while Mālik rejected Uways; then he added, “and it is impermissible to entertain any misgiving about him.”

The accounts concerning Uways are fully gathered in The History of the ḥadith-master Abū’l-Qāsim Ibn ʿAsākir (1).

Al-Ḥākim states in his Mustadrak (2), through the chain of Ismāʿīl ibn ʿAmr al-Bajalī, Ḥibbān ibn ʿAlī, Saʿd ibn Ṭarīf and Aṣbagh ibn Nubātah:

“I was present with ʿAlī on the day of Ṣiffīn when he proclaimed, ‘Who will pledge allegiance to me unto death?’ Ninety-nine men pledged to him, whereupon he said, ‘Where is the hundredth?’ A man wearing ragged wool and with a shaven head came forward and pledged. People said, ‘This is Uways al-Qaranī.’ He went on fighting before ʿAlī until he was killed.” Its isnād is weak.

Abū’l-Aḥwaṣ Sallām ibn Sulaym related: “So-and-so told me that a man from Murād came, and Uways said to him, ‘Brother of Murād, death has left no joy for a believer, and a believer’s recognition of Allah’s right has left him with neither silver nor gold, nor even a friend.’”

ʿAṭāʾ al-Khurāsānī reported that it was said to Uways, “Have you not performed the pilgrimage?” He kept silent, so they provided him with travel expenses and a mount, and he performed Hajj.

Abū Bakr al-Aʿyan narrated to us—Abū Ṣāliḥ narrated to us—al-Layth—from al-Maqburī—from Abū Hurayrah, traced back to the Prophet: “By the intercession of a man from my community, more people will enter Paradise than there are in Muḍar and Tamīm.” They asked, “Who is he, O Messenger of Allah?” He replied, “Uways al-Qaranī.”

This ḥadith is objectionable (munkar). It is reported solely by al-Aʿyan (3), and he is reliable.