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 "id": "person/al-bara-ibn-malik",
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 "slug": "al-bara-ibn-malik",
 "label": {
  "ar": "البراء بن مالك",
  "en": "al-Bara' ibn Malik"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "أخو أنس بن مالك وابن أم سليم، كان حادي النبي في أسفاره، وشهد المشاهد إلا بدراً، ولاقى بلاءً يوم اليمامة، واستُشهد في حصن تستر في خلافة عمر نحو سنة 20هـ.",
  "en": "The brother of Anas ibn Malik and son of Umm Sulaym, he was the Prophet's camel-driver chanting on his journeys, took part in the campaigns except Badr, distinguished himself at al-Yamama, and was killed at the fortress of Tustar in Umar's caliphate, around 20 AH."
 },
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  "arabia"
 ],
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  "period/prophetic-era",
  "period/rashidun"
 ],
 "tags": [],
 "aliases": [],
 "themes": [
  "converts-and-leavers"
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   {
    "kind": "full",
    "lang": "ar",
    "value": "البراء بن مالك بن النضر الأنصاري"
   }
  ],
  "gender": "male",
  "roles": [
   "companion"
  ],
  "traditions": [
   "sunni"
  ],
  "story_roles": [
   {
    "role": "companion",
    "status": "tradition",
    "note": "مذكور في الإصابة ترجمة رقم 644 (ص 138).",
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     "source/ibn-hajar-isaba"
    ]
   }
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  "faith": [
   {
    "value": "sunni",
    "basis": "tradition",
    "note": "ذُكر في كتب الصحابة؛ يُسجَّل ضمن الإطار السني للمتحف (docs/scope.md)."
   }
  ],
  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "الإصابة في تمييز الصحابة، ترجمة 644، ص 138",
   "generated_by": "Claude (maintainer session)",
   "model": "claude-sonnet-5-5",
   "run": "isaba-batch-4"
  },
  "sources": [
   "source/ibn-hajar-isaba"
  ],
  "status": {
   "review": "draft",
   "completeness": 2,
   "generated_by": "Claude Sonnet 5.5; read from al-Isaba (column-aware OCR, page 138, entry 644)"
  }
 },
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  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "[[person/al-bara-ibn-malik|البراء بن مالك]] بن النضر الأنصاري، أخو [[person/anas-ibn-malik|أنس]] لأبيه كما يقول أبو حاتم، وأخوه لأبيه وأمه [[person/umm-sulaym|أم سليم]] كما يقول ابن سعد؛ ويعترض ابن حجر على ذلك بما سيأتي في ترجمة شريك بن سحماء أنه أخو البراء لأمه، لكنه يؤكد أن أم أنس هي أم سليم بلا خلاف {cite:ibn-hajar-isaba p.138}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "حادي النبي",
     "markdown": "في المستدرك عن أنس: «كان البراء بن مالك حسن الصوت، وكان يرجز لرسول الله في بعض أسفاره»، فقال له النبي: «إياك والقوارير» فأمسك. وفي رواية السراج: «كان البراء حادي الرجال» {cite:ibn-hajar-isaba p.138}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "مشاهده",
     "markdown": "شهد المشاهد مع رسول الله إلا بدراً {cite:ibn-hajar-isaba p.138}. وروى البغوي بإسناد صحيح عن أنس قول البراء: «وقد قتلت مئة منفرداً سوى من شاركت فيه» {cite:ibn-hajar-isaba p.138}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "يوم اليمامة",
     "markdown": "يروي بقي بن مخلد عن أبي إسحاق أن المسلمين زحفوا يوم اليمامة حتى ألجؤوا المشركين إلى حديقة فيها مسيلمة، فقال البراء: «يا معشر المسلمين، ألقوني إليهم»، فاحتُمل حتى إذا أشرف على الجدار اقتحم فقاتلهم على باب الحديقة حتى فتحها للمسلمين، فدخلوا عليهم وقُتل مسيلمة. وبه بضع وثمانون جراحة، فحُمل إلى رحله يُداوى وأقام عليه خالد شهراً {cite:ibn-hajar-isaba p.138}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "وفاته",
     "markdown": "استُشهد يوم حصن تستر في خلافة عمر سنة 20هـ، وقيل: قبلها، وقيل: سنة 23هـ؛ وذكر سيف أن الهرمزان هو الذي قتله {cite:ibn-hajar-isaba p.138}. وروى عنه أخوه أنس {cite:ibn-hajar-isaba p.138}."
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "person/al-bara-ibn-malik",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   }
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Summary",
     "markdown": "[[person/al-bara-ibn-malik|Al-Bara' ibn Malik]] ibn al-Nadr al-Ansari, brother of [[person/anas-ibn-malik|Anas]] by his father per Abu Hatim, and his brother by father and mother [[person/umm-sulaym|Umm Sulaym]] per Ibn Sa'd; Ibn Hajar objects on grounds coming in Sharik ibn Sahma's biography — that he is al-Bara's brother by his mother — but affirms that Anas's mother is Umm Sulaym without dispute {cite:ibn-hajar-isaba p. 138}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "The Prophet's chant-driver",
     "markdown": "In al-Mustadrak from Anas: \"al-Bara' ibn Malik had a fine voice and would recite rajaz for the Messenger of God on some of his journeys\"; the Prophet told him \"mind the glass vessels!\" and he desisted. In al-Sirraj's account: \"al-Bara' was the men's chant-driver\" {cite:ibn-hajar-isaba p. 138}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "His campaigns",
     "markdown": "He witnessed the campaigns with the Messenger of God except Badr {cite:ibn-hajar-isaba p. 138}. Al-Baghawi relates with a sound chain from Anas al-Bara's saying: \"I killed a hundred in single combat, besides those I shared in\" {cite:ibn-hajar-isaba p. 138}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "The day of al-Yamama",
     "markdown": "Baqi ibn Makhlad relates from Abu Ishaq: the Muslims advanced on the day of al-Yamama until they forced the polytheists into a garden where Musaylima was; al-Bara' said: \"Muslims, throw me at them.\" He was lifted up until, overlooking the wall, he plunged in and fought them at the garden gate until he opened it for the Muslims; they entered and Musaylima was killed. He bore eighty-odd wounds; he was carried to his saddle to be treated, and Khalid stood over him a month {cite:ibn-hajar-isaba p. 138}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "His death",
     "markdown": "He was martyred on the day of Tustar's fortress in Umar's caliphate, year 20 AH — it is also said before it, or year 23 AH; Sayf mentions it was al-Hurmuzan who killed him {cite:ibn-hajar-isaba p. 138}. His brother Anas relates from him {cite:ibn-hajar-isaba p. 138}."
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "person/al-bara-ibn-malik",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Devin (SWE-2), draft translation"
    ]
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