Al-Bara' ibn Azib explained

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

• He reported the hadith of hadith of the pond of Khumm^[4] and also figures in the transmission of numerous ḥadīth in the collections of Muslim and Bukhārī.
• When Umar was at Fatimah's house,^[5] al-Bara was in it.

See also

• Abu Juhayfa

Notes and References

1. http://www.searchtruth.com/book_display.php?book=15&translator=3 Hadith Books
2. see Hadith of prohibition of Mut'ah at Khaybar
3. Khatib Baghdadi, Tarikh Baghdad, vol.1, pg.177
4. http://www.shianews.com/hi/articles/islam/0000156.php shianews.com
5. [A Shi'i-Sunni dialogue]