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Musnad Ahmad 266, 267 (Book 2, Hadith 180) #33955
The Impact of Uwais's Words on People

SUMMARY: Umar bin al-Khattab encountered a man named Uwais who had leprosy but was cured by Allah. Umar asked him to pray for forgiveness and he said that Umar should pray for him instead. He then disappeared and later came to Kufah, where he would gather with people in a circle and his words about Allah had an impact on them like no one else.

It was narrated that Usair bin Jabir said: 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 Uwais's 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: 'The best of the Tabi'een 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 Kufah. 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 Ju'fi, from 'Umar bin al-Khattab and he mentioned a Hadeeth similar to that of Affan.
حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ، عَنْ أُسَيْرِ بْنِ جَابِرٍ، قَالَ لَمَّا أَقْبَلَ أَهْلُ الْيَمَنِ جَعَلَ عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ يَسْتَقْرِي الرِّفَاقَ فَيَقُولُ هَلْ فِيكُمْ أَحَدٌ مِنْ قَرَنٍ حَتَّى أَتَى عَلَى قَرَنٍ فَقَالَ مَنْ أَنْتُمْ قَالُوا قَرَنٌ فَوَقَعَ زِمَامُ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَوْ زِمَامُ أُوَيْسٍ فَنَاوَلَهُ أَحَدُهُمَا الْآخَرَ فَعَرَفَهُ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ مَا اسْمُكَ قَالَ أَنَا أُوَيْسٌ فَقَالَ هَلْ لَكَ وَالِدَةٌ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَهَلْ كَانَ بِكَ مِنْ الْبَيَاضِ شَيْءٌ قَالَ نَعَمْ فَدَعَوْتُ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَأَذْهَبَهُ عَنِّي إِلَّا مَوْضِعَ الدِّرْهَمِ مِنْ سُرَّتِي لِأَذْكُرَ بِهِ رَبِّي قَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ اسْتَغْفِرْ لِي قَالَ أَنْتَ أَحَقُّ أَنْ تَسْتَغْفِرَ لِي أَنْتَ صَاحِبُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ خَيْرَ التَّابِعِينَ رَجُلٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ أُوَيْسٌ وَلَهُ وَالِدَةٌ وَكَانَ بِهِ بَيَاضٌ فَدَعَا اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ 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 اللَّهَ وَكَانَ يَجْلِسُ مَعَنَا فَكَانَ إِذَا ذَكَرَ هُوَ وَقَعَ حَدِيثُهُ مِنْ قُلُوبِنَا مَوْقِعًا لَا يَقَعُ حَدِيثُ غَيْرِهِ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ أَبِي الشَّوَارِبِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الْقَرْثَعِ عَنْ قَيْسٍ أَوْ ابْنِ قَيْسٍ رَجُلٍ مِنْ جُعْفِيٍّ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فَذَكَرَ نَحْوَ حَدِيثِ عَفَّانَ‏.‏
TOPICS
prayer  *  forgiveness  *  remembrance  *  whiteness  *  salat  *  afuw  *  dhikr  *  albaida  *  dirham

QUICK LESSONS:
Praying sincerely , Remembering God Almighty , Having an impactful presence through your words .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the encounter between 'Umar bin al-Khattab and the man called Uwais who had leprosy but was cured by Allah. When 'Umar asked him to pray for forgiveness, he said that 'Umar should pray for him instead as it is better than his own prayer due to his status as one of the companions of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. Later on, when Uwais came to Kufah, people gathered around in circles remembering Allah and whenever he spoke about Him it impacted them more than anyone else's words could do so. This teaches us the importance of prayer in our lives as well as how powerful remembrance can be when done with sincerity; even if we are not companions of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ like Uwais was we can still have an impact on others through our words if they come from our hearts sincerely seeking closeness with God Almighty.

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