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al-Bara' bin Ma'rur bin Sakhr

Abu Bishr

البراء بن معرور بن صخر بن خنساء

Bara' bin Ma'rur bin Sakhr b. Khansa b. Sinan b. 'Ubaid b. 'Adi b. Ghanm b. Ka'b b. Salima

Recitation/Quran

Biography

The first of the Aqaba Chief to Die. Also the first person to face new Qibla. According to some sources, he died before Prophet's migration and Prophet offered prayer on his grave after migration.

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Father

Ma'rur bin Sakhr b. Khansa

Mother

Ar-Rabab bint an-Nu'man

Spouses (3)

Khalida bint Qays bin Thabit Humayna bint Sayfi b. Sakhr Umm Mubashir al-Ansariyya

Children (5)

Bishr bin Bara' bin Ma'rur bin Sakhr Hind bint al-Bara' bin Ma'rur Sulafa bint al-Bara' bin Ma'rur Ar-Rabab bint al-Bara' bin Ma'rur Mubushir bin al-Bara' bin Ma'rur

Classical References

·al-Thiqat / al-Tarikhp. 210
·al-Isabah (additional) — Ibn Hajarp. 264
·Tahdheeb al-Kamal (narrators) — al-Mizzip. 456

11[pg:210],12[pg:264],14[pg:456]

Life Details

Born

Unknown

Birth City

Medinah

Died

1 AH/622 CE

Death City

Medinah

Cause

Natural

Lived in

Medina

Scholarly Profile

Narrator Grade

No Doubt

Areas of Interest

Recitation/Quran