Al-Bara'_ibn_Azib

Al-Bara' ibn Azib

Al-Bara' ibn Azib

Companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم

Al-Barāʾ ibn ʿĀzib al-Anṣārī (Arabic: البراء بن عازب الأنصاري; died 690) was one of the companions of Muhammad and narrator of hadith.[1]

Biography

He converted to Islam at a young age and fought beside Muhammad in fifteen battles, including the Battle of Khaybar, from which he reported hadith [2] In 645, during the caliphate of Uthman, he was made governor of al-Ray (in Persia). He eventually retired to Kūfā and there he died in 690.[3]

Significant events

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Hadith Books
  2. [2]
    see Hadith of prohibition of Mut'ah at Khaybar
  3. [3]
    Khatib Baghdadi, Tarikh Baghdad, vol.1, pg.177
  4. [4]
    shianews.com Archived 2007-07-08 at the Wayback Machine quoting Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal in his Musnad, al Matbaat al Maymaniyyah, Egypt, 1313, from al Bara' ibn Azib (iv, 281)
  5. [5]
    A Shi'i-Sunni dialogue on Al-Islam.org Archived 2011-06-10 at the Wayback Machine


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