Uways al-Qarni

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Owais Qarni (Arabic: أويس قرني‎) was one of the Sahaba.

[edit] Biography

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Owais Qarni was the most unique among the companions Sahaba of The Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him). He never met The Holy Prophet, face-to-face (One of the most important conditions to be a companion of The Prophet). However he was declared a Sahaba by The Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him), himself. When Owais Qarni embrased Islam, her mother was old and did not allow him to go to Medina and meet The Holy Prophet. After the Battle of Uhud, he got the news that The Holy Prophet had lost His two teeth in the battle. So was his respect and love for The Holy Prophet, that he broke all his teeth, to deny any form of superiority over The Holy Prophet. The Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon Him), sent his most honoured and respected companions Abu Bakr and Umar ibn Al-Khattab (May Allah be Pleased with both of them), to meet Owais in his hometown. The Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace be Upon Him) told Abu Bakr and Umar some distinct features of Owais Qarni, to identify him, as The Holy Prophet had been informed about these features in a Wahi. They also delivered a gift by The Holy Prophet to Owais Qarni.

[edit] Shi'a view

Ali Asgher Razwy, a 20th century Shi'a Twelver Islamic scholar states:

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If anyone wishes to see the real spirit of Islam, he will find it, not in the deeds of the nouveaux riches of Medina, but in the life, character and deeds of such companions of the Apostle of God as Ali ibn Abi Talib, Salman el-Farsi, Abu Dharr el-Ghiffari, Ammar ibn Yasir, Owais Qarni and Bilal. The orientalists will change their assessment of the spirit of Islam if they contemplate it in the austere, pure and sanctified lives of these latter companions.^[1]

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[edit] References

^ A Restatement of the History of Islam and Muslims on Al-islam.org [1]

List of Ali's companions
Abu Dharr al-Ghifari	Khuzayma ibn Thabit	Miqdad ibn Aswad	Salman the Persian
Ammar ibn Yasir	Malik al-Ashtar	Habib ibn Mazahir	Kumayl ibn Ziyad
Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr	Sa'sa'ah ibn Suhan	Zayd ibn Suhan	Hisham ibn 'Utbah
Abdullah ibn Budayl	Maytham al-Tammar	Adi ibn Hatim	Hujr ibn Adi
Asbagh ibn Nubatah	al-Harith al-A'war al-Hamdani	Amr ibn al-Humq al-Khaza'i	Abdullah ibn Hashim
Uways al-Qarni	`Abd Allah ibn `Abbas	Uday ibn Hatam	Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali
Uthman ibn Hunaif	Mikhnaf ibn Sulaym	Sulayman ibn Surad	Jundab ibn Abdullah
Sulaym ibn Qays