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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.
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