais bin 'Amir from Qaran will come to you, and he has such and such characteristics.' When the man came, he did not start with anyone before Umar, so he went to him and asked for forgiveness. Umar asked him, 'What prayer have you made for me?' He replied, 'Umar said such and such to me.' Umar said, 'I am not asking for forgiveness for you until you make three promises.' Uwais asked, 'What are they?' Umar said, 'Do not afflict me with what remains for you, and do not inform anyone about what Umar said to you, and forget the third one.'"

لَمَّا أَقْبَلَ أَهْلُ الْيَمَنِ جَعَلَ عُمَرُ يَسْتَقْرِي الرِّفَاقَ فَيَقُولُ هَلْ فِيكُمْ أَحَدٌ مِنْ قَرَنٍ؟ حَتَّى أَتَى عَلَيْهِ قَرَنٌ فَقَالَ مَنْ أَنْتُمْ؟ قَالُوا قَرَنٌ فَرَفَعَ عُمَرُ بِزِمَامٍ أَوْ زِمَامِ أُوَيْسٍ فَنَاوَلَهُ عُمَرُ فَعَرَفَهُ بِالنَّعْتِ فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ مَا اسْمُكَ؟ قَالَ أَنَا أُوَيْسٌ قَالَ هَلْ كَانَ لَكَ وَالِدَةٌ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ هَلْ بِكَ مِنَ الْبَيَاضِ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ دَعَوْتُ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى فَأَذْهَبَهُ عَنِّي إِلَّا مَوْضِعَ الدِّرْهَمِ مِنْ سُرَّتِي لِأَذْكُرَ بِهِ رَبِّي فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ اسْتَغْفِرْ لِي قَالَ أَنْتَ أَحَقُّ أَنْ تَسْتَغْفِرَ لِي أَنْتَ صَاحِبُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنَّ خَيْرَ التَّابِعِينَ رَجُلٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ أُوَيْسٌ الْقَرَنِيُّ وَلَهُ وَالِدَةٌ وَكَانَ بِهِ بَيَاضٌ فَدَعَا رَبَّهُ فَأَذْهَبَهُ عَنْهُ إِلَّا مَوْضِعَ الدِّرْهَمِ فِي سُرَّتِهِ» قَالَ فَاسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُ قَالَ ثُمَّ دَخَلَ فِي أَغْمَارِ النَّاسِ فَلَمْ يَدْرِ أَيْنَ وَقَعَ؟ قَالَ ثُمَّ قَدِمَ الْكُوفَةَ فَكُنَّا نَجْتَمِعُ فِي حَلْقَةٍ فَنَذْكُرُ اللَّهَ وَكَانَ يَجْلِسُ مَعَنَا فَكَانَ إِذْ ذَكَّرَهُمْ وَقَعَ حَدِيثُهُ مِنْ قُلُوبِنَا مَوْقِعًا لَا يَقَعُ حَدِيثٌ غَيْرُهُ فَفَقَدْتُهُ يَوْمًا فَقُلْتُ لِجَلِيسٍ لَنَا مَا فَعَلَ الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي كَانَ يَقْعُدُ إِلَيْنَا؟ لَعَلَّهُ اشْتَكَى فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مَنْ هُوَ؟ فَقُلْتُ مَنْ هُوَ؟ قَالَ ذَاكَ أُوَيْسٌ الْقَرَنِيُّ فَدَلَّلْتُ عَلَى مَنْزِلِهِ فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ أَيْنَ كُنْتَ؟ وَلِمَ تَرَكْتَنَا؟ فَقَالَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِي رِدَاءٌ فَهُوَ الَّذِي مَنَعَنِي مِنْ إِتْيَانِكُمْ قَالَ فَأَلْقَيْتُ إِلَيْهِ رِدَائِي فَقَذَفَهُ إِلَيَّ قَالَ فَتَخَالَيْتُهُ سَاعَةً ثُمَّ قَالَ لَوْ أَنِّي أَخَذْتُ رِدَاءَكَ هَذَا فَلَبِسْتُهُ فَرَآهُ عَلَيَّ قَوْمِي قَالُوا انْظُرُوا إِلَى هَذَا الْمُرَائِي لَمْ يَزَلْ فِي الرَّجُلِ حَتَّى خَدَعَهُ وَأَخَذَ رِدَاءَهُ فَلَمْ أَزَلْ بِهِ حَتَّى أَخَذَهُ فَقُلْتُ انْطَلِقْ حَتَّى أَسْمَعَ مَا يَقُولُونَ فَلَبِسَهُ فَخَرَجْنَا فَمَرَّ بِمَجْلِسِ قَوْمِهِ فَقَالُوا انْظُرُوا إِلَى هَذَا الْمُرَائِيِّ لَمْ يَزَلْ بِالرَّجُلِ حَتَّى خَدَعَهُ وَأَخَذَ رِدَاءَهُ فَأَقْبَلْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ فَقُلْتُ أَلَا تَسْتَحْيُونَ لِمَ تَؤْذُونَهُ؟ وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ عَرَضْتُهُ عَلَيْهِ فَأَبَى أَنْ يَقْبَلَهُ قَالَ فَوَفَدَتْ وُفُودٌ مِنْ قَبَائِلِ الْعَرَبِ إِلَى عُمَرَ فَوَفَدَ فِيهِمْ سَيِّدُ قَوْمِهِ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ أَفِيكُمْ أَحَدٌ مِنْ قَرَنٍ؟ فَقَالَ لَهُ سَيِّدُهُمْ نَعَمْ أَنَا فَقَالَ لَهُ هَلْ تَعْرِفُ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَهْلِ قَرَنٍ يُقَالُ لَهُ أُوَيْسٌ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ كَذَا وَمِنْ أَمْرِهِ كَذَا؟ فَقَالَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مَا تَذْكُرُ مِنْ شَأْنِ ذَاكَ وَمِنْ ذَاكَ فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ ثَكِلَتْكَ أُمُّكَ أَدْرِكْهُ مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثًا ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَنَا «إِنَّ رَجُلًا يُقَالُ لَهُ أُوَيْسٌ مِنْ قَرَنٍ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ كَذَا وَمِنْ أَمْرِهِ كَذَا» فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ الرَّجُلُ لَمْ يَبْدَأْ بِأَحَدٍ قَبْلَهُ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ اسْتَغْفِرْ لِي فَقَالَ مَا بَدَا لَكَ؟ قَالَ إِنَّ عُمَرَ قَالَ لِي كَذَا وَكَذَا قَالَ مَا أَنَا بِمُسْتَغْفِرٍ لَكَ حَتَّى تَجْعَلَ لِي ثَلَاثًا قَالَ وَمَا هُنَّ؟ قَالَ لَا تُؤْذِينِي فِيمَا بَقِيَ وَلَا تُخْبِرْ بِمَا قَالَ لَكَ عُمَرُ أَحَدًا مِنَ النَّاسِ وَنَسِيَ الثَّالِثَةَ

[Machine] While I am on a scorching day at midday on the bank of the Euphrates, I see a man with a thick beard and a repulsive appearance. He is disheveled, and his head is not shaved. He is wearing two garments, one of which I believe is made of wool. He does not wash either of the garments in water, so I assumed that he is the one referred to in the saying, "Our Lord's promise shall come true" [Quran 17:108]. He asked me, "Who guided you to me?" I replied, "Allah guided me to you." He then extended his hand towards me, but I did not see his hand extending towards me. I do not know what hindered it from reaching me, so I wept at what I saw. He then said to me, "How are you, Harim bin Hayyan? How are you, my brother?" I said, "May Allah have mercy on you. How did you know that I am Harim and we have not seen each other before?" He said, "My soul recognized your soul." He then took me by the hand and we both wept. He said to me, "O Harim bin Hayyan, your father Adam has passed away. O Harim bin Hayyan, Nuh has passed away. O Harim bin Hayyan, Ibrahim, the beloved of the Most Merciful, has passed away. O Harim bin Hayyan, Musa, the liberator by the grace of the Most Merciful, has passed away. O Harim bin Hayyan, Muhammad ﷺ has passed away. O Harim bin Hayyan, Abu Bakr, the Caliph of the Muslims, has passed away. O Harim bin Hayyan, my dear and chosen friend, Umar bin Al-Khattab, may Allah have mercy on him, has passed away." He said, "May Allah have mercy on you. Umar has not died." He said, "That was towards the end of Umar's caliphate." He then said, "And both you and I are among the deceased. If you have knowledge, O Harim, your father has passed away, either to Paradise or to Hellfire." I said, "Please tell me the information you received from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ." He said, "I did not hear anything directly from him, but I heard it from those who heard it from him." I said, "Please tell me what you heard from those who heard it from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ." He said, "I dislike opening this door for myself to be a judge, a mufti, or a preacher. There are other concerns within myself." He said, "Recite to me verses from the Quran." I said, "May Allah bless you," and I recited the verses: "Ha, Meem. By the clear Book. Indeed, We sent it down during a blessed night. Indeed, We were to warn [mankind]. On that night, it is made distinct." [Quran 44:1-4] until I reached the verse: "Except for those whom Allah has mercy upon. Indeed, He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful." [Quran 44:42] He then took a deep sigh and fell unconscious. He said, "Uwais has passed away." Allah has ordained for him to remain in this state as long as He wills. He then regained consciousness and said, "O my brother, I have been in distress ever since I was with these people. Solitude is dearer to me. Do not ask about me after this day. You are always in my thoughts, and if we meet in the afterlife, remember me for I will remember you." I said, "Please make dua for me." He said, "O Allah, my brother claims that he has visited me for Your sake and loved me for Your sake, so unite his affairs for him and admit him into Your abode of peace." He then took the road and we both wept. We did not see each other except in dreams.

