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Al-Bara' ibn Azib

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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

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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]

See also

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References

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  1. Hadith Books
  2. see Hadith of prohibition of Mut'ah at Khaybar
  3. Khatib Baghdadi, Tarikh Baghdad, vol.1, pg.177