Why was Hazrat Owais Qarni stopped from going to heaven?
The Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) said to Hazrat Umar (Razi Allah
tala anhu) “O Umar, in your time there will be a person by the name of Owais.
His tribe will be called Muraad. His village will be Qarn. His complexion will
be dark. He will be of medium height and there will be a white mark on his
body. O Umar and Ali. When he comes, ask him to supplicate for you for I swear
by Allah, if the likes of Owais, fill the earth they can’t equal one hair on
the body of Umar and Ali “. But through this, he (Peace be upon him) wanted to
send us a message/make a point. Hazrat Umar (Razi Allah tala anhu) and Hazrat
Alli (Razi Allah tala anhu) stood in astonishment that they were being told to
ask Owais to make dua for them for they were sahabah and he was a Tabi’ee. The
Prophet (Peace be upon him) said “He has served his so well that whenever he
raises his hands to ask Allah, Allah doesn’t send those hands back empty”. This
point needed to be made, to be humble in front of your parents. The pace of the
work life in the country in which you live is fast. If one has parents, very
few are fortunate to have children who look after them, otherwise they spend
their life with the four walls of their house. So when Hazrat Umar (Razi Allah
tala anhu) became the khalifah, he would do hajj every year. Every year he
would search for him (Owais). I don’t know, it may be the middle year, when
Hazrat Umar (Razi Allah tala anhu) gathered all the pilgrims. Like this. He
said for them to stand in front of him. He then requested “everyone sit down
apart from those who are from Yemen”.
Then everyone set down apart from the Yemenis. He then said, “Everyone
sit down, apart from those of the tribe of Muraad” so all the Yemenis sat down
apart from those of the Muraad tribe. This year when I went for the purpose of dawah in Yemen, I went to
the village of Owais al Qarni. I saw where he was born. I met with the people
of his tribe. I went through the locality marveling at the fact that Owais was
born here. There are dry mountains there. Dry mountains. Then Hazrat Umar (Razi
Allah tala anhu) said, Those of the tribe of muraad sit down, those of Qarn
remain standing” then
there remained only one man standing. So
he (Razi Allah tala anhu) asked “Are you Qarni” he replied “yes”. “Do you know
Owais” I know him, he is my nephew/brother’s son, but he’s a bit crazy, why do
you ask about him?” Hazrat Umar (Razi Allah tala anhu) began to cry and said
“He is not crazy; it seems you are the crazy one”. He then asked, “ where is
he, has he come to hajj?”. His uncle said ”He has come but he has gone towards
Arafah to graze his camels. Hazrat Umar (Razi Allah tala anhu) and Hazrat Ali (Razi
Allah tala anhu) then hastened towards Arafah and when they arrived they saw a
person praying underneath a tree whilst the camels were grazing around. They
then sat down and waited. Owais felt some people were waiting for him so he
shortened his prayer. When he finished
Hazrat Umar (Razi Allah tala anhu) asked “Who are you?” He replied “I am
a worker”. He (Razi Allah tala anhu) asked “What is your name”. He replied
“Abdullah(the servant of Allah)”. Hazrat Umar (Razi Allah tala anhu) then said
“We are all the servants of Allah; I am asking the name which your mother
called you with”. He didn’t recognize that this was the Khalifah Hazrat Umar (Razi
Allah tala anhu) and this was Hazrat Ali (Razi Allah tala anhu), as this was
the first time he had come to hajj. He said “Who are you to take my interview”
interview is from my own words. “Who are you to ask me?” Then Hazrat Ali (Razi
Allah tala anhu) said “This is Ameer ul mu’mineen Umar bin Khataab and I am Ali
bin Abi Talib”. Then he became shocked and made salaam to them saying “I
apologise, I did not recognise you”. Hazrat Umar (Razi Allah tala anhu) said
“Raise your hands {in supplication for us}” Raise your hands, this was to tell
the future generations how to serve
their mothers, that the likes of Hazrat Umar (Razi Allah tala anhu) and Hazrat
Ali (Razi Allah tala anhu) were asking him to raise his hands. He exclaimed “How
can I raise my hands for you? Me. What is my significance that I make dua for
you?” He heard the reply “Yes, we were ordered by the Prophet (Peace be upon
him); if you see Owais then you must ask for his dua. When he raises his hands
for dua, it is answered”. For what reason? Tahajjud, Jihad, Tableegh, dhikr,
tilawah, tasbeeh, hajj, umrah, fasting…for what reason? No , none of these,
only one reason: Serving his mother. In another narration it is mentioned: When
people are going to Jannah, Owais will be going as well. When he will get to
the doors of jannah it will be said “Everyone else can proceed apart from
Owais”. Owais will become scared and will ask “O Allah, why have you stopped me?”
Allah will say “You stay, let the rest go. Now, in front of you stand the
people who are going to Hellfire, intercede for them, to whomever your finger
points, I will give those Jannah”. Money is not everything, mothers are
valuable as well. Pounds are not everything, fathers are valuable as well.
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