خَرَجْتُ مِنَ الْبَصْرَةِ فِي طَلَبِ أُوَيْسٍ الْقَرَنِيِّ فَقَدِمْتُ الْكُوفَةَ فَمَكَثْتُ بِهَا أَيَّامًا لَا أَحُسُّهُ وَلَا أَرَاهُ قَالَ فَبَيْنَمَا أَنَا فِي يَوْمٍ شَدِيدِ الْحَرِّ بِنِصْفِ النَّهَارِ بِشَاطِئِ الْفُرَاتِ إِذَا أَنَا بِرَجُلٍ آدَمَ كَثِّ اللِّحْيَةِ كَرِيهِ الْمَنْظَرِ أَشْعَثَ غَيْرِ مَحْلُوقِ الرَّأْسِ أَرَاهُ يَعْنِي مَجْزُوزَ الشَّعْرِ عَلَيْهِ ثَوْبَانِ أَظُنُّهُ قَالَ صُوفٌ أَحَدُهُمَا إِزَارٌ وَالْآخَرُ رِدَاءٌ وَلَا يَغْسِلُ أَحَدَ الثَّوْبَيْنِ فِي الْمَاءِ فَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ هُوَ فَأَقْبَلْتُ فَقُمْتُ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ فَنَظَرَ إِلَيَّ فَقَالَ {سُبْحَانَ رَبِّنَا إِنْ كَانَ وَعَدُ رَبِّنَا لَمَفْعُولًا} [الإسراء 108] فَقَالَ مَنْ دَلَّكَ عَلَيَّ؟ فَقُلْتُ اللَّهُ ﷻ دَلَّنِي عَلَيْكَ فَقَالَ فَمَدَدْتُ إِلَيْهِ يَدَيَّ فَلَمْ يَمُدَّ يَدَهُ إِلَيَّ فَمَا أَدْرِي مَا حَمَلَهُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ فَبَكَيْتُ لِمَا رَأَيْتُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ لِي كَيْفَ أَنْتَ يَا هَرِمُ بْنَ حَيَّانَ كَيْفَ أَنْتَ يَا أَخِي؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ رَحِمَكَ اللَّهُ مِنْ أَيْنَ عَلِمْتَ أَنِّي هَرِمٌ وَلَمْ نَتَرَاءَى؟ قَالَ إِنَّ نَفْسِي عَرَفَتْ نَفْسَكَ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ بِيَدِي ثُمَّ بَكَى فَبَكَيْتُ مَعَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا هَرِمُ بْنَ حَيَّانَ مَاتَ أَبُوكَ آدَمُ يَا هَرِمُ بْنَ حَيَّانَ مَاتَ نُوحٌ يَا هَرِمُ بْنَ حَيَّانَ مَاتَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ خَلِيلُ الرَّحْمَنِ يَا هَرِمُ بْنَ حَيَّانَ مَاتَ مُوسَى نَجِيُّ الرَّحْمَنَ يَا هَرِمُ بْنَ حَيَّانَ مَاتَ مُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ يَا هَرِمُ بْنَ حَيَّانَ مَاتَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ خَلِيفَةُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ يَا هَرِمُ بْنَ حَيَّانَ مَاتَ خَلِيلِي وَصَفِيِّي عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ قُلْتُ رَحِمَكَ اللَّهُ إِنَّ عُمَرَ لَمْ يَمُتْ قَالَ وَذَلِكَ فِي آخِرِ خِلَافَةِ عُمَرَ قَالَ فَقَالَ وأنا وأنْتَ فِي الأمْواتِ إنْ كُنْتَ تَفْقَهُ يا هَرِمُ، ماتَ أبُوكَ فَإمّا إلى الجَنَّةِ وإمّا إلى النّارِ، قُلْتُ: حَدِّثْنا رَحِمَكَ اللَّهُ ما سَمِعْتَ مِن رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قالَ: لَمْ أسْمَعْ مِنهُ شَيْئًا ولَكِنْ سَمِعْتُ مِمَّنْ سَمِعَ مِنهُ قالَ: قُلْتُ: حَدِّثْنِي رَحِمَكَ اللَّهُ قالَ: إنِّي أكْرَهُ أنْ أفْتَحَ عَلى نَفْسِي هَذا البابَ أنْ أكُونَ قاضِيًا أوْ مُفْتِيًا أوْ مُحَدِّثًا، إنَّ فِي النَّفْسِ شاغِلًا قالَ: قُلْتُ: اقْرَأْ عَلَيَّ رَحِمَكَ اللَّهُ آياتٍ مِنَ القُرْآنِ قالَ: قالَ رَبِّي تَبارَكَ وتَعالى، وأصْدَقُ القَوْلِ قَوْلُهُ وأفْضَلُ الكَلامِ كَلامُهُ وأصْدَقُ الحَدِيثِ حَدِيثُهُ، ثُمَّ قالَ: أعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ السَّمِيعِ العَلِيمِ مِنَ الشَّيْطانِ الرَّجِيمِ، بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ ﴿حم والكِتابِ المُبِينِ إنّا أنْزَلْناهُ فِي لَيْلَةٍ مُبارَكَةٍ إنّا كُنّا مُنْذِرِينَ فِيها يُفْرَقُ﴾ [الدخان ٢] حَتّى انْتَهى إلى هَذِهِ الآيَةِ ﴿إلّا مَن رَحِمَ اللَّهُ إنَّهُ هُوَ العَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ﴾ [الدخان ٤٢] قالَ: فَشَهِقَ شَهْقَةً ثُمَّ سَقَطَ مَغْشِيًّا عَلَيْهِ قالَ: فَقُلْتُ: ماتَ أُوَيْسٌ فَلَبِثَ ما شاءَ اللَّهُ فِي غَشْيِهِ ثُمَّ أفاقَ فَقالَ: أيْ أخِي إنِّي لَمْ أزَلْ فِي غَمٍّ ما كُنْتُ مَعَ هَؤُلاءِ النّاسِ، الوَحْدَةُ أحَبُّ إلَيَّ لا تَسْألْ عَنِّي بَعْدَ يَوْمِكَ هَذا إنَّكَ مِنِّي عَلى بالٍ وإنْ تَأْتِ بِنا الدّارُ فاذْكُرْنِي فَإنِّي سَأذْكُرُكَ قالَ: قُلْتُ: ادْعُ لِي بِدَعَواتٍ قالَ: اللَّهُمَّ إنَّ أخِي هَذا زَعَمَ أنَّهُ زارَنِي فِيكَ وأحَبَّنِي فِيكَ فاجْمَعْ لَهُ أمْرَهُ وأدْخِلْهُ فِي دارِكَ دارِ السَّلامِ قالَ: ثُمَّ أخَذَ فِي الطَّرِيقِ وهُوَ يَبْكِي وأنا أبْكِي قالَ: ثُمَّ لَمْ نَتَراءى أنا وهُوَ إلّا أنْ نَتَراءى فِي النَّوْمِ

[AI] He used to speak in Kūfah and would speak to us; and when he finished his talk he would say, “Disperse,” and his small group would remain, among whom was a man who spoke words such as I did not hear anyone else speak. I came to love him, so I put him forward and said to my companions, “Do you know a man who used to sit with us like this and that?” A man from the people said, “Yes, I know him—that is Uways al-Qaranī.” I said, “Do you know where he lives?” He said, “Yes.” So I went off with him until I knocked, and he came out to me. I said, “My brother, what keeps you from us?” He said, “Nakedness.” His companions used to mock him and harm him. I said, “Take this cloak and wear it.” He said, “Do not do that, for then they will harm me if they see it on me.” I kept at him until he put it on, then he went out to them and they said, “Who do you think has been tricked out of his cloak like this?” So he came and set it down and said, “Do you see?” Usayr said: I went to the gathering and said, “What do you want from this man, when you have harmed him? A man is naked at one time and clothed at another.” And I took them to task with my tongue severely.

Then it came to pass that the people of Kūfah went as a delegation to ʿUmar, and among those who went was a man who used to mock him. ʿUmar said, “Is there here anyone from the Qaranīs?” That man came, and ʿUmar said: “The Messenger of God ﷺ has said, ‘A man will come to you from Yemen who is called Uways. He will leave behind in Yemen none but a mother of his. He had a whiteness, and he supplicated God and He removed it except for something like the place of a dīnār or a dirham. Whoever among you meets him, let him ask him to seek forgiveness for you.’”

He said: He came to us, and I said, “Where are you from?” He said, “From Yemen.” I said, “What is your name?” He said, “Uways.” I said, “Whom did you leave in Yemen?” He said, “A mother of mine.” I said, “Did you have a whiteness, and you supplicated God and He removed it from you?” He said, “Yes.” He said, “Seek forgiveness for me.” He said, “Would someone like me seek forgiveness for someone like you, Commander of the Faithful?” So he sought forgiveness for him. I said, “You, my brother, do not leave me.” But he slipped away from me.

Then I was informed that he had come to you in Kūfah. That man who used to mock him began to belittle him, saying, “This is not among us, and we do not know him.” ʿUmar said, “Yes indeed.” The man said, “He is a man as though he lowers his own standing.” He said, “Among us, Commander of the Faithful, is a man called Uways whom we mock.” He said, “Catch up—though I do not think you will catch up.” So that man hurried until he entered upon him before he went to his family. Uways said to him, “This is not your habit—what has come over you?” He said, “I heard ʿUmar say such-and-such about you, so seek forgiveness for me, O Uways.” He said, “I will not do so until you give me your pledge that you will not mock me after this, and that you will not mention to anyone what you heard from ʿUmar.” So he sought forgiveness for him.

Usayr said: I came to him and entered upon him one night and said, “My brother, I see you disappear while we are unaware.” He said, “There was nothing in this by which I could make my way among people, and no servant is recompensed except for his deeds.” Then he slipped away from them and went.

