Uwais al-Qarani
Muslim saint · Religious Figures · Lived 594 to 657 · aged 63
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Something wrong?A man who never met Muhammad yet earned the title "best of the Tabi'un" - the generation after the Prophet's companions. Uwais al-Qarani commands attention across Islamic traditions: Sunnis and Shi'ites both venerate him, and an entire Sufi lineage bears his name.
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, O Allah, I offer my apology to You for every hungry stomach and unclothed body, but I own nothing in this world except what is on my back and in my stomach.
I love to live among the poor people.
I pray for the forgiveness of everyone at the end of every prayer.
About this person
Uwais ibn Amir al-Qarani belonged to the tabi'in, those who followed Islam's first generation without meeting the Prophet directly, though some counted him honorarily among the companions. He became a loyal companion of Ali and rose to military command in the Rashidun Caliphate. At the Battle of Siffin in 657, leading forces in Ali's army, he was killed and later declared a martyr. His stature within his generation earned him the Arabic honorifics Khayr at-Tabi'in and Sayyid at-Tabi'in fi Zamanah - best and leader of his era's followers. The Uwaysi tradition in Sufism still carries his name forward.
Religious Figures born in the 590s 6
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