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Then Omar asked him: „Where are you going?‟ He replied: „In the
direction of Kufa.‟ Omar asked him: „Would you like me to write to
the Governor of Kufa on your behalf?‟ Uwais replied: „I prefer to be
among the unknown poor.‟

The next year, a noble from Kufa went on the Pilgrimage and met
Omar. Omar asked him about Uwais. He told him: „I left him in a
dilapidated, sparsely furnished house.‟ Omar told him that he had
heard the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, say: Uwais, the
son of 'Amir will come to you among a delegation from Yemen. He is
from the Murad tribe of Karn. He had leprosy but has now recovered
from it, with the exception of a spot the size of a dirham. He is
devoted to his mother, and if he were to swear, relying upon Allah,
for something, Allah would fulfill his oath. If you can persuade him to
supplicate for forgiveness for you, do so.

The noble returned and went to visit Uwais and asked him to
supplicate for forgiveness for him. Uwais said: „You have just
returned from a blessed journey, it is you who should supplicate for