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Riyad as-Salihin 372

When delegations from Yemen came to the help of (the Muslim army at the time of Jihad) Umar (radiyallahu anhu) would ask them, “Is there Owais ibn Amir amongst you?” (He continued searching him)…

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وعن أُسَير بن عمرو ويقال

«: ابن جابر وهو «بضم الهمزة وفتح السين المهملة«قال: كان عمر بن الخطاب إذا أتى عليه أمداد أهل اليمن سألهم: أفيكم أويس بن عامر؟ حتى أتى على أويس رضي الله عنه، فقال له: أنت أويس بن عامر؟

قال: نعم، قال: من مراد ثم من قرن؟ قال: نعم قال: فكان بك برص، فبرأت منه إلا موضع درهم؟ قال: نعم قال: لك والدة؟ قال: نعم، قال: سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول: «يأتي عليكم أويس بن عامر مع أمداد أهل اليمن من مراد، ثم من قرن كان به برص، فبرأ منه إلا موضع درهم، له والدة هو بها بر لو أقسم على الله لأبره، فإن استطعت أن يستغفر لك فافعل«فاستغفر لي فاستغفر له، فقال له عمر: أين تريد؟

قال: الكوفة، قال: ألا أكتب لك إلى عاملها؟ قال: أكون في غبراء الناس أحب إلي، فلما كان من العام المقبل حج رجل من أشرافهم، فوافق عمر، فسأله عن أويس، فقال: تركته رث البيت قليل المتاع، قال: سمعت رسول الله يقول: يأتي عليكم أويس بن عامر مع أمداد من أهل اليمن من مراد، ثم من قرن، كان به برص فبرأ منه إلا موضع درهم، له والدة هو بها بر لو أقسم على الله لأبره، فإن استطعت أن يستغفر لك: فافعل، فأتى أويسًا، فقال استغفر لي قال: أنت أحدث عهدًا بسفر صالح، فاستغفر لي.

قال: لقيت عمر؟ قال: نعم، فاستغفر له، ففطن له الناس، فانطلق على وجهه وفي رواية لمسلم أيضًا عن أُسِير بن جابر رضي الله عنه أن أهل الكوفة وفدوا على عمر رضي الله عنه، وفيهم رجل ممن كان يسخر بأويس، فقال عمر: هل هاهنا أحد من القرنين؟ فجاء ذلك الرجل، فقال عمر: إن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قد قال: «إن رجلا يأتيكم من اليمن يقال له: أويس، لا يدع باليمن غير أم له، قد كان به بياض فدعا الله تعالى، فأذهبه إلا موضع الدينار أو الدرهم، فمن لقيه منكم، فليستغفر لكم».

وفي رواية له عن عمر رضي الله عنه قال: «إنى سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول: «إن خير التابعين رجل يقال له: أويس: وله والدة وكان به بياض، فمروه، فليستغفر لكم»

When delegations from Yemen came to the help of (the Muslim army at the time of Jihad) Umar (radiyallahu anhu) would ask them, “Is there Owais ibn Amir amongst you?” (He continued searching him) until he met Owais (radiyallahu anhu).

He said, “Are you Owais ibn Amir?” He said, “Yes”. Umar asked, “Are you from the Qaran branch of the tribe of Murad?” He said, “Yes”. He Umar (radiyallahu anhu) again said, “Did you suffer from leucoderma and then you were cured from it but for the space of a dirham?”

He said, “Yes”. He Umar (radiyallahu anhu) said, “Is your mother still alive?” He said, “Yes”. He Umar (radiyallahu anhu) said, “I heard Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) saying, ‘There would come to you Owais ibn Amir with the reinforcement from the people of Yemen. He would be from Qaran (the branch) of Murad. He had been suffering from leucoderma from which he was cured but for a spot of a dirham.

He has a mother to whom he is very dutiful. If he were to take an oath in the Name of Allah, Allah would fulfill his oath. And if it is possible for you, ask him to ask forgiveness for you.’ So, ask forgiveness for me”. He Owais (radiyallahu anhu) did so.

Umar (radiyallahu anhu) then said, “Where do you intend to go?” He said, “To Kufah.” He Umar (radiyallahu anhu) said, “Let me write a letter for you to its governor,” whereupon he Owais (radiyallahu anhu) said, “I love to live amongst the poor people”. The following year, a person from among the elite (of Kufah) performed Hajj and he met Umar (radiyallahu anhu).

Umar (radiyallahu anhu) asked him about Owais (radiyallahu anhu). He said, “I left him in a state with meagre means of sustenance in a decayed house.” (Thereupon) Umar (radiyallahu anhu) said, “I heard Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) saying, ‘There would come to you Owais ibn Amir of Qaran, a branch (of the tribe) of Murad, along with the reinforcement of the people of Yemen.

He had been suffering from leucoderma which would have been cured but for the space of a dirham. He has a mother to whom he is very dutiful. Were he to swear, trusting Allah, for something, Allah would fulfill his oath. If you can ask him to pray for forgiveness for you, do so’.

This man went to Owais (radiyallahu anhu) and asked him to pray for forgiveness for him. Owais (radiyallahu anhu) said to him, ‘You have just returned from a blessed journey, it is you who should pray for forgiveness for me; and did you meet Umar?’

The man said, ‘Yes’. ‘Owais (radiyallahu anhu) then prayed for forgiveness for him. People became aware of the high status of Owais (radiyallahu anhu) and he set out following his course.’”

Riyad as-Salihin 372, Book 1, The Book of Miscellany, Hadith 372. 2 min read

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Who passed it on, from Imam an-Nawawi back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam an-NawawiCompiler, died 676 AH
  2. 2Yusayr ibn Amr Aw ibn JabirFrom, Companion, died 85 AH

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