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 He was a camel herder and was taking care of his old, blind mother. Once, he wanted to go to [[Medina]] to visit the Prophet (s). His mother let him with the condition that he will not remain there for more than half of a day. He went to Medina, but when he reached Medina the Prophet (s) had left Medina for a period, so Uways left Medina for Yemen, because of his promise to his mother.
-When the Prophet (s) came back to Medina asked: "whose light I am seeing in this house?", he was answered: "a camel herder named Uways, came and left soon". The Prophet (s) said: "he left this light in our house as a present and left."
+When the Prophet (s) came back to Medina asked: "whose light I am seeing in this house?", he was answered: "a camel herder named Uways, came and left soon". The Prophet (s) said: "he left this light in our house as a present and left."<ref>Majlisi, ''Bihar al-anwar'', vol.42 p.155; Qummi, ''Muntaha al-amal'', p.239</ref>
-According to not-so-reliable narrations, Uways came to Medina with a group from Yemen or [[Kufa]] and [['Umar b. al-Khattab]] recognized him with the signs the Prophet (s) had given him.
+According to not-so-reliable narrations, Uways came to Medina with a group from Yemen or [[Kufa]] and [['Umar b. al-Khattab]] recognized him with the signs the Prophet (s) had given him.<ref>Ibn Sa'd, ''al-Tabaqat al-kubra'', vol.6 p.162-163; Dhahabi, ''Siyar a'lam al-'ulama' '', vol.4 p.20</ref>
 ==Biography==