VaMuslim vakashandura hafu yeChechi yeSt. John kuita Friday Mosque yeguta (Great Mosque of al-Nuri) uye Homs yakakurumidza kuva nzvimbo yechitendero chechiIslam sezvo shamwari dze500 dzaMuhammad dzakagara ikoko mushure mekukunda kwayo. Makuva aKhalid ibn al-Walid, mwanakomana wake Abd al-Rahman, naUbayd Allah, mwanakomana waCaliph Umar ari muguta. Munguva yehondo
pakati pevaUmayyad naAli, vagari veHoms vakazvibatanidza naAli uye apo wekupedzisira akakundwa, mutongi weUmayyad Mu'awiyah akaparadzanisa hafu yekuchamhembe kweJund Hims kuumba dunhu rakaparadzana, Jund Qinnasrin, sezviri pachena sechirango. Nzvimbo yokunamatira yaAli ("mash-had 'Ali") yaiva muguta racho, uye tsika dzechiIslam dzinoti zvigunwe zvake zvakanyorwa pairi. Pasinei nokudzvinyirirwa neUmayyads, Homs yakaramba iri nzvimbo yechiShia Islam kwenguva yakati rebei. Sechinzvimbo chakasimba chevaBanu Kalb, guta racho rakazopedzisira rava kunetsana nemapoka edzinza reQays. Mutongi wokupedzisira weUmayyad, Marwan II, akafarikanya tsigiro yeQais uye gare gare akaparadza masvingo eguta mukupindura kupandukira kweBanu Kalb.