It was also transmitted by Abū Usāmah, from Sulaymān ibn al-Mughīrah.

In another wording: “—or should forgiveness be sought for someone like you?”

A report with a similar meaning was narrated by ʿUthmān ibn ʿAtāʾ al-Khurasānī, from his father, in which he added:
“Later he took part in the campaign to Azerbaijan, where he died, and his companions competed with one another to dig his grave (1).”

Abū al-Faḍl Aḥmad ibn Hibat Allāh informed us; ʿAbd al-Muʿizz ibn Muḥammad informed us; Tamīm ibn Abī Saʿīd informed us; Abū Saʿd al-Kanj arūdhī informed us; Abū ʿAmr al-Ḥīrī informed us; Abū Yaʿlā al-Mawṣilī narrated to us; Hudbah ibn Khālid narrated to us; Mubārak ibn Faḍālah narrated to us; Abū al-Aṣfar narrated to me, from Saʿṣaʿah ibn Muʿāwiyah, who said:

“ʿUways ibn ʿĀmir was a man from Qaran, resident in Kūfah, one of the Successors. A patch of leukoderma afflicted him; he prayed to Allah to remove it, and Allah did so.
He then said, ‘Leave on my body a trace of it so that I may remember the blessings You have bestowed upon me,’ so He left for him just enough for him to recall His favors.

He was a man who stayed in the mosque with a group of his companions. He had a cousin who kept company with the authorities and was obsessed with belittling him: if he saw him with wealthy people he would say, ‘He is only living off them,’ and if he saw him with poor folk he would say, ‘He is only tricking them.’
As for ʿUways, he spoke nothing but good about his cousin; yet whenever he passed by him he would avoid him, fearing he might fall into sin on his account.

ʿUmar used to ask every delegation that arrived from Kūfah, ‘Do you know ʿUways ibn ʿĀmir al-Qaranī?’ and they would answer, ‘No.’

A delegation from Kūfah then came in which that very cousin was present. ʿUmar asked, ‘Do you know ʿUways?’ The cousin replied, ‘Commander of the Believers! He is my cousin, a base and corrupt fellow, hardly worthy of your notice.’ ʿUmar exclaimed, ‘Woe to you, you have destroyed yourself! Woe to you, you have destroyed yourself! When you return, convey my greeting to him and tell him to come to me.’

When the man reached Kūfah he had not even put down his travel clothes before he went straight to the mosque. There he saw ʿUways, drew close to him and said, ‘Cousin, ask Allah to forgive me.’
He replied, ‘May Allah forgive you, cousin.’

The man added, ‘And may He forgive you as well, O ʿUways. The Commander of the Believers sends you his greetings.’ He said: