Tazkirah 'Aashiq-e-rasool (SAWS) Hazrat Owais Qarni (RAA)

Mohammad Mohsin (Faqree) First published 2011

About this book

Biography/Life & Sayings of Uwais Qarni [594-657 CE], known also as Saint Uwais Qarni (also transliterated Oways b. Anis al-Qarni, Oveys Gharani and Veysel Karani) was a Muslim mystic, martyr and philosopher of Yemen who lived during the lifetime of Holy Prophet, Muhammad, but never met Muhammad personally. As reported by the renowned historical scholar Ibn Battuta, Uwais' tomb is found in Ar-Raqqah, Syria, where he was killed in the Battle of Siffin, where he fought on the side of Ali. Another shrine was made in his honor in Baykan, in the Siirt Province of Turkey.