Al-Bara' ibn Azib
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Al-Barāʾ ibn ʿĀzib al-Anṣārī ({{langx|ar|البراء بن عازب الأنصاري}}; died 690) was one of the companions of Muhammad and narrator of hadith.[http://www.searchtruth.com/book_display.php?book=15&translator=3 Hadith Books]
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 see Hadith of prohibition of Mut'ah at Khaybar
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.Khatib Baghdadi, Tarikh Baghdad, vol.1, pg.177
Significant events
- He reported the hadith of hadith of the pond of Khumm[http://www.shianews.com/hi/articles/islam/0000156.php shianews.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070708030631/http://www.shianews.com/hi/articles/islam/0000156.php |date=2007-07-08 }} 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.org [http://al-islam.org/murajaat/80.htm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610071705/http://www.al-islam.org/murajaat/80.htm|date=2011-06-10}} al-Bara was in it.
See also
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