Al-Bara' ibn `Azib

Al-Bara ibn Azib (البراء بن عازب) was one of the companions of Muhammad and narrator of hadith.

Biography
He converted to Islam at a young age and fought beside the Prophet in fifteen battles, including the Battle of Khaybar, from which he reported hadith In the year 24/645, during the caliphate of ‘Uthmān, he was made governor of al-Ray (in Persia). He eventually retired to Kūfā and there he died in the year 17/690.

Significant events

 * He reported the hadith of hadith of the pond of Khumm and also figures in the transmission of numerous ḥadīth in the collections of Muslim and Bukhārī.


 * When Umar was at Fatimah's house, al-Bara was in it.