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'''Abu 'Amr Uways al-Qarani''' (Arabic: أبو عمرو أويس القرني) (b. [[30 BH]]/592 - d. [[37 AH]]/657), was one the noblemen of [[Tabi'un]] and is known as the example of asceticism and piety. After the demise of the [[Prophet (s)]] he was one of the close [[companion]]s of [[Imam 'Ali (a)]]. He was [[martyred]] in the [[Battle of Siffin]] against [[Mu'awiyya]]. His shrine in [[Syria]] became mostly destructed by [[Salafi]] groups in [[1434]]/2013. | '''Abu 'Amr Uways al-Qarani''' (Arabic: أبو عمرو أويس القرني) (b. [[30 BH]]/592 - d. [[37 AH]]/657), was one of the noblemen of [[Tabi'un]] and is known as the example of asceticism and piety. After the demise of the [[Prophet (s)]] he was one of the close [[companion]]s of [[Imam 'Ali (a)]]. He was [[martyred]] in the [[Battle of Siffin]] against [[Mu'awiyya]]. His shrine in [[Syria]] became mostly destructed by [[Salafi]] groups in [[1434]]/2013. | ||
==Lineage== | ==Lineage== | ||
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==Meeting with the Prophet (s)== | ==Meeting with the Prophet (s)== | ||
Uways was living in [[Yemen]] | Uways was living in [[Yemen]] iuring n the lifetime of the [[Prophet (s)]] but he could never meet him. | ||
He was a camel herder, taking care of his old, blind mother. Once, he wanted to go to [[Medina]] to visit the Prophet (s). His mother | He was a camel herder, taking care of his old, blind mother. Once, he wanted to go to [[Medina]] to visit the Prophet (s). His mother allowed him to do so on the condition that he will return home before the day is over. He went to Medina, but when he reached Medina, the Prophet (s) had left the city for a period, so Uways wasn't able to meet him, and left Medina for Yemen, because of his promise to his mother. | ||
When the Prophet (s) came back to Medina | When the Prophet (s) came back to Medina heasked, "Whose light am I 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>[[al-Majlisi]], ''[[Bihar al-anwar]]'', vol.42 p.155; [[Shaykh 'Abbas al-Qummi|al-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.<ref>Ibn Sa'd, ''al-Tabaqat al-kubra'', vol.6 p.162-163; al-Dhahabi, ''Siyar a'lam al-nubala' '', vol.4 p.20</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.<ref>Ibn Sa'd, ''al-Tabaqat al-kubra'', vol.6 p.162-163; al-Dhahabi, ''Siyar a'lam al-nubala' '', vol.4 p.20</ref> | ||
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==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
The differences | The differences aver bout the details of the life of Uways is to the extent that even in the first centuries of [[Islam]] there were doubts about his life.<ref>Ibn Habban, ''al-Thiqat'', vol.4 p.53; Ibn Jawzi, ''al-Mawdu'at'', vol.2 p.43-44</ref> | ||
After all, it is said that he had narrated from [[Imam 'Ali (a)]] and 'Umar b. al-Khattab, and some of the [[hadith]] scholars of the [[1st century]] -mostly from Kufa- had narrated from him.<ref>Ibn Abi Hatam, ''al-Jarh wa al-ta'dil'', vol.1 p.326; Ibn Hajar, ''al-Isaba'', vol.1 p.115</ref> | After all, it is said that he had narrated from [[Imam 'Ali (a)]] and 'Umar b. al-Khattab, and some of the [[hadith]] scholars of the [[1st century]] -mostly from Kufa- had narrated from him.<ref>Ibn Abi Hatam, ''al-Jarh wa al-ta'dil'', vol.1 p.326; Ibn Hajar, ''al-Isaba'', vol.1 p.115</ref> | ||