THE SAYING OF THE HOLY PROPHET ABOUT HAZRAT OWAISE OF

QARNI.

Muhammad said, "Amongst my people there is a man who has the ability to save all
believers on Judgment Day." Muhammad's Companions enquired, "Who is this man?"
He said, "A man of God." They replied, "We are all men of God, as He has created
each one of us." They asked Muhammad, "What is his name?" Muhammad replied,
"Uwais". His companions asked, "Where is he from?" He said, "Yemen". All who
were gathered asked Muhammad, "If his love for you is as great as you describe, then
why has he not ever hurried to visit you and serve you?" Muhammad came to his
defense and replied, "He has accepted my way and is a true believer; there is no need
for him to attend to us in person. Moreover, there are two reason: Firstly, due to
extenuating circumstances he has not been able to abandon his responsibilities. He
also has an elderly and pious mother who is blind and infirm. Secondly, as per the
sacred Shari'ah Law he may not abandon her. He works as a camel-herder by day, and
uses the meager proceeds to maintain his mother and himself." They asked, "Will we
see him?" Muhammad said, "Abu Bakr will not, but Umar and Ali will. You shall find
him in Sha'raani, a village in Yemen, and you will recognize him as he has two
distinct white marks, one on the palm of his hand and the other on his left rib cage.
When you see him, give him my regards and ask him to pray for my people."

It is to be noted, however, that after Uwais' mother passed away (after Muhammad's
own departure), he set out to meet Ali and, in spite of his own old age, volunteered in
the Battle of Siffein. He was martyred

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External links
• Maktab Tarighat Oveyssi Shahmaghsoudi (School of Islamic Sufism)
• The Extreme Mourning of Uwais al-Qarni, Shia Website
• Islamic Sufism Genealogy, November 2004, Tehran University
Publications
• The Uwaisi Transmission of Spiritual Knowledge (Naqshbandi-
Haqqani website)
• About Uwais al-Qarni, from "The Children Around the Table of
Allah," by Shaykh Muhammad Sa'id al-Jamal ar-Rifa'i