to his mosque or his place of prayer because he owns no clothing; yet his faith prevents him from begging from the people. Among such men are Uways al-Qaranī and Furāt ibn Ḥayyān. (1)

ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad related: ʿUthmān ibn Abī Shaybah narrated to us, Abū Bakr ibn ʿAyyāsh narrated to us, from Mughīrah, who said:
“Uways al-Qaranī used to give away his very garments in charity until he would be left sitting with nothing on, unable to find anything in which to go to the Friday prayer.” (2)

Abū Zurʿah al-Rāzī said: Saʿīd ibn Asad narrated to us, Ḍamrah narrated to us, from Aṣbagh ibn Zayd, who said:
Whenever night fell, Uways would say, “Tonight is the night of bowing,” and he would remain in rukūʿ (bowing) until dawn. On another night he would say, “Tonight is the night of prostration,” and he would stay in sujūd (prostration) until dawn. Each evening he also gave away whatever surplus food and drink was in his house (3) and then prayed:
“O Allah, if anyone dies hungry, do not hold me accountable for it; and if anyone dies naked, do not hold me accountable for it.” (4)

Abū Nuʿaym said: Makhlad ibn Jaʿfar narrated to us, Ibn Jarīr narrated to us, Muḥammad ibn Ḥumayd narrated to us, Zāfir ibn Sulaymān narrated to us, from Sharīk, from Jābir, from al-Shaʿbī, who said:
A man from the tribe of Murād passed by Uways al-Qaranī and asked, “How are you this morning?”
He replied, “I awoke praising Allah.”
The man asked, “How are the times treating you?”
He answered, “What do you expect for a man who, when he greets the morning, thinks he will not live to evening, and when he greets the evening, thinks he will not live to morning—one who is being given glad tidings of either Paradise or the Fire?
O brother of Murād! Death and its remembrance leave no joy for a believer; his knowledge of Allah’s rights leaves no silver or gold in his possession; and his standing up for Allah with the truth leaves him with no friend.” (5)