Gardens of the Righteous — Page 84
84. GARDENS OF THE RIGHTEOUS. Another version is: A deputation from Kufa waited upon Umar. Among them was one who used to deride Uwais. Umar inquired: Is there anyone among you who is of the Qarn? So this man stepped forward. Then Umar said: The Holy. Prophet had said: A man will come to you from the Yemen named Uwais. He will have left in the Yemen only his mother. He was suffering from leucoderma and prayed to Allah to be cured of it. So he was cured except for a space the size of a coin. Whoever of you should meet him should ask him to pray for forgiveness for him. Another version is: Umar said: I have heard the Holy. Prophet say: The best one of the next generation is a man called Uwais, he has a mother and suffers from leucoderma. Go to him and ask him to pray for forgiveness for you. 376. Umar ibn Khattab relates: I asked leave of the Holy Prophet to perform the Umra. He gave me leave and said: Brother of mine, do not forget us in your supplications. This is something I would not exchange for the whole world (Abu Daud and Tirmidhi). Another version is: He said: Include us, my brother, in your supplications. 377. Ibn Umar relates: The Holy Prophet used to visit Quba, riding or walking, and perform two raka'as of Prayer in the mosque there (Bokhari and. Muslim). Another version is: The Holy Prophet visited the mosque at Quba every week, riding or walking, and Ibn Umar did the same. 46. . On the Excellence of Love for the Sake of Allah. Allah, the Exalted, has said: 142. Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. Those who are with him are unyielding towards the disbelievers, compasssionate towards one another . . . Allah has promised forgiveness and a great reward to those of them who believe and work righteousness (48. 30). 143. . Those who had established their homes in Medina and had accepted the faith before the coming of the. Refugees, love those who come to them for refuge (59. 10). 378. Anas relates that the Holy Prophet said: Whoever possesses three qualities tastes through them the sweetness of faith: one, that he should love. Allah and His Messenger above all else; two, that he should love someone solely for the sake of Allah; and three, that he should abhor reverting to disbelief, after Allah has rescued him from it, as he would abhor being thrown into the Fire (Bokhari and Muslim). 379. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: Seven will be sheltered under the safeguarding shade of Allah's mercy on the Day on which