كَانَ يُحَدِّثُ بِالْكُوفَةِ فَيُحَدِّثُنَا فَإِذَا فَرَغَ مِنْ حَدِيثِهِ قَالَ تَفَرَّقُوا وَيَبْقَى رَهْطُهُ فِيهِمْ رَجُلٌ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِكَلَامٍ لَا أَسْمَعُ أَحَدًا يَتَكَلَّمُ كَلَامَهُ فَأَحْبَبْتُهُ فَقَدَّمْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ لِأَصْحَابِي هَلْ تَعْرِفُونَ رَجُلًا كَانَ يُجَالِسُنَا كَذَا وَكَذَا؟ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ نَعَمْ أَنَا أَعْرِفُهُ ذَاكَ أُوَيْسٌ الْقَرَنِيُّ قَالَ فَتَعْلَمُ مَنْزِلَهُ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَانْطَلَقْتُ مَعَهُ حَتَّى ضَرَبْتُ فَخَرَجَ إِلَيَّ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا أَخِي مَا يَحْبِسُكَ عَنَّا؟ قَالَ الْعُرْيُ وَكَانَ أَصْحَابُهُ يَسْخَرُونَ بِهِ ويُؤْذُونَهُ قَالَ قُلْتُ خُذْ هَذَا الْبُرْدَ فَالْبَسْهُ قَالَ لَا تَفْعَلْ فَإِنَّهُمْ إِذًا يُؤْذُونَنِي إِنْ رَأَوْهُ عَلَيَّ فَلَمْ أَزَلْ بِهِ حَتَّى لَبِسَهُ فَخَرَجَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَالُوا مَنْ تَرَوْنَ خُدِعَ عَنْ بُرْدِهِ هَذَا؟ قَالَ فَجَاءَ فَوَضَعَهُ قَالَ أَتَرَى؟ قَالَ أُسَيْرٌ فَأَتَيْتُ الْمَجْلِسَ فَقُلْتُ مَا تُرِيدُونَ مِنْ هَذَا الرَّجُلِ قَدْ آذَيْتُمُوهُ؟ الرَّجُلُ يَعْرَى مَرَّةً وَيُكْسَى مَرَّةً قَالَ فَأَخَذْتُهُمْ بِلِسَانِي أَخْذًا شَدِيدًا قَالَ فَقَضَى أَنَّ أَهْلَ الْكُوفَةِ وَفَدُوا إِلَى عُمَرَ رَضِيَ فَوَفَدَ رَجُلٌ مِمَّنْ كَانَ يَسْخَرُ بِهِ قَالَ عُمَرُ هَلْ هَاهُنَا أَحَدٌ مِنَ الْقَرَنِيِّينَ؟ قَالَ فَجَاءَ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلُ قَالَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَدْ قَالَ «إِنَّ رَجُلًا يَأْتِيكُمْ مِنَ الْيَمَنِ يُقَالُ لَهُ أُوَيْسٌ لَا يَدَعُ بِالْيَمَنِ غَيْرَ أُمٍّ لَهُ وَقَدْ كَانَ بِهِ بَيَاضٌ فَدَعَا اللَّهَ فَأَذْهَبَهُ إِلَّا مِثْلَ مَوْضِعِ الدِّينَارِ أَوِ الدِّرْهَمِ فَمَنْ لَقِيَهُ مِنْكُمْ فَأْمُرُوهُ فَلْيَسْتَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ» قَالَ فَقَدِمَ عَلَيْنَا قَالَ قُلْتُ مِنْ أَيْنَ؟ قَالَ مِنَ الْيَمَنِ قَالَ قُلْتُ مَا اسْمُكَ؟ قَالَ أُوَيْسٌ قَالَ فَمَنْ تَرَكْتَ بِالْيَمَنِ؟ قَالَ أُمًّا لِي قَالَ أَكَانَ بِكَ بَيَاضٌ فَدَعَوْتَ اللَّهَ فَأَذْهَبَهُ عَنْكَ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ اسْتَغْفِرْ لِي قَالَ أَوَيَسْتَغْفِرُ مِثْلِي لِمِثْلِكَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ؟ قَالَ فَاسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُ قَالَ قُلْتُ أَنْتَ يَا أَخِي لَا تُفَارِقُنِي قَالَ فَأَمْلَسَ مِنِّي قَالَ فَأُنْبِئْتُ أَنَّهُ قَدِمَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْكُوفَةَ قَالَ فَجَعَلَ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي يَسْخَرُ بِهِ يُحَقِّرُهُ قَالَ يَقُولُ مَا هَذَا فِينَا وَلَا نَعْرِفُهُ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ بَلَى فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ إِنَّهُ رَجُلٌ كَأَنَّهُ يَضُعُ شَأْنَهُ فَقَالَ فِينَا يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ رَجُلٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ أُوَيْسٌ نَسْخَرُ بِهِ قَالَ أَدْرِكْ وَلَا أَرَاكَ تُدْرِكُ قَالَ فَأَقْبَلَ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلُ حَتَّى دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ أَهْلَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ أُوَيْسٌ مَا هَذِهِ [278] بِعَادَتِكَ فَمَا بَدَا لَكَ؟ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ يَقُولُ فِيكَ كَذَا فَاسْتَغْفِرْ لِي يَا أُوَيْسُ قَالَ لَا أَفْعَلُ حَتَّى تَجْعَلَ لِي عَلَيْكَ أَنْ لَا تَسْخَرَ بِي فِيمَا بَعْدُ وَأَنْ لَا تَذْكُرَ الَّذِي سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ عُمَرَ إِلَى أَحَدٍ قَالَ فَاسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُ قَالَ أُسَيْرٌ فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ لَيْلَةً فَقُلْتُ يَا أَخِي أَرَاكَ تَغِيبُ وَنَحْنُ لَا نَشْعُرُ قَالَ مَا كَانَ فِي هَذَا مَا أَتَبَلَّغُ بِهِ فِي النَّاسِ وَمَا يُجْزَى كُلُّ عَبْدٍ إِلَّا بِعَمَلِهِ قَالَ ثُمَّ أَمْلَسَ مِنْهُمْ فَذَهَبَ

"عن أسَيرِ بن جابر قال: كان مُحدثٌ بالكُوفةِ يحدِّثُنا فَإِذا فرغَ من حديثهِ تَفَرقوا ويبقى رهطٌ فيهم رجلٌ يتكلمُ بكلامٍ لا أسمعُ أحدًا يتكلمُ كلامَه، فأحبَبته فَفَقَدْتُه؛ فقلتُ لأصحابى: هل تعرفونَ رجلًا كان يجالسُنا كذا وكذا؟ فقال رجلٌ من القومِ: نعم أنا أَعْرفه، ذلك أويسٌ القَرَنِىُّ، قلت: فتعلمُ منزله؟ قال: نعم، فانطلقتُ معه حتى ضَرَبْتُ حجرته، فخرج إلىَّ، قلت: يا أخى، ما حَبَسك عنا؟ قال: الْعُرْىُ، وكان أصحابُهُ يسخرونَ به ويُؤْذُونه، قلت: خُذْ هذا البُرْد فَالْبَسْه، (قال: لا تفعل؛ فإنهم إذن يؤذوننى إن رَأَوْه علىَّ، فلم أزل به حتى لبسه)، فخرج عليهم، فقالوا: (خُدِعَ عن برده

هذا؟ قال: فجاء فوضعه وقال: ألا ترى؟ قال أسير: فأتيت المجلس فقلت: ما تريدون من هذا الرجل؟ قد آذيتموه! ! الرجل يعرى مرة، ويكتسى مرة، فأخذتهم بلسانى أخذًا شديدًا، فقُضى أن أهل الكوفة وَفَدوا إلى عمر، فوفد رجلٌ ممن كان يَسْخرُ به، فقال عمر: هل ههنا أحد من القَرَنِيِّين؟ فجاء بذلك الرجل، فقال (إن رسول اللَّه ﷺ قد قال: إن رجلا يأتيكم من اليمن يقال) له أويسٌ، لا يدع باليمن غير أَمٍّ له، وقد كان به بياضٌ فدعا اللَّه فأذهَبَه عنه إلا مثلَ موضع الدرهم، فمن لقيه منكم فمروه فليستغفرْ لكم، قال: فقدم علينا، قلتُ: من أين؟ قال: من اليمن، قلت: ما اسمك؟ قال: أويس، قلت: فمن تركت باليمن؟ قال: أُما لى، قلت: أكان بك بياضٌ فدعوت اللَّه فأذهبه عنك؟ قال: نعم، قلتُ: استغفرْ لى، قال: أو يستغفر مثلى لمِثْلِك يَا أمير المؤمنين؟ قال: فاستغفر، قلت له: أنت أخى لا تفارقنى، فامَّلس منى، فَأُنْبِئْتُ أنه قدم عليكم الكوفة، قال: فجعل ذلك الرجل (الذى) كان يسخر به ويحقره يقول: (ما) هذا فينا وما نعرفه؟ فقال عمر: بلى، إنه رجل كذا، كأنه يضعُ من شأنِه، قال: فينا يا أمير المؤمنين رجل يقال له أويس نَسْخَر به، قال: أَدْرِك ولا أرَاكَ تُدرك، فَأقبلَ ذلك الرجل حتى دخل عليه قبلَ أن يأتى أهله، فقال له أويس: ما هذه بعادتك فما بدا لك؟ قال: سمعت عمر يقولُ فيك: كذا وكذا فاستغفرْ لى يا أُويس، قال: لا أفعلُ حتى تجعلَ لى عليك أن لا تسخر بى فيما بعد، ولا تذكر الذى سمعته من عمر إلى أحد؛ فاستغفر له، قال أُسير: فما لبثنا أن فشا أمره في الكوفة؟ فأتَيْتُه فدخلت عليه فقلت: يا أخى ألا أول العجب ونحن لا نشعر؟ قال: ما كان في هذا ما أتَبلَّغُ به في النَّاسِ، وما يُجزى كل عبدٍ إلا بعمله، ثم امَّلس منهم فذهب".

[Machine] I witnessed Ali on the day of Siffin while he was saying, "Who will pledge allegiance to me for death?" or he said, "For fighting?" So ninety-nine people pledged allegiance to him. He then said, "Where is Tammam? Where is the one I was promised?" A man then came to him wearing a turban made of sheep's wool, and pledged allegiance to him for death and killing. It was said that this man was Uwais al-Qarani. He continued to fight until he was killed.

شَهِدْتُ عَلِيًّا يَوْمَ صِفِّينَ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ «مَنْ يُبَايِعْنِي عَلَى الْمَوْتِ؟» أَوْ قَالَ «عَلَى الْقِتَالِ؟» فَبَايَعَهُ تِسْعٌ وَتِسْعُونَ قَالَ فَقَالَ «أَيْنَ التَّمَامُ؟ أَيْنَ الَّذِي وُعِدْتُ بِهِ؟» قَالَ فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ عَلَيْهِ أَطْمَارُ صُوفٍ مَحْلُوقُ الرَّأْسِ فَبَايَعَهُ عَلَى الْمَوْتِ وَالْقَتْلِ قَالَ فَقِيلَ هَذَا أُوَيْسٌ الْقَرَنِيُّ فَمَا زَالَ يُحَارِبُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى قُتِلَ

[Machine] I heard Yahya bin Ma'in say that Uwais Al-Qarani was killed in front of Amir al-Mu'minin Ali bin Abi Talib on the day of Siffin.

سَمِعْتُ يَحْيَى بْنَ مَعِينٍ يَقُولُ قُتِلَ أُوَيْسٌ الْقَرَنِيُّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ يَوْمَ صِفِّينَ

[Machine] "A man from Murad came to Uwais Al-Qarani and greeted him saying, 'Peace be upon you.' Uwais replied, 'And upon you.' The man asked, 'How are you, Uwais?' Uwais replied, 'Praise be to Allah.' The man asked, 'How is the time treating you?' Uwais replied, 'Do not ask a man who has not experienced the evening if it has become morning, and do not ask a man who has not experienced the morning if it has become evening. O brother of Murad, there is no joy remaining for a believer in death. O brother of Murad, the recognition of a believer with the rights of Allah does not leave him with any silver or gold. O brother of Murad, if a believer fulfills the command of Allah, he will have no companion left. By Allah, we command them to do good and forbid them from evil, but they consider us enemies. And verily, among the evildoers, they find support. By Allah, they accuse us of great sins, but that will not prevent me from speaking the truth.' Al-Dhahabi remained silent about this in his summary."

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ مُرَادٍ إِلَى أُوَيْسٍ الْقَرَنِيِّ فَقَالَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ قَالَ «وَعَلَيْكُمْ» قَالَ كَيْفَ أَنْتُمْ يَا أُوَيْسٌ؟ قَالَ «الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ» قَالَ كَيْفَ الزَّمَانُ عَلَيْكُمْ؟ قَالَ «لَا تَسْأَلِ الرَّجُلَ إِذَا أَمْسَى لَمْ يَرَ أَنَّهُ يُصْبِحْ وَإِذَا أَصْبَحَ لَمْ يَرَ أَنَّهُ يُمْسِي يَا أَخَا مُرَادٍ إِنَّ الْمَوْتَ لَمْ يُبْقِ لِمُؤْمِنٍ فَرَحًا يَا أَخَا مُرَادٍ إِنَّ عِرْفَانَ الْمُؤْمِنِ بِحُقُوقِ اللَّهِ لَمْ تُبْقِ لَهُ فِضَّةً وَلَا ذَهَبًا يَا أَخَا مُرَادٍ إِنَّ قِيَامَ الْمُؤْمِنِ بِأَمْرِ اللَّهِ لَمْ يُبْقِ لَهُ صَدِيقًا وَاللَّهِ إِنَّا لَنَأْمُرَهُمْ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَنَنْهَاهُمْ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ فَيَتَّخِذُونَنَا أَعْدَاءً وَيَجِدُونَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ مِنَ الْفَاسِقِينَ أَعْوَانًا حَتَّى وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ يَقْذِفُونَنَا بِالْعَظَائِمِ وَوَاللَّهِ لَا يَمْنَعُنِي ذَلِكَ أَنْ أَقُولَ بِالْحَقِّ» سكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "A man from my Ummah will enter Paradise with the intercession of a man named Rabiahah and Mudar, more than them." Hisham narrated to me from Hawshab, from Al-Hasan, that he was Uwais Al-Qarni. Abu Bakr ibn Ayyash said, "So I said to a man from his people, Uwais, 'By what means did he achieve this?' He said, 'It is the favor of Allah, He gives it to whom He wills.'" Al-Dhahabi did not comment on this in his summary.

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ بِشَفَاعَةِ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أُمَّتِي أَكْثَرُ مِنْ رَبِيعَةَ وَمُضَرَ» قَالَ هِشَامٌ فَأَخْبَرَنِي حَوْشَبٌ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ أَنَّهُ أُوَيْسٌ الْقَرَنِيُّ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ فَقُلْتُ لِرَجُلٍ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ أُوَيْسٌ «بِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ بَلَغَ هَذَا؟» قَالَ فَضْلُ اللَّهِ يُؤْتِيهِ مَنْ يَشَاءُ

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "A man from my nation will enter Paradise with the intercession of a man whose good deeds surpass those of Rabee'ah and Mudar." Hisham said, "Hawshab informed me that Al-Hasan said it was Uwais Al-Qarni." Abu Bakr said, "I asked a man from the people of Uwais, 'How did this news reach him?' He replied, 'It is the favor of Allah, which He bestows upon whomever He wills.'" Abu Bakr added, "Uwais died in Sijistan, and when he was found, he had his own burial shroud."

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ بِشَفَاعَةِ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أُمَّتِي أَكْثَرُ مِنْ رَبِيعَةَ وَمُضَرَ» قَالَ هِشَامٌ فَأَخْبَرَنِي حَوْشَبٌ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ هُوَ أُوَيْسٌ الْقَرَنِيُّ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ قُلْتُ لِرَجُلٍ مِنْ قَوْمِ أُوَيْسٍ بِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ بَلَغَ هَذَا؟ قَالَ فَضْلُ اللَّهِ يُؤْتِيهِ مَنْ يَشَاءُ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَمَاتَ أُوَيْسٌ بِسِجِسْتَانَ قَالَ فَوُجِدَ مَعَهُ أَكْفَانٌ لَمْ تَكُنْ مَعَهُ

[Machine] They mentioned Hajj and asked Uwais Al-Qarani, "Did you perform Hajj?" He replied, "No." They asked him, "Why?" He remained silent. Then, one of them said, "I have a riding animal," another said, "I have provisions," and another said, "I have equipment." So, he accepted from them and performed Hajj with it. Al-Dhahabi remained silent about this incident in the summary.

ذَكَرُوا الْحَجَّ فَقَالُوا لِأُوَيْسٍ الْقَرَنِيِّ أَمَا حَجَجْتَ؟ قَالَ «لَا» قَالُوا وَلِمَ؟ قَالَ «فَسَكَتَ» فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ عِنْدِي رَاحِلَةٌ وَقَالَ آخَرُ عِنْدِي نَفَقَةٌ وَقَالَ آخَرُ عِنْدِي جِهَازٌ «فَقَبِلَهُ مِنْهُمْ وَحَجَّ بِهِ»

[Machine] "And another person said to me, 'I have extra provisions, so he accepted them from me and performed the pilgrimage with them.'"

قَالَ ذَكَرُوا الْحَجَّ فَقَالُوا لِأُوَيْسٍ أَوَمَا حَجَجْتَ؟ قَالَ لَا قَالُوا وَلِمَ؟ قَالَ فَسَكَتَ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ عِنْدِي رَاحِلَةٌ وَقَالَ آخَرُ عِنْدِي نَفَقَةٌ وَقَالَ آخَرُ عِنْدِي زَادٌ فَقَبِلَهُ مِنْهُمْ وَحَجَّ بِهِ

[Machine] Awais Al-Qarni used to have a cloak, when he sat it touched the ground. He used to say, "O Allah, I seek your forgiveness from every hungry liver and naked body. I have nothing except what is on my back and in my stomach."

كَانَ لِأُوَيْسٍ الْقَرَنِيُّ رِدَاءٌ إِذَا جَلَسَ مَسَّ الْأَرْضَ وَكَانَ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعْتَذِرُ إِلَيْكَ مِنْ كُلِّ كَبِدٍ جَائِعَةٍ وَجَسَدٍ عَارٍ وَلَيْسَ لِي إِلَّا مَا عَلَى ظَهْرِي وَفِي بَطْنِي سكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص

[Machine] Awais Al-Qarni said, "Be in the command of Allah as if you have killed all the people." Al-Dhahabi remained silent about it when summarizing.

أُوَيْسٌ الْقَرَنِيُّ «كُنْ فِي أَمْرِ اللَّهِ كَأَنَّكَ قَتَلْتَ النَّاسَ كُلَّهُمْ»

[Machine] "I saw a woman in the mosque of Uwais Al-Qarni, and she said, 'He used to gather with his companions in their mosque, where they prayed and recited from their scriptures. Then I would bring them their lunch and dinner here until they finished their prayers.' She said, 'This was their habit whenever they were present, until they participated in a war and Uwais and a group of his companions were martyred before Ali ibn Abi Talib.' Al-Dhahabi remained silent about it in his summary."

رَأَيْتُ امْرَأَةً فِي مَسْجِدِ أُوَيْسٍ الْقَرَنِيِّ قَالَتْ كَانَ يَجْتَمِعُ هُوَ وَأَصْحَابٌ لَهُ فِي مَسْجِدِهِمْ هَذَا يُصَلُّونَ وَيَقْرَءُونَ فِي مَصَاحِفِهِمْ فَآتِي غَدَاءَهُمْ وَعَشَاءَهُمْ هَا هُنَا حَتَّى يُصَلُّوا الصَّلَوَاتِ قَالَتْ «وَكَانَ ذَلِكَ دَأْبُهُمْ مَا شَهِدُوا حَتَّى غَزْوَا فَاسْتُشْهِدَ أُوَيْسٌ وَجَمَاعَةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ فِي الرَّجَّالَةِ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ أَجْمَعِينَ»

[Machine] He heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "A man from my nation will enter Jannah (Paradise) through the intercession of a man from the tribe of Banu Tamim more than the tribe of Banu Tamim themselves." Al-Thaqafi said, Hisham said, "I heard Al-Hasan saying, 'Indeed, he is Uwais al-Qarni.' It has a Sahih Isnad (authentic chain of narration), but they did not mention it." Al-Dhahabi said in his summary, it is Sahih (authentic).

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ بِشَفَاعَةِ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أُمَّتِي أَكْثَرُ مِنْ بَنِي تَمِيمٍ» قَالَ الثَّقَفِيُّ قَالَ هِشَامٌ سَمِعْتُ الْحَسَنَ يَقُولُ «إِنَّهُ أُوَيْسٌ الْقَرَنِيُّ»

[AI] He said: They mentioned Uways al-Qarani in his gathering, and he said, “He was killed with Ali ibn Abi Talib among the foot soldiers.”

قَالَ ذَكَرُوا فِي مَجْلِسِهِ أُوَيْسًا الْقَرَنِيَّ فَقَالَ «قُتِلَ مَعَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فِي الرَّجَّالَةِ»

[AI] I came to Kufa, and I had no concern there except Uways al-Qarani: I searched for him and asked about him until I happened upon him sitting alone on the bank of the Euphrates at midday, performing ablution and washing his garment. I recognized him by the description. There he was: a fleshy man, dark-complexioned, intensely so; hairy, with a shaved head—meaning he had no forelock—thick-bearded, wearing a woolen waist-wrapper and a woolen cloak, without shoes; large-faced, and very awe-inspiring in appearance. I greeted him, and he returned my greeting and looked at me and said, “May God give you life—who are you?” I extended my hand to him to shake his, but he refused to shake my hand and said, “And you—may God give you life.” I said, “May God have mercy on you, O Uways, and forgive you. How are you—may God have mercy on you?” Then jealousy choked me, from my love for him and my tenderness toward him because of what I saw of his condition, until I wept and he wept. Then he said, “And you—may God have mercy on you, O Harim ibn Hayyan. How are you, my brother? Who guided you to me?” I said, “God.” He said, “There is no god but God. Glory be to our Lord: surely the promise of our Lord is to be fulfilled,” when he named me. By God, he had never seen me, nor had I seen him. Then I said, “How did you recognize me, and know my name and my father’s name? For by God I had never seen you before this day.” He said, “The All-Knowing, the All-Aware informed me. My spirit recognized your spirit when my soul spoke to your soul: spirits have breaths like the breaths of the living. The believers recognize one another and converse by God’s Spirit even if they have not met, and even if they have not spoken; they come to know one another, even if lands are distant from them and homes separate them.”

He said: I said, “Tell me a hadith from the Messenger of God ﷺ that I may memorize from you.” He said, “I did not meet the Messenger of God ﷺ, nor did I have companionship with him. I have seen men who saw him, and what has reached me of his hadith is as what has reached you. I do not like to open this door upon myself—so that I become one who relates traditions, or a judge, or one who gives legal opinions; a person has enough to occupy him, O Harim ibn Hayyan.” He said: I said, “My brother, recite to me verses from the Book of God so I may hear them from you, for I love you for God with a strong love. And supplicate with prayers and give counsel with an admonition that I may preserve from you.” He said: he took my hand on the bank of the Euphrates and said, “I seek refuge in God, the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing, from Satan the accursed. In the name of God, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate.” He gasped once, then wept in his place, then said: “My Lord—exalted be His mention—has said, and most rightful of speech is His speech, most truthful of discourse is His discourse, and best of words is His word: {And We did not create the heavens and the earth and what is between them in play; We created them only in truth} [al-Dukhan 39],” until he reached, “{except whom God has mercy upon; indeed He is the Mighty, the Merciful} [al-Dukhan 42].” Then he gasped again and fell silent. I looked at him, thinking he had fainted. Then he said, “O Harim ibn Hayyan, your father has died, and you are soon to die; and Abu Hayyan has died—either to Paradise or to the Fire. Adam has died, and Eve has died, O son of Hayyan; and Noah has died, and Abraham, the intimate friend of the Most Merciful, O son of Hayyan; and Moses, the one spoken to by the Most Merciful, has died, O son of Hayyan; and David, the vicegerent of the Most Merciful, has died, O son of Hayyan; and Muhammad, the Messenger of the Most Merciful, has died, and Abu Bakr, the caliph of the Muslims, has died, O son of Hayyan; and my brother, my chosen one, and my friend, ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab, has died.” Then he said, “Oh ‘Umar!” May God have mercy on ‘Umar—while ‘Umar at that time was still alive, and that was at the end of his caliphate. He said: I said to him, “May God have mercy on you—‘Umar ibn al-Khattab is still alive.” He said, “Yes, if you understand: you have already understood what I said— I and you are among the dead; it has already been.” Then he invoked blessings upon the Prophet ﷺ and made brief supplications. Then he said, “This is my counsel to you, O Harim ibn Hayyan: the Book of God; keeping company with the righteous among the Muslims; and prayer and peace upon the Prophet ﷺ. I have announced death to myself and announced it to you; so keep remembrance of death—do not let it leave you even for a moment. Warn your people when you return to them, and advise all the people of your religion. Strive for your own soul, and beware, beware of separating from the جماعت (the community), lest you separate from your religion without realizing and enter the Fire on the Day of Resurrection.”

Then he said, “O God, this man claims that he loves me for Your sake and has visited me for Your sake. O God, show me his face in Paradise, and admit him to me as a visitor in Your abode, the Abode of Peace. Preserve him so long as he remains in the world, wherever he may be; gather up for him what he has lost; make him content in this world with little; and whatever You give him of this world, make it easy for him; and make him, for what You give him of Your blessing, among the grateful; and reward him with the best reward. I entrust you to God, O Harim ibn Hayyan. Peace be upon you and the mercy of God.”

Then he said to me, “You will not see me after today—may God have mercy on you—for I dislike fame, and solitude is dearer to me, because I am deeply sorrowful and heavily burdened with care so long as I remain alive in this world among these people. Do not ask about me, and do not seek me. Know that you are in my mind even if I do not see you and you do not see me; remember me and pray for me, for I will remember you and pray for you, God willing, exalted is He. Go—here,” until he took this way. He said: I was eager to walk with him for an hour, but he refused, so I parted from him—he weeping and I weeping. He said: I kept looking at his back until he entered one of the alleys. How often I sought him after that and asked about him, yet I found no one who could tell me anything about him. May God have mercy on him and forgive him. No week passed over me except that I saw him in my sleep once or twice—or as he said.

قَدِمْتُ الْكُوفَةَ فَلَمْ يَكُنْ لِي بِهَا هَمٌّ إِلَّا أُوَيْسٌ الْقَرَنِيُّ أَطْلُبُهُ وَأَسْأَلُ عَنْهُ حَتَّى سَقَطْتُ عَلَيْهِ جَالِسًا وَحْدَهُ عَلَى شَاطِئِ الْفُرَاتِ نِصْفَ النَّهَارِ يَتَوَضَّأُ وَيَغْسِلُ ثَوْبَهُ فَعَرَفْتُهُ بِالنَّعْتِ فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ لَحِمٌ أَدَمُ شَدِيدُ الْأَدَمَةِ أَشْعَرُ مَحْلُوقُ الرَّأْسِ يَعْنِي لَيْسَ لَهُ جُمَّةٌ كَثُّ اللِّحْيَةِ عَلَيْهِ إِزَارٌ مِنْ صُوفٍ وَرِدَاءٌ مِنْ صُوفٍ بِغَيْرِ حِذَاءٍ كَبِيرُ الْوَجْهِ مَهِيبُ الْمَنْظَرِ جِدًّا فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَرَدَّ عَلَيَّ وَنَظَرَ إِلَيَّ فَقَالَ حَيَّاكَ اللَّهُ مِنْ رَجُلٍ؟ فَمَدَدْتُ يَدِي إِلَيْهِ لِأُصَافِحَهُ فَأَبَى أَنْ يُصَافِحَنِي وَقَالَ وَأَنْتَ فَحَيَّاكَ اللَّهُ فَقُلْتُ رَحِمَكَ اللَّهُ يَا أُوَيْسُ وَغَفَرَ لَكَ كَيْفَ أَنْتَ رَحِمَكَ اللَّهُ؟ ثُمَّ خَنَقَتْنِي الْغَيْرَةُ مِنْ حُبِّي إِيَّاهُ وَرِقَّتِي لَهُ لِمَا رَأَيْتُ مِنْ حَالِهِ مَا رَأَيْتُ حَتَّى بَكَيْتُ وَبَكَى ثُمَّ قَالَ وَأَنْتَ فَرَحِمَكَ اللَّهُ يَا هَرِمُ بْنَ حَيَّانَ كَيْفَ أَنْتَ يَا أَخِي؟ مَنْ دَلَّكَ عَلَيَّ؟ قُلْتُ اللَّهُ قَالَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّنَا إِنْ كَانَ وَعْدُ رَبِّنَا لَمَفْعُولًا حِينَ سَمَّانِي وَاللَّهِ مَا كُنْتُ رَأَيْتُهُ قَطُّ وَلَا رَآنِي ثُمَّ قُلْتُ مِنْ أَيْنَ عَرَفْتَنِي وَعَرَفْتَ اسْمِي وَاسْمَ أَبِي فَوَاللَّهِ مَا كُنْتُ رَأَيْتُكَ قَطُّ قَبْلَ هَذَا الْيَوْمِ قَالَ نَبَّأَنِي الْعَلِيمُ الْخَبِيرُ عَرَفَتْ رُوحِي رُوحَكَ حَيْثُ كَلَّمَتْ نَفْسِي نَفْسَكَ أَنَّ الْأَرْوَاحَ لَهَا أَنْفَسٌ كَأَنْفُسِ الْأَحْيَاءِ إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَعْرِفُ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا وَيَتَحَدَّثُونَ بِرُوحِ اللَّهِ وَإِنْ لَمْ يَلْتَقُوا وَإِنْ لَمْ يَتَكَلَّمُوا وَيَتَعَارَفُوا وَإِنْ نَأْتِ بِهُمُ الدِّيَارُ وَتَفَرَّقَتْ بِهُمُ الْمَنَازِلُ قَالَ قُلْتُ حَدِّثْنِي عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِحَدِيثٍ أَحْفَظُهُ عَنْكَ قَالَ إِنِّي لَمْ أُدْرِكْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَلَمْ تَكُنْ لِي مَعَهُ صُحْبَةٌ وَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رِجَالًا قَدْ رَأَوْهُ وَقَدْ بَلَغَنِي مِنْ حَدِيثِهِ كَمَا بَلَغَكُمْ وَلَسْتُ أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَفْتَحَ هَذَا الْبَابَ عَلَى نَفْسِي أَنْ أَكُونَ مُحَدَّثًا أَوْ قَاضِيًا وَمُفْتِيًا فِي النَّفْسِ شُغْلٌ يَا هَرِمُ بْنُ حَيَّانَ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ يَا أَخِي اقْرَأْ عَلَيَّ آيَاتٍ مِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ أَسْمَعْهُنَّ مِنْكَ فَإِنِّي أُحَبُّكَ فِي اللَّهِ حُبًّا شَدِيدًا وَادْعُ بِدَعَوَاتٍ وَأَوْصِ بِوَصِيَّةٍ أَحْفَظْهَا عَنْكَ قَالَ فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي عَلَى شَاطِئِ الْفُرَاتِ وَقَالَ أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ السَّمِيعِ الْعَلِيمِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ قَالَ فَشَهِقَ شَهْقَةً ثُمَّ بَكَى مَكَانَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ قَالَ رَبِّي تَعَالَى ذِكْرُهُ وَأَحَقُّ الْقَوْلِ قَوْلُهُ وَأَصْدَقُ الْحَدِيثِ حَدِيثُهُ وَأَحْسَنُ الْكَلَامِ كَلَامُهُ {وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَاعِبِينَ مَا خَلَقْنَاهُمَا إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ} [الدخان 39] حَتَّى بَلَغَ {إِلَّا مَنْ رَحِمَ اللَّهُ إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ} [الدخان 42] ثُمَّ شَهِقَ شَهْقَةً ثُمَّ سَكَتَ فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَيْهِ وَأَنَا أَحْسِبُهُ قَدْ غَشِيَ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا هَرِمُ بْنَ حَيَّانَ مَاتَ أَبُوكَ وَأَوْشَكَ أَنْ تَمُوتَ وَمَاتَ أَبُو حَيَّانَ فَإِمَّا إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ وَإِمَّا إِلَى النَّارِ وَمَاتَ آدَمُ وَمَاتَتْ حَوَّاءُ يَا ابْنَ حَيَّانَ وَمَاتَ نُوحٌ وَإِبْرَاهِيمُ خَلِيلُ الرَّحْمَنِ يَا ابْنَ حَيَّانَ وَمَاتَ مُوسَى نَجِيُّ الرَّحْمَنِ يَا ابْنَ حَيَّانَ وَمَاتَ دَاوُدُ خَلِيفَةُ الرَّحْمَنِ يَا ابْنَ حَيَّانَ وَمَاتَ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ الرَّحْمَنِ وَمَاتَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ خَلِيفَةُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ يَا ابْنَ حَيَّانَ وَمَاتَ أَخِي وَصَفِيِّي وَصَدِيقِي عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ثُمَّ قَالَ وَاعُمَرَاهُ رَحِمَ اللَّهُ عُمَرَ وَعُمَرُ يَوْمَئِذٍ حَيٌّ وَذَلِكَ فِي آخِرِ خِلَافَتِهِ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ رَحِمَكَ اللَّهُ إِنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ بَعْدُ حَيٌّ قَالَ بَلَى إِنْ تَفْهَمْ فَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَا قُلْتُ أَنَا وَأَنْتَ فِي الْمَوْتَى وَكَانَ قَدْ كَانَ ثُمَّ صَلَّى عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَدَعَا بِدَعَوَاتٍ خِفَافٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ هَذِهِ وَصِيَّتِي إِلَيْكَ يَا هَرِمُ بْنَ حَيَّانَ كِتَابُ اللَّهِ وَاللِّقَاءُ بِالصَّالِحِينَ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَالصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَلَقَدْ نَعَيْتُ عَلَى نَفْسِي وَنَعَيْتُكَ فَعَلَيْكَ بِذِكْرِ الْمَوْتِ فَلَا يُفَارِقَنَّ عَلَيْكَ طَرْفَةً وَأَنْذِرْ قَوْمَكَ إِذَا رَجَعْتَ إِلَيْهِمْ وَانْصَحْ أَهْلَ مِلَّتَكَ جَمِيعًا وَاكْدَحْ لِنَفْسِكَ وَإِيَّاكَ إِيَّاكَ أَنْ تُفَارِقَ الْجَمَاعَةَ فَتُفَارِقَ دِينَكَ وَأَنْتَ لَا تَعْلَمُ فَتَدْخُلُ النَّارَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ قَالَ ثُمَّ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ هَذَا يَزْعُمُ أَنَّهُ يُحِبُّنِي فِيكَ وَزَارَنِي مِنْ أَجَلِكَ اللَّهُمَّ عَرِّفْنِي وَجْهَهُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَأَدْخِلْهُ عَلَيَّ زَائِرًا فِي دَارِكَ دَارِ السَّلَامِ وَاحْفَظْهُ مَا دَامَ فِي الدُّنْيَا حَيْثُ مَا كَانَ وَضَمَّ عَلَيْهِ ضَيْعَتَهُ وَرَضِّهِ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا بِالْيَسِيرِ وَمَا أَعْطَيْتَهُ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا فَيَسِّرْهُ لَهُ وَاجْعَلْهُ لِمَا تُعْطِيَهُ مِنْ نِعْمَتِكَ مِنَ الشَّاكِرِينَ وَاجْزِهِ خَيْرَ الْجَزَاءِ اسْتَوْدَعْتُكَ اللَّهَ يَا هَرِمُ بْنَ حَيَّانَ وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي لَا أَرَاكَ بَعْدَ الْيَوْمِ رَحِمَكَ اللَّهُ فَإِنِّي أَكْرَهُ الشُّهْرَةَ وَالْوَحْدَةُ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ لِأَنِّي شَدِيدُ الْغَمِّ كَثِيرُ الْهَمِّ مَا دُمْتُ مَعَ هَؤُلَاءِ النَّاسِ حَيًّا فِي الدُّنْيَا وَلَا تَسْأَلْ عَنِّي وَلَا تَطْلُبُنِي وَاعْلَمْ أَنَّكَ مِنِّي عَلَى بَالٍ وَلَمْ أَرَكَ وَلَمْ تَرَنِي فَاذْكُرْنِي وَادْعُ لِي فَإِنِّي سَأَذْكُرُكَ وَأَدْعُو لَكَ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى انْطَلِقْ هَا هُنَا حَتَّى أَخَذَ هَا هُنَا قَالَ فَحَرَصْتُ عَلَى أَنْ أَسِيرَ مَعَهُ سَاعَةً فَأَبَى عَلَيَّ فَفَارَقْتُهُ يَبْكِي وَأَبْكِي قَالَ فَجَعَلْتُ أَنْظُرُ فِي قَفَاهُ حَتَّى دَخَلَ فِي بَعْضِ السِّكَكِ فَكَمْ طَلَبْتُهُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ وَسَأَلْتُ عَنْهُ فَمَا وَجَدْتُ أَحَدًا يُخْبِرُنِي عَنْهُ بِشَيْءٍ فَرَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ وَغَفَرَ لَهُ وَمَا أَتَتْ عَلَيَّ جُمُعَةٌ إِلَّا وَأَنَا أَرَاهُ فِي مَنَامِي مَرَّةً أَوْ مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ كَمَا قَالَ

[Machine] I have a friend of mine, and I am in Kufa. Do you have a man you are looking for? I said yes. He said, "This is his ranking, and indeed he is Oways Al-Qarani. I think he will pass by now." He said, so we sat for him, and he passed, and there was a mark on him. He said, "People tread on his heels." He said, "He approaches them and speaks to them about it, but they don't stop. We walked with the people until we entered the mosque in Kufa, and we entered with him. He went to a wall and prayed two Rak'ahs, then he turned his face towards us and said, 'O people, why do you tread on my heels in every way? I am a weak person, and I have needs that I cannot fulfill with you. Do not do that, may Allah have mercy on you. Whoever has any need from me, let him tell me here.'" The man said, and it was 'Umar ibn Al-Khattab who asked a delegation that came to him, "Did someone from his family visit you, like this and like that?" The man said, "People have mentioned you, O Amir al-Muminin, and they did not mention that, as is commonly said. That is not from his mention, what I have told you. The man said, "Oways has taken a covenant and a pledge from the man not to tell anyone else about it." Then he said, "Oways said, 'This majlis (gathering) is attended by three people - a knowledgeable believer, a believer who is not knowledgeable, and a hypocrite. This is like rain that falls from the sky to the earth; it reaches the good and fruitful tree and increases its beauty, freshness, and produce. And it reaches the weak and fruitless tree, and increases its rot and makes its leaves fall. And it reaches the thorns that break and destroy them.'" Then he recited the verse, "And We send down of the Qur'an that which is healing and mercy for the believers, but it does not increase the wrongdoers except in loss." [Al-Isra 82] This Qur'an does not sit with anyone except that it either adds or decreases in him. This is the decree of Allah that He has decreed, healing and mercy for the believers, but it does not increase the wrongdoers except in loss. O Allah, grant me a martyrdom that precedes its pain and its safety precedes its fear, which gives life and sustenance. Then he became silent. The man said, "I walked with him." He asked, "My friend, how do you see the man?" I said, "I have not increased in him except a desire, and I am not one who can leave him." We remained with him, and we did not stay except for a short while until he struck the people again. The commander of the faithful, Ali, was sent, and Oways Al-Qarani was among them. We went out with him and traveled with him, and we would stay with him and descend with him until we reached the presence of the enemy."

لِي صَاحِبٌ لِي وَأَنَا بِالْكُوفَةِ هَلْ لَكَ فِي رَجُلٍ تَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ؟ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ هَذِهِ مَدْرَجَتُهُ وَإِنَّهُ أُوَيْسٌ الْقَرَنِيُّ وَأَظُنُّهُ أَنَّهُ سَيَمُرُّ الْآنَ قَالَ فَجَلَسْنَا لَهُ فَمَرَّ فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ عَلَيْهِ سَمَلٌ قَطِيفَةٌ قَالَ وَالنَّاسُ يَطَئُونَ عَقِبَهُ قَالَ وَهُوَ يُقْبِلُ فَيُغْلِظُ لَهُمْ وَيُكَلِّمُهُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ فَلَا يَنْتَهُونَ عَنْهُ فَمَضَيْنَا مَعَ النَّاسِ حَتَّى دَخَلَ مَسْجِدَ الْكُوفَةِ وَدَخَلْنَا مَعَهُ فَتَنَحَّى إِلَى سَارِيَةٍ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ إِلَيْنَا بِوَجْهِهِ فَقَالَ «يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ مَا لِي وَلَكُمْ تَطَئُونَ عَقِبِي فِي كُلِّ سِكَّةٍ وَأَنَا إِنْسَانٌ ضَعِيفٌ تَكُونُ لِيَ الْحَاجَةُ فَلَا أَقْدِرُ عَلَيْهَا مَعَكُمْ لَا تَفْعَلُوا رَحِمَكُمُ اللَّهُ مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ إِلَيَّ حَاجَةٌ فَلْيَلْقَنِي هَا هُنَا» قَالَ وَكَانَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ سَأَلَ وَفْدًا قَدِمُوا عَلَيْهِ هَلْ سَقَطَ إِلَيْكُمْ رَجُلٌ مِنْ قَرْنٍ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ كَيْتَ وَكَيْتَ؟ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ لِأُوَيْسٍ ذَكَرَكَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ ذَلِكَ كَمَا يُقَالَ مَا كَانَ ذَلِكَ مِنْ ذِكْرِهِ مَا أَتَبَلَّغُ إِلَيْكُمْ بِهِ قَالَ وَكَانَ أُوَيْسٌ أَخَذَ عَلَى الرَّجُلِ عَهْدًا وَمِيثَاقًا أَنْ لَا يُحَدِّثَ بِهِ غَيْرَهُ قَالَ ثُمَّ قَالَ أُوَيْسٌ «إِنَّ هَذَا الْمَجْلِسَ يَغْشَاهُ ثَلَاثَةُ نَفَرٍ مُؤْمِنٌ فَقِيهٌ وَمُؤْمِنٌ لَمْ يَتَفَقَّهْ وَمُنَافِقٌ وَذَلِكَ فِي الدُّنْيَا مِثْلُ الْغَيْثِ يَنْزِلُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ فَيُصِيبُ الشَّجَرَةَ الْمُورِقَةَ الْمُونِعَةَ الْمُثْمِرَةَ فَيَزِيدُ وَرَقَهَا حُسْنًا وَيَزِيدُهَا إِينَاعًا وَكَذَلِكَ يَزِيدُ ثَمَرَهَا طِيبًا وَيُصِيبُ الشَّجَرَةَ الْمُورِقَةَ الْمُونِعَةَ الَّتِي لَيْسَ لَهَا ثَمَرَةٌ فَيَزِيدُهَا إِينَاقًا وَيَزِيدُهَا وَرَقَهَا حُسْنًا وَتَكُونُ لَهَا ثَمَرَةٌ فَتَخْلَقُ بِأُخْتِهَا وَيُصِيبُ الْهَشِيمُ مِنَ الشَّجَرِ فَيَحْطِمُهُ فَيَذْهَبُ بِهِ» قَالَ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ الْآيَةَ {وَنُنَزِّلُ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ مَا هُوَ شِفَاءٌ وَرَحْمَةٌ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَلَا يَزِيدُ الظَّالِمِينَ إِلَّا خَسَارًا} [الإسراء 82] لَمْ يُجَالِسْ هَذَا الْقُرْآنُ أَحَدًا إِلَّا قَامَ عَنْهُ بِزِيَادَةٍ أَوْ نُقْصَانٍ فَقَضَاءُ اللَّهِ الَّذِي قَضَى شِفَاءٌ وَرَحْمَةٌ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَلَا يَزِيدُ الظَّالِمِينَ إِلَّا خَسَارًا اللَّهُمَّ ارْزُقْنِي شَهَادَةً تَسْبِقُ كِسْرَتُهَا أذَاهَا وَأَمْنُهَا فَزَعَهَا تُوجِبُ الْحَيَاةَ وَالرِّزْقَ ثُمَّ سَكَتَ قَالَ أَسِيرٌ فَقَالَ لِي صَاحِبِي كَيْفَ رَأَيْتَ الرَّجُلَ؟ قُلْتُ مَا ازْدَدْتُ فِيهِ إِلَّا رَغْبَةً وَمَا أَنَا بِالَّذِي أُفَارِقُهُ فَلَزِمْنَا فَلَمْ نَلْبَثْ إِلَّا يَسِيرًا حَتَّى ضَرَبَ عَلَى النَّاسِ بَعْثُ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلِيٌّ فَخَرَجَ صَاحِبُ الْقَطِيفَةِ أُوَيْسٌ فِيهِ وَخَرَجْنَا مَعَهُ فِيهِ وَكُنَّا نَسِيرُ مَعَهُ وَنَنْزِلُ مَعَهُ حَتَّى نَزَلْنَا بِحَضْرَةِ الْعَدُوِّصحيح وعلى شرط مسلم

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Verily, among my followers there are those who are unable to come to their mosques or places of prayer due to nakedness. Their faith prevents them from asking the people for clothing. Uwais Al-Qarani and Furat bin Hayyan Al-Ajli are among them."

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ مِنْ أُمَّتِي مَنْ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ مَسْجِدَهُ أَوْ مُصَلَّاهُ مِنَ الْعُرْيِ يَحْجِزُهُ إِيمَانُهُ أَنْ يَسْأَلَ النَّاسَ مِنْهُمْ أُوَيْسٌ الْقَرَنِيُّ وَفُرَاتُ بْنُ حَيَّانَ الْعِجْلِيُّ»

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, among my ummah (community) are those who are unable to come to their mosque or place of prayer because of their nakedness, and their faith prevents them from asking people. Among them are Uwais Al-Qarni and Furat ibn Hayyan Al-Ajli."

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ مِنْ أُمَّتِي مَنْ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ مَسْجِدَهُ أَوْ مُصَلَّاهُ مِنَ الْعُرْيِ يَحْجُزُهُ إِيمَانُهُ أَنْ يَسْأَلَ النَّاسَ؛ مِنْهُمْ أُوَيْسٌ الْقَرَنِيُّ وَفُرَاتُ بْنُ حَيَّانَ الْعِجْلِيُّ»

"إِنَّ من أُمّتِى من لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ أَن يأْتِى مَسجده أَوْ مُصَلَّاهُ من العُرْى، يَحْجِزُهُ إِيمانُهُ أَن يَسْأَل النّاسَ، منهم أُويسٌ القُرَنى، وفراتُ بنُ حَيّانَ".

[Machine] I dressed Owais Al-Qarni in two pieces of fabric from the bareness.

«كَسَوْتُ أُوَيْسًا الْقَرَنِيَّ ثَوْبَيْنِ مِنَ الْعُرْيِ»

[Machine] Indeed, Uwais al-Qarni used to give charity with his own clothes, to the extent that he would sit naked because he couldn't find anything to cover himself until Friday.

«إِنَّ أُوَيْسًا الْقَرَنِيَّ لَيَتَصَدَّقُ بِثِيَابِهِ حَتَّى يَجْلِسَ عُرْيَانًا لَا يَجِدُ مَا يَرُوحُ فِيهِ إِلَى الْجُمُعَةِ»

[AI] We raided Azerbaijan in the time of ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, and with us was Uways al-Qaranī. When we returned—meaning, he fell ill among us—we carried him, but he could not hold on and died. So we came to a stop, and there was a grave already dug, water poured out, a shroud, and embalming perfume. We washed him, shrouded him, prayed over him, and buried him. Then some of us said to one another, “If we go back and mark his grave, we can ask forgiveness for him.” So we went back, and there was no grave and no trace of it.

غَزَوْنَا أَذْرِبِيجَانَ زَمَنَ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ وَمَعَنَا أُوَيْسٌ الْقَرَنِيُّ فَلَمَّا رَجَعْنَا يَعْنِي مَرِضَ عَلَيْنَا فَحَمَلْنَاهُ فَلَمْ يَسْتَمْسِكْ فَمَاتَ فَنَزَلْنَا فَإِذَا قَبْرٌ مَحْفُورٌ وَمَاءٌ مَسْكُوبٌ وَكَفَنٌ وَحَنُوطٌ فَغَسَّلْنَاهُ وَكَفَّنَّاهُ وَصَلَّيْنَا عَلَيْهِ وَدَفَنَّاهُ فَقَالَ بَعْضُنَا لِبَعْضٍ لَوْ رَجَعْنَا فَعَلَّمْنَا قَبْرَهُ فَنَسْتَغْفِرَ لَهُ فَرَجَعْنَا فَإِذَا لَا قَبْرَ وَلَا أَثَرَ لَهُ

[AI] Uways saw a man praying, standing and sitting. He said, “What is the matter with you?” He replied, “I stand to pray, then Satan comes and says, ‘You are showing off, so sit down.’ Then my soul urges me back to prayer, so I stand up again, and he says, ‘You are showing off, so sit down.’” He said, “If you were alone, would you pray this prayer?” He replied, “Yes.” He said, “Then pray, for you are not showing off.”

رَأَى أُوَيْسٌ رَجُلًا يُصَلِّي يَقُومُ وَيَقْعُدُ قَالَ مَا لَكَ؟ قَالَ أَقُومُ فَيَجِيءُ الشَّيْطَانُ فَيَقُولُ إِنَّكَ تُرَائِي فَاجْلِسْ ثُمَّ تُنَازِعُنِي نَفْسِي إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَأَقُومُ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ إِنَّكَ تُرَائِي فَاجْلِسْ فَقَالَ لَوْ خَلَوْتَ كُنْتَ تُصَلِّي هَذِهِ الصَّلَاةَ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ صَلِّ فَلَسْتَ تُرَائِي

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "A man will be saved from the Fire through the intercession of a person who is not a prophet; he is more than Rabee'ah and Mudar." Al-Hasan said, "They used to think that he was Uthman or Uwais al-Qarni."

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَيَخْرُجَنَّ مِنَ النَّارِ بِشَفَاعَةِ رَجُلٍ مَا هُوَ نَبِيٌّ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ رَبِيعَةَ وَمُضَرَ» قَالَ الْحَسَنُ وَكَانُوا يَرَوْنَهُ أَنَّهُ عُثْمَانُ ؓ أَوْ أُوَيْسٌ الْقَرَنِيُّ ؓ

[AI] “Nothing prevented Uways from coming to the Prophet ﷺ except his dutifulness toward his mother.”

«إِنَّمَا مَنَعَ أُوَيْسًا أَنْ يَقْدَمَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِرُّهُ بِأُمِّهِ»

"عن صعصعة بن معاوية قال: كان أويسُ بن عامرٍ من التابعين رجلٌ من قرَنٍ، وإن عمرَ بنَ الخطاب قال: أخبرنا رسولُ اللَّه ﷺ أنه سيكونُ في التابعين رجلٌ مِنْ قَرنٍ يقالُ له: أويسُ بن عامرٍ، يخرج به وضَحٌ فيدعو اللَّه أن يُذْهِبَه عنه فيقول: اللهم دع لى في جسدى منه ما أذكرُ به نعمَتك علىَّ، فيدع له في جسدِه ما يذكر به نعمَته عليه، فمن أدركه منكم فاستطاع أن يستغفر له فليستغفر له".

"إِنَّه سيكُونُ في التابعين رجلٌ مِنْ قَرْنِ يُقالُ لَهُ: أُوَيْسُ بنُ عامر يخرجُ به وضحٌ فيدعو اللَّه أَنْ يُذهبَهُ عنه فيذهبه فيقول: اللَّهُم دعْ لى في جَسَدى ما أذكُرُ به نعَمتك علىَّ فَيَدعُ منّهْ ما يذْكُرُ بِه نعْمَتَه عليْه، فمن أدْرَكَهُ مِنْكُم فاستطاع أَنْ يستغْفرَ له فليَستَغفرْ لَهُ".

"يَأتِى عَلَيْكُمْ أُوَيْسُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ مَعَ أَمْدَادِ أَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ مِنْ مُرَادٍ، ثُمَّ مِنْ قَرَن، كَانَ بِهِ برَصٌ فَبَرَأَ مِنْهُ إِلَّا مَوْضِعَ دِرْهَمٍ، لَهُ وَالِدَةٌ هُوَ بِهَا بَرٌّ، لَوْ أَقْسَمَ عَلَى اللَّه لأَبَرَّهُ؛ فإِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ يَسْتَغْفِرَ لَكَ فَافْعَلْ".

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"إِنَّ من خيارِ التابعين أُويْسٌ القُرَنِىُّ" .

"خَيْرُ التَّابِعِينَ أُوَيْسٌ الْقرنِىُّ".

"إِنَّ مِنْ خَيْرِ التابعين أُوَيْسٌ الْقَرنِي" .

"يَا عُمَرُ: يَكُونُ في أُمَّتِى في آخِرِ النَّاسِ رَجُلٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ: أُوَيْسٌ الْقَرْنِى، يُصِيبُهُ بَلاَءٌ وفي جَسَدِهِ، فَيَدْعُو الله ﷻ فَيَذهَبُ بِهِ إِلاَّ لمَعَةً في جَنْبهِ إِذَا رآهَا ذَكَرَ الله، فَإِذَا رَأيْتَه فأَقْرِئْهُ مِنِّى السَّلاَمَ، وأمُرهُ أَنْ يَدْعُو لَكَ، فَإِنَّهُ كَرِيمٌ عَلَى رَبِّهِ، بَارٌّ بِوَالِدَيْهِ، لَوْ يُقْسِمُ عَلَى الله لأَبَرَّهُ، يَشْفَعُ لِمِثْلِ رَبِيعَةَ وَمُضَرَ".

("خَيْرُ التَّابعِينَ رَجُلٌ منْ قَرَن يُقَالُ لَهُ: أوَيْسٌ القَرَنِىُّ، وَلَهُ وَالِدَةٌ، وَكَانَ بِهِ بَيَاضٌ فدَعَا اللَّه فَأَذْهَبَهُ عَنْهُ إِلَّا مَوْضِعَ الدِّرْهَمِ مِن سُرَّتهِ".

"خَلِّيلى مِنْ هَذِهِ الأُمَّة أُوَيسُ القَرَنِىُّ".

"عَنْ نَهْشَلِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنِ الضَّحَّاكِ بْنِ مُزَاحِمٍ، عَن ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ (قال: مكث عمر) يَسْأَلُ عن أُوَيْسٍ الْقَرْنِى عَشْرَ سِنِينَ، فَذَكَر أَنَّهُ قَالَ: يَا أَهْلَ اليمَنِ! مَنْ كَانَ مِنْ مُرَادٍ فَلْيَقُمْ، فَقَامَ مَنْ كَانَ مِن مُرَادٍ وَقَعَدَ آخَرُونَ، فَقَالَ: أَفيكُمْ أُوَيْسٌ؟ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ: يا أَميرَ الْمؤمِنيِنَ! لَا نَعْرِفُ أُوَيْسًا وَلَكِنِ ابْنُ أَخٍ لِى يُقَالُ لَهُ أُوَيْسٌ هُوَ أَضْعَفُ وَأَمْهنُ مِن أَنْ يَسْأَلَ مِثْلُكَ عَن مَثْلِهِ، قال له: أَبِحَرَمِنَا هو؟ قَالَ: نَعَم هُوَ بالأَرَاكِ بِعَرَفةَ يَرْعَى إِبِلَ الْقَوْمِ فَرَكِبَ عُمَرُ وَعَلِىٌّ ؓ حِمَارَيْنِ ثُمَّ انْطَلَقَا حَتَّى أَتَيَا الأَراكَ فَإِذا هُوَ قَائِمٌ يُصَلِّى، يَضْرِبُ ببَصَرِه نَحْوَ مَسْجِدِه وقَدْ دَخَلَ بَعْضُهُ فِى بَعْضٍ، فَلَمْا رَأَيَاهُ قَالَ أحَدُهُما لِصَاحِبه: إِنْ يَكُ أَحَدٌ الَّذِى نَطلُبُهُ فَهَذَا هُوَ، فَلَما سَمِع حديثهما خَفَّفَ وَانْصَرَفَ، فسلما عليه فرد عليهما، فلما رَدَّ عَلَيْهِما: وَعَلَيْكُمَا السَّلَام وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّه وبركاته، قَالَا لَه: مَا اسْمُكَ رَحِمَك اللَّه؟ قَالَ: أَنَا رَاعِى هَذِهِ الإِبِل، قَالَا: أَخْبِرْنَا بِاسْمكَ، قَالَ: أَنَا أَجِيرُ الْقَوْم، قَالَا: مَا اسْمكَ؟ قال: أَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّه، قَالَ لَهُ عَلِىٌّ: قَدْ عَلِمْنَا أَنَّ مَن فِى السَّمَواتِ وَالأَرْضِ عبيدُ اللَّه فَأَنْشُدُكَ برَبّ هَذِهِ الْكَعْبَةِ, رَبِّ هَذَا الْحَرَمِ مَا اسْمُكَ الَّذِى سَمَّتْكَ بِه أُمُّكَ؟ قَالَ: وَمَا تُريدَان إِلَى ذَلكَ؟ قال: أَنَا أُوَيْسُ بْنُ عامر، فَقَالَا لَه: اكْشِفْ لَنَا عَن شِقِّكَ الأَيْسَرِ فَكَشَفَ لهما، فإذا لمعة بيضاء قدر الدرهم من غير سوء) فابْتَدَرَا يُقَبِّلَانِ المَوْضِعَ، ثُمَّ قَالَا لَهُ: إِنَّ رسُولَ ﷺ أَمَرَنَا أن نُقْرِئَكَ السَّلَامَ وَأَنْ نَسْأَلَكَ أَنْ تَدْعُوَ لَنَا، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ دُعَائِى فِى شَرْقِ الأَرْضِ وَغَرْبِهَا لِجَمِيع المُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمنَاتِ، فَقَالَا: ادْع لنا! فَدَعَا لَهُمَا وَلِلمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمؤْمِنَاتِ، فَقَالَ له عمر: أُعطيك شيئًا من رزقى أو من عطائى تستعين به، فقال: ثَوْباىَ جَدِيدَانِ، وَنَعْلَاىَ مَخْصُوفَتَانِ، وَمَعِى أَرْبَعَةُ دَرَاهمَ، وَلِى فَضْلَةٌ عنْدَ الْقَوْمِ، فَمَتَى أُفْنِى هَذَا؟ إِنَّهُ مَن أَمَّلَ جُمُعَةً أَمَّل شَهْرًا، وَمَن أَمَّلَ شَهْرًا أَمَّل سَنَةً، ثُمَّ رَدَّ عَلَى الْقَوْمِ إِبِلَهُمْ، ثُمَّ فَارَقَهُم فَلَم يَرَهُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ".

"عن الحسن قال: قال رسول اللَّه ﷺ يَدْخُلُ بِشَفَاعَةِ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أُمَّتِى الْجَنَّةَ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ رَبِيعَةَ وَمضَرَ، أمَا أُسَمِّى لَكُمْ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلَ؟ (*) بَلَى، قال: ذَاكَ أُوَيْسٌ الْقَرْنِىُّ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: يَا عُمَرُ! إِنْ أَدْرَكْتَهُ فَأَقرِئْهُ مِنِّى السَّلَامَ، وَقُلْ لَهُ حَتَّى يَدْعُوَ لَكَ، وَاعْلَمْ أَنَّهُ كَانَ بِهِ وَضَحٌ فَدَعَا اللَّه فَرَفَعَ عَنْهُ، ثُمَّ دَعَاهُ فَردَّ عَلَيْه بَعْضَهُ، فَلَمَّا كَانَ فِى خِلَافَةِ عُمَرَ قَال عُمَرُ -وهو بالموسم-: لِيَجْلِسْ كُلُّ رَجُلٍ مِنْكُمْ إِلَّا مَنْ كَانَ من قرْنٍ، فَجَلَسُوا إلَّا رَجُلًا فَدَعَاهُ فَقَالَ له: هَلْ تَعْرِفُ فِيكُمْ رَجُلًا اسْمُهُ أُويْسٌ؟ قَالَ: وَمَا تُرِيدُ مِنْهُ؟ فَإِنَّهُ رَجُلٌ لَا يُعرَفُ، يَأوِى الْخَرِبَاتِ، لَا يُخَالِطُ النَّاسَ، فَقَال: أَقْرِئهُ مِنِّى السَّلَامَ وَقُلْ لَهُ حَتَّى يَلْقَانِى،

فَأَبْلَغَهُ الرَّجُلُ رِسَالَةَ عُمَرَ فَقَدِم عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ: أَنْتَ أُوَيْسٌ؟ فَقَالَ: نَعَمْ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤمِنِينَ، فَقَالَ: صَدَقَ اللَّه وَرَسُولُهُ هَلْ كَانَ بِكَ وَضَحٌ دَعَوْتَ اللَّه فَرَفَعَهُ عَنْكَ، ثُمَّ دَعَوْتَهُ فَرَدَّ عَلَيْكَ بَعْضَهُ؟ فَقَالَ: نَعَمْ، مَنْ أخْبَرَكَ به؟ فَوَاللَّه مَا اطَّلَعَ عَلَيْهِ غَيْرُ اللَّه! قَالَ: أخْبَرَنِى بِهِ رَسُولُ اللَّه ﷺ ، وَأَمَرنِى أَنْ أَسأَلك حَتَّى تَدْعُوَ لِى، وَقَالَ: يَدْخُل الْجَنَّةَ بِشَفَاعَةِ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أُمَّتِى أَكْثَرُ مِنْ رَبيعَةَ وَمُضَر، ثُمَّ سَمَّاكَ فَدَعَا لِعُمَرَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ: حَاجَتِى إِلَيْكَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنينَ أَنْ تَكْتُمَهَا عَلَىَّ وَتَأذَنَ لِى فِى الانْصِرَافِ، فَفَعَلَ، ، فَلَمْ يَزَلْ مُسْتَخْفِيًا مِنَ النَّاسِ حَتَّى قُتِلَ يَوْمَ نَهَاوَنْد فِيمَنِ اسْتُشْهِدَ".