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| Owais al-Qarani أويس القَرَني | |
|---|---|
| Father Name | Amir |
| Born | 594 CE Yemen, Arabia |
| Ethnicity | Murad, Arab |
| Kunya | Abu Amr (أَبُو عَمْروْ) |
| Known For | Tabi'un |
| Died | December 656 CE Siffin, Syria |
| Burial Place | Raqqa, Syria |
| Religion | Islam |
| Influenced | Saints of the Uwaisi tradition |
| Venerated by | Sunnis, Shias |
Owais al-Qarani (Arabic: أُوَيْس ٱبْن عَامِر ٱبْن جَزْء ٱبْن مَالِك ٱلْقَرَنِيّ, ʾUways ibn ʿĀmir ibn Jazʾ ibn Mālik al-Qaranī), also spelled Uways or Owais, was a Muslim from South Arabia who lived during the lifetime of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad.[1]
Uwais al-Qarni Mosque in Raqqa (now in Syria) is his burial site, as he died during the Battle of Siffin there. It was destroyed by the ISIS in 2013 and is currently awaiting reconstruction.[2]
Although he lived during the lifetime of Muhammad, he never physically met him so he is only honorarily counted among the Companions of the Prophet.
Among the Tabi‘un, he is specially known as Khayr at-Tābiʿīn (Arabic: خَيْر ٱلتَّابِعِين, lit. 'the best of the Tabi‘un') and Sayyid at-Tabiʿīn fī Zamānah (Arabic: سَيِّد ٱلتَّابِعِين فِي زَمَانَه, lit. 'leader of the Tabi‘un of his era').
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