Uways al‑Qarani

Muslim historians agreed Uways descended from the Murad tribe sub-branch. Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani has recorded the strong sense of filial piety by Uways preoccupied him to leave his mother to meet Muhammad, thus, he sacrificed the chance to reach the rank of companions of Muhammad in an effort to take care of his elderly mother. During the caliphate of Umar, according to Usayr ibn Jabir recorded by Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj, every time Umar received a batch of soldiers who volunteer from Yemen to be sent for the Muslim conquest of Persia, he always asked if there is Uways among them, as Umar searching Uways by relying on a Hadith regarding Uways will reach him one day, Ibn al-Jawzi recorded that Umar was urged by Muhammad during his life, that someday in the future he should ask Uways for prayer. In the next year after his meeting with Umar, during the Hajj season, it is recorded that Umar still remembered and asked any pilgrims from Kufa about the condition of Uways. However, as he became famous in Kufa due to a recommendation from Hadith which was told by caliph Umar, Uways moved to an unspecified location and was lost from the trace of historians. == Legacy ==

Uways al-Qarani is mainly greatly revered for his historical piety, particularly his legendary filial piety, which prompted Muslim communities in later eras to express their veneration in various ways as Muhammad has given the glad tiding about his moral and ethical conduct as Mumin. His humility for not seeking fame and his filial piety prompted Arabian poets to bestow him as "Majhul an fi al Ardh, Ma'rufin fi as-Samaa" which translates as "unknown on earth (among humans), but famously acknowledged on heavens (by Allah and His Angels)". While ad-Dhahabi praised Uways as “The ascetic role model, the leader of the Tabi'un in his time". Al-Hakim al-Nishapuri gave a short commentary in his book, that Uwais was "the monk of Ummah". Another virtue appraised for Uways is the weak hadith of ‘Abdullah ibn Abi’l-Jad‘a’ about the virtue of intercession from Uways alone was better than whole Banu Tamim, which commentary by Hasan al-Basri that the Hadith were particularly come appraisal for Uways. In architectural legacy, there was the mosque that was named after Uways in Mosul, Iraq, but it was destroyed in 2014. In modern times, Muhammad Hassan Haniff asserted the case of Uways taking care of his mother alone and not migrating to Medina as a case to refute the extremist ideology of ISIS, pointing out the conduct of Uways of not immediately migrating to the territory of the caliphate and not immediately engage in Jihad during the first years of Islam as he prioritize his elderly mother, which agreed by Muhammad and the companions, as refutation that ISIS ideology was flawed according to Islamic teaching. Sufi orders The Uwaysi form of Islamic mysticism was named after Uways, as it refers to the transmission of spiritual knowledge between two individuals without the need for physical interaction between them all. For example, the contemporary "Silsila Uwaysi" order led by Shaykh Banaras Uwaysi is active in the United Kingdom. Shrine in 2009, prior to its demolishment Uways al-Qarani 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. Also buried in the shrine was the Sahabi Ammar ibn Yasir. There is also a shrine for him in Mosul, known as the Sultan Wais Mosque. == Notes ==