Awais bin Bashir (, ), also spelled Uways or Owais, was a Muslim from Yemen who lived during the lifetime of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. His burial place is in Raqqa, Syria. Although he lived during the lifetime of Muhammad, he never physically met him so he is only honorarily counted among the Companions of the Prophet. Among the Tabi'un he is specially known as Khayr al-Tabi'een () and Sayyid al-Tabi'een Fi Zamanahu (). His memorial shrine is in al-Raqqah, Syria. It was destroyed by ISIS in 2013, and is currently awaiting reconstruction. Life Muslim historians agreed Uwais descended from Murad tribe sub branch. Furthermore, Arabian peninsula local traditions has traced the al-Qarani were a Nisba (onomastics) of Ibb city in Yemen, the place where Uwais born. Uwais's father, Amir, was a strong believer in Islam. He died when Uwais was still young and Uwais was raised by his mother alone; He never physically met Muhammad, even though he lived in the same era. However, he met Muhammad's companion Umar, and is therefore seen as from among the Tabi'un. Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani has recorded the strong sense of filial piety by Uwais preoccupied him to leave his mother to meet Muhammad, thus, he sacrificed the chance to reach the rank of companions of the Prophet in effort to take care his elderly mother. During the caliphate of Umar, according to Usayr ibn Jabir which recorded by Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj, everytime Umar received batch of soldiers volunteer from Yemen to be sent for Muslim conquest of Persia, he always asking if there is Uwais among them, as Umar searching Uwais by relying on a Hadith regarding Uwais will reach him one day, Ibn al-Jawzi recorded that Umar were urged by Muhammad during his life, that someday in the future he should ask Uwais for prayer. In next year after his meeting with Umar, during the Hajj season, it is recorded Umar still remembered and asking any pilgrims from Kufa about the condition of Uwais. Uwais reside in Kufa around the year 19 AH (640 AD) and participated the battle of Nahavand against the Sassanid army. However, as he became famous in Kufa due to recommendation from Hadith which told by caliph Umar, Uwais moved into unspecified location and lost from the trace of historians. Uwais appeared again in history during the caliphate of Ali, when majority of medieval scholars recorded Uwais