Uways al‑Qarani
| Uways al-Qarani أُوَيْس ٱلْقَرَنِي | |
|---|---|
| Father Name | Amir |
| Born | 594 CE Yemen, Arabia |
| Ethnicity | Arab |
| Kunya | Abu Amr (أَبُو عَمْروْ) |
| Known For | Tabi'un |
| Died | December 656 CE Siffin, Syria |
| Burial Place | Raqqa, Syria |
| Religion | Islam |
| Influenced | Saints of the Uwaysi tradition |
| Venerated by | Sunnis, Shias |
Uways ibn Amir al-Qarani was a Muslim military commander who served in the Rashidun Caliphate. A South Arabian Muslim, al-Qarani is considered a tabi'i as he never met the Islamic prophet Muhammad, though was sometimes honorarily counted as among the companions.
Among the Tabi'un, he is specially known as Khayr at-Tābiʿīn (Arabic: خَيْر ٱلتَّابِعِين, lit. 'the best of the Tabi‘un') and Sayyid at-Tabiʿīn fī Zamānah (Arabic: سَيِّد ٱلتَّابِعِين فِي زَمَانَه, lit. 'leader of the Tabi‘un of his era').