Bishr ibn al-Bara'
بشر بن البراء
A noble Ansari Companion from Banu Salima of the Khazraj, son of al-Bara' ibn Ma'rur; Badri veteran who was present at the conquest of Khaybar; ate from the poisoned sheep offered by Zaynab bint al-Harith and died of its effects.
Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Companion
- Tradition
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Converts and those who leaveBattles
Place in the story
- Companion · c. 622 CE · c. 1 BH†Tradition
- Martyr (as regarded) · 628 CE · 7 AH†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
- Child of
- al-Bara ibn Ma'rur
- Participated in
- The Incident of the Poisoned Sheep at Khaybar
People and things also explored
The AnsarThe Pledges of Aqabaal-Bara ibn Ma'rurAbdullah ibn Amr ibn HaramAbdullah ibn AtikAsim ibn ThabitHudhayfa ibn al-YamanSa'd ibn Zayd al-Ashhali
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
- Sahih al-Bukhari
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Bishr ibn al-Bara'”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/bishr-ibn-al-bara/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.