Al-Bara ibn Azib (Arabic language: البراء بن عازب) was one of the companions of Muhammad and narrator of hadith.[1]
Biography[]
He converted to Islam at a young age and fought beside the Prophet in fifteen battles, including the Battle of Khaybar, from which he reported hadith [2] In the year 24/645, during the caliphate of ‘Uthmān, he was made governor of al-Ray (in Persia). He eventually retired to Kūfā and there he died in the year 17/690.
Significant events[]
- He reported the hadith of hadith of the pond of Khumm[3] and also figures in the transmission of numerous ḥadīth in the collections of Muslim and Bukhārī.
- When Umar was at Fatimah's house,[4] al-Bara was in it.
References[]
- ↑ Hadith Books
- ↑ see Hadith of prohibition of Mut'ah at Khaybar
- ↑ shianews.com quoting Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal in his Musnad, al Matbaat al Maymaniyyah, Egypt, 1313, from al Bara' ibn Azib (iv, 281)
- ↑ A Shi'i-Sunni dialogue on Al-Islam.org [1]
External links[]
The original article can be found at Al-Bara' ibn `Azib and the edit history here.