“And who mentioned me to the Commander of the Believers?”

He answered, “He himself mentioned you, and he instructed me to convey to you (1) that you should come to him.”

ʿUways said, “I hear and obey the Commander of the Believers.”

He therefore travelled to ʿUmar, who asked, “Are you ʿUways ibn ʿĀmir?”

“Yes,” he replied.

ʿUmar continued, “Are you the man who was afflicted with leukoderma, then prayed to Allah to remove it and He removed it, after which you said: ‘O Allah, leave on my body a trace of it so that I may remember the blessing You have bestowed upon me,’ and so He left on your body a mark by which you recall His favors?”

ʿUways responded, “How did you come to know that, Commander of the Believers? By Allah, no human being has ever been aware of this.”

ʿUmar said, “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ informed us: ‘Among the Successors there will be a man from Qaran named ʿUways ibn ʿĀmir. He will be afflicted with leukoderma, he will ask Allah to remove it and He will remove it, but he will then say: “O Allah, leave on my body a trace of it so that I may remember Your blessing upon me,” and so Allah will leave for him a mark by which he remembers His favors. Whoever among you meets him and is able to have him seek forgiveness for him, let him do so.’ Therefore, ask Allah to forgive me, O ʿUways.”

He said, “May Allah forgive you, Commander of the Believers.”

ʿUmar replied, “And may He forgive you as well, O ʿUways ibn ʿĀmir.”

When the people present heard ʿUmar relate this from the Prophet ﷺ, one man said, “ʿUways, ask Allah to forgive me,” and another said, “Ask forgiveness for me too, O ʿUways.”

When they pressed him with such requests, he quietly slipped away and left; he has not been seen to this very hour.

This is a singular narration.

It is transmitted only through Mubārak ibn Faḍālah, from Abū al-Aṣfar.

Abū al-Aṣfar is unknown (2).

Maʿallal ibn Nufayl stated: Muḥammad ibn Miḥṣan narrated to us, from Ibrāhīm ibn Abī ʿAblah, from Sālim, from his father, from his grandfather, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “O ʿUmar, when you see ʿUways al-Qaranī, tell him to seek forgiveness for you, for on the Day of Resurrection he will intercede for people equal in number to the tribes of Rabīʿah and Muḍar; between his shoulders is a patch of leukoderma the size of a dirham.”