Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-2586b
"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".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Ṣaʿṣaʿah b. Muʿāwiyah
- Kān ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb Yasʾal and Fd Ahl
Machine translation, not reviewed
"From Sa'sa'ah ibn Mu'awiyah who said: 'Umar ibn al-Khattab used to ask the delegation of the people of Kufa when they came to him: Do you know Uways ibn 'Amir al-Qarani? They would say: No. Uways was a man who kept to the mosque in Kufa and hardly ever left it, and he had a paternal cousin who frequented the ruler and harmed Uways. The cousin came to 'Umar in the delegation from the people of Kufa. 'Umar said: Do you know Uways ibn 'Amir al-Qarani? His cousin said: O Commander of the Faithful, Uways has not reached the level of being known by you; he is merely a lowly person, and he is my cousin. 'Umar said to him: Woe to you, you are ruined! The Messenger of Allah ﷺ told us that there would be among the Successors a man called Uways ibn 'Amir al-Qarani. Whoever of you meets him and is able to ask him to forgive him, let him do so. When you see him, convey my greetings to him and order him to come to me. So he came to him, and when he entered upon him, he said: Are you Uways ibn 'Amir al-Qarani? Are you the one from whom a white patch of leprosy emerged, so you called upon Allah to remove it from you and He removed it? You said: O Allah, leave for me in my body some of it by which I may remember Your blessing? He said: How did you know, O Commander of the Faithful? By Allah, if I had told this to any human being... He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ told me about it, that there would be among the Successors a man called Uways ibn 'Amir al-Qarani, from whom a white patch of leprosy will emerge, and he will call upon Allah to remove it from him and He will do so, and he will say: O Allah, leave in my body that by which I remember Your blessing, and He will do so. Whoever meets him and is able to ask him for forgiveness, let him do so. So ask forgiveness for me, O Uways! (He said: May Allah forgive you, O Commander of the Faithful!) He said: And may Allah forgive you, O Uways ibn 'Amir! The people said: Ask forgiveness for us, O Uways! He turned away, and he was not seen until this hour."
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[ع] أبو يعلى وابن منده، [كر] ابن عساكر في تاريخه
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