Last part ..... [8:15PM, 13/08/2014] : And so finally after ten years Umar ibn Al-Khatab RA goes and he starts to inquire amongst the people of Yemen who are coming from hajj “أفيكم أويس القرني؟ “[ Afeekom Uwais Al Qarani?] – and they said, “Yes. There he is.” and they pointed him out and Umar RA went to him and he said, “Are you Uwais ibn ‘Aamir?” and he said, “yes”, He said from Muraad? He said yes, from Qaran? He said yes. and Umar RA said, did you have leprosy and you were cured from your leprosy except for a dirham on your shoulder? And he said yes. and Umar asked to see it and he saw it. And then he said, “And do you have a mother that you, that you are obedient to?” And he said yes. He said, “Then you are the one that the Prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam spoke about. So he said, “Seek forgiveness for me”. So Uwais Al-Qarani said, “You’re a sahabi, you’re ‘Umar ibn Al-Khattab “لو كان نبيا من بعدي لكان عمر” [Laww kaan nabiyyan min badi la kaan Umar] – if there is to be a prophet after me it would have been ‘Umar. You make istikhara for me, you should seek forgiveness for me.” And Umar RA said, “No. The Prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam said if I meet this person then I should ask him to seek forgiveness.” So he did so. Then Umar RA he said to him, “Are there any favors I can do for you? Where are you headed to next?” He said, “I’m going to Kufa in Iraq”. He said, “Let me write a letter to the governor of Kufa so he can honor you, so that you can be taken care of.” Uwais said, “I don’t have any need for that. I like to live amongst the poor and the simple.” He said, “The only favor I ask you is that you don’t tell anybody. You don’t spread this news about me” and things of that sort because obviously it would spoil his hajj and subhanAllah it shows you his humility [8:16PM, 13/08/2014] : the Prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam said, “The closest to me on the Day of Judgment and the most beloved to me are those who have the best character.” And if we have good character then we too can be superstars and we ask Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala to join us with the companions and the “صديقون” [siddeeqoon]– the truthful ones and the شهداء [shuhadaa]- and the martyrs and we ask Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala to make us with the Prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam in jannah-tul firadous. Allahumma Ameen.
Posted on: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 15:14:42 +0000
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