Uways al-Qarani

Uwais Bin Amir Arabic: أويس القرنى‎‎
Father Name	ʻAmir
Birthplace	Qarn, Yemen
Born	594 CE
Ethnicity	Yemeni Arab
Known For	Being a follower of Muhammad and ʻAli
Died	March 657 CE (7 Shawwal 36 Hijri)
Burial Place	Salalah, Oman
Coordinates	17°01′11″N 54°05′23″E
Religion	Islam
Influenced	Saints of the Uwaisi tradition
Revered by	Sunnis, Sufis, and Shiʻites

Uwais ibn ʻAmir ibn Harb al-Qarni (Arabic: أويس ابن أنيس القرني‎‎), was a Muslim from Yemen who lived during the lifetime of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad.His shrine is in Salalah Oman. Another mosque & shrine is constructed in his honor in al-Raqqah, Syria. It was destroyed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in 2013. Another shrine was constructed in his honor in Baykan, in the Siirt Province of Turkey.

Uwais' father, ʻAmir, was a strong believer in Islam. He died when Uwais was young.

In 657 CE, Uwais fought on the side of Caliph ʻAli against Muʻawiyah ibn Abu Sufyan in the Battle of Siffeen. As reported by Ibn Battuta, Uwais was killed in this battle.

On March 11, 2013 the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant bombed and heavily damaged the mosque of Uwais and ʻAmmar ibn Yasir located in Raqqa.

The Uwaisi form of Islamic mysticism was named after Uwais, as it refers to the transmission of spiritual knowledge between two individuals without the need for physical interaction between them.

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