Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-2085b
"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".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Sayr b. Jābr
- Kān Muḥdth Bi-al-Kūfh
Machine translation, not reviewed
"Asir ibn Jabir said: A narrator in Kufah used to narrate to us, and when he finished his narration the people dispersed, and a group remained, among whom was a man who spoke words that I did not hear anyone else speak. I liked him, but then I lost sight of him. So I said to my companions: Do you know a man who used to sit with us, such-and-such? A man from the people said: Yes, I know him; that is Uways al-Qarani. I said: Do you know his house? He said: Yes. So I went with him until I knocked on his room, and he came out to me. I said: O my brother, what kept 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 they will harm me if they see it on me. I kept at him until he wore it. He went out to them, and they said: Was he deceived about this cloak of his? He came and put it down and said: Do you not see? Asir said: I went to the gathering and said: What do you want from this man? You have harmed him! A man gets stripped once and clothed once. I seized them with my tongue, sharply. Then it was decreed that the people of Kufah delegated to 'Umar, and a man from among those who used to mock him came. 'Umar said: Is there anyone here from the Qaranis? So that man was brought. He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: A man will come to you from Yemen, called Uways, who leaves nothing in Yemen except his mother, and he had whiteness, so he asked Allah and it was removed from him except the size of a dirham. Whoever of you meets him, tell him to seek forgiveness for you. He said: So he came to us. 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: My mother. I said: Did you have whiteness, and you asked Allah and He removed it from you? He said: Yes. I said: Seek forgiveness for me. He said: Would someone like me seek forgiveness for someone like you, O Commander of the Faithful? He said: So he sought forgiveness. I said to him: You are my brother; do not leave me. He slipped away from me. Then I was informed that he had come to you in Kufah. That man who used to mock him and belittle him began to say: Is this among us, and we do not know him? 'Umar said: Yes, he is such-and-such, as if he were lowering his status. The man said: Among us, O Commander of the Faithful, is a man called Uways, whom we mock. He said: You will reach him, and I do not see you reaching him. So that man went and entered upon him before he came to his family. Uways said to him: This is not your custom; what has come over you? He said: I heard 'Umar say about you such-and-such, so seek forgiveness for me, O Uways. He said: I will not do it until you make a pledge to me that you will not mock me henceforth, and that you will not mention what you heard from 'Umar to anyone. So he sought forgiveness for him. Asir said: We had not waited long before his matter spread in Kufah. I went to him, entered upon him, and said: O my brother, should I not be the first to wonder, while we are unaware? He said: This was not something by which I would earn a living among the people, and every servant is recompensed only for his deeds. Then he slipped away from them and left."
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ابن سعد، [حل] أبى نعيم في الحلية [ق] البيهقى في السنن في الدلائل، [كر] ابن عساكر في تاريخه
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