Al-Barāʾ ibn ʿĀzib al-Anṣārī (; died 690) was one of the
companions of
Muhammad
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and
narrator of hadith.
Biography
He converted to Islam at a young age and fought beside Muhammad in fifteen battles, including the
Battle of Khaybar
The Battle of Khaybar () was an armed confrontation between the early Muslims and the Jewish community of Khaybar in 628 CE. Khaybar, which is located approximately to the northwest of Medina, was home to a sizable community of Jewish tribe ...
, from which he reported hadith
In 645, during the
caliphate
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of
Uthman
Uthman ibn Affan (17 June 656) was the third caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate, ruling from 644 until his assassination in 656. Uthman, a second cousin, son-in-law, and notable companion of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad, played a major role ...
, he was made governor of al-Ray (in Persia). He eventually retired to Kūfā and there he died in 690.
Significant events
*He reported the hadith of
hadith of the pond of Khumm
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quoting Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal in his Musnad, al Matbaat al Maymaniyyah, Egypt, 1313, from al Bara' ibn Azib (iv, 281) and also figures in the transmission of numerous ḥadīth in the collections of Muslim and Bukhārī.
*When Umar was at Fatimah's house,[ A Shi'i-Sunni dialogue on Al-Islam.or]
al-Bara was in it.
See also
* Abu Juhayfa
References
690 deaths
Year of birth unknown
Sahabah hadith narrators
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