Career
He lived during the lifetime of Muhammad, but never met Muhammad personally. As reported by Ibn Battuta, Uwais was killed in the Battle of Siffeen as a soldier in Imam Ali"s army. Uwais"s shrine where he is buried was in al-Raqqah, Syria before it was destroyed by radical Islamists in 2013.
Another shrine was constructed in his honor in Baykan, in the Siirt Province of Turkey.
Not long after a meeting with Ali, Uwais al-Qarani left Qaran for Kufa, Iraq. On March 11, 2013 unidentified militants bombed and heavily damaged the tombs of Uwais al-Qarani and Ammar ibn Yasir located in al-Raqqah.
