Umm Mubashshir bint al-Bara' ibn Ma'rur
أم مبشر بنت البراء بن معرور
An Ansari woman, daughter of al-Bara' ibn Ma'rur; Jabir ibn Abdullah narrated from her the hadith that none of the people of the tree will enter the Fire, and her words are recorded at the Prophet's last illness, where she said she blamed her son Bishr's death only on the poisoned sheep he had eaten with the Prophet.
At a glance
- Roles
- Companion
- Tradition
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era · The Rashidun Caliphate
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
Place in the story
- CompanionTradition
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Summary
Umm Mubashshir bint al-Bara' ibn Ma'rur al-Ansariyya 1.
The hadith of the best of people
Ibn Ishaq relates from Ibn Abi Najih from Mujahid from Umm Mubashshir, who said: I heard the Messenger of God say: "shall I tell you of the best of people?" They said: yes. He said: "a man with his flock, keeping up the prayer and paying the zakat, withdrawn from people's evils" 1.
The people of the Tree
Muslim and al-Nasa'i narrate her hadith by way of Hajjaj ibn Muhