al-Bara ibn Ma'rur
البراء بن معرور
Senior chief of Banu Salima of the Khazraj and the foremost spokesman for the Yathrib delegation at the Second Pledge of Aqaba; he took the Prophet's hand and proclaimed their commitment to defend him with their lives and arms; he died shortly before the Prophet reached Medina in the Hijra.
At a glance
- Roles
- Companion · Notable
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Place in the story
- Convert to IslamtowardMuhammad · c. 622 CE · c. 1 BH†Tradition
- Companion · c. 622 CE · c. 1 BH†Tradition
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Connections
- Born in
- Medina
- Member of
- The AnsarBanu Khazraj
- Participated in
- The Pledges of Aqaba
- Parent of
- Bishr ibn al-Bara'Umm Mubashshir bint al-Bara' ibn Ma'rur
People and things also explored
The AnsarMedinaAbdullah ibn Amr ibn Haramal-Abbas ibn UbadaAs'ad ibn ZuraraUbada ibn al-SamitUsayd ibn HudayrBishr ibn al-Bara'
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham
- Ibn Sa'd, Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir (Bewley translation, Ta-Ha)
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “al-Bara ibn Ma'rur”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-bara-ibn-marur/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.