Al-Baraʼ ibn ʽAzib
Al-Bara ibn Azib () 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 71/690.