Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-2588b
"عَن عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ الْحَضْرمِىِّ قَالَ: انْتَهَى الزُّهْدُ إِلَى ثَمَانِيةِ نَفَرٍ مِنَ التَّابِعِينَ: عَامِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّه الْقَيْسِى، وَأُوَيْسٍ الْقَرنىِّ، وَهَرِمِ بْنِ حَيَّانَ الْعَبْدِىِّ، والرَّبِيعِ ابْنِ خَيْثَمٍ الثَّوْرِىِّ وَأَبِى مَسْلَمَة الْخَوْلَانِىّ، وَالأَسْوَدِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ، وَمَسْرُوقِ بْنِ الأَجْدعَ وَالْحَسَنِ بْنِ أَبِى الْحَسَنِ البَصْرِىِّ، فَأَمَّا أُوَيْسٌ الْقَرْنِىُّ فَإِنَّ أَهْلَهُ ظَنُّوا أَنَّهُ مَجْنُونٌ فَبَنَوْا لَهُ بَيْتًا عَلَى بَابِ دَارِهِمْ، فَكَانَ يَأتِى عَلَيْه السَّنَةُ وَالسَّنَتَانِ لَا يَرَوْنَ لَهُ وَجْهًا، وَكَانَ طَعَامُهُ فِيمَا يُلْقَطُ مِنَ النَّوَى، فَإِذَا أَمْسَى بَاعَهُ لإِفْطَارِهِ، وَإِنْ أَصَابَ حَشَفَةً () خبأها لإِفْطَارِه، فَلَمَّا وُلِّىَ عُمَرُ ابْنُ الْخَطَّابِ قَالَ: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ! قُومُوا بالموسم، فَقَال: أَلَا اجْلسُوا إلَّا مَنْ كَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ، فجلسُوا، فَقال: ألا اجْلِسُوا إلَّا من كان من أهل الكوفة، فجلسوا، فقال: ألا اجلسوا إلا من كان من مراد، فجلسوا، فقال: ألا اجلسوا) إلّا مَنْ كان مِنْ قرْنٍ فَجَلَسُوا إِلَّا رَجُلًا -وَكَانَ عَمَّ أُوَيْسٍ- فَقَالَ عُمَرُ لَهُ، أَقَرنِىٌّ أَنْتَ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ قَالَ: أَتَعْرِفُ أُويْسًا - قَالَ: وَمَا تَسْألُ عَن ذَلِكَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ؟ فَوَاللَّه مَا فِينَا أَخَفُّ منه وَلَا أَجَنُّ مِنْهُ وَلَا أَهْوَجُ مِنْهُ، فَبَكَى عُمَرُ وَقَالَ: بِكَ لَا بِهِ، سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّه ﷺ يَقُولُ: يَدْخُلُ الَجَنَّةَ بِشَفَاعَتِهِ مِثلُ رَبِيعَةَ وَمُضَرَ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- ʿAlqamah b. Marthad al-Ḥaḍrmi
Machine translation, not reviewed
"From 'Alqamah ibn Martad al-Hadrami, who said: Asceticism reached eight men among the Tabi'un: 'Amir ibn 'Abdullah al-Qays, and Uways al-Qarani, and Harim ibn Hayyan al-'Abdi, and al-Rabi' ibn Khaytham al-Thawri, and Abu Muslim al-Khawlani, and al-Aswad ibn Yazid, and Masruq ibn al-Ajda', and al-Hasan ibn Abi al-Hasan al-Basri. As for Uways al-Qarani, his family thought he was insane, so they built him a room at the door of their house. A year or two years would pass without them seeing his face. His food was what he gathered from date pits. When evening came, he would sell them to break his fast, and if he found a rotten date he would save it to break his fast. When 'Umar ibn al-Khattab was appointed, he said: 'O people! Stand for the gathering.' Then he said: 'Sit down, except whoever is from the people of Yemen,' and they sat. Then he said: 'Sit down, except whoever is from the people of Kufah,' and they sat. Then he said: 'Sit down, except whoever is from Murad,' and they sat. Then he said: 'Sit down, except whoever is from Qarn,' and they all sat except a man, who was the paternal uncle of Uways. 'Umar said to him: 'Are you from Qarn?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Do you know Uways?' He said: 'And what do you ask about that, O Commander of the Believers? By Allah, among us there is no one lighter than him, nor more insane than him, nor more foolish than him.' 'Umar wept and said: 'It is because of you, not because of him. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: A people equal to the tribes of Rabi'ah and Mudar will enter Paradise through his intercession.'"
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Notes
[كر] ابن عساكر في تاريخه
machine translation[Kar] Ibn ʿAsākir, in his Tārīkh.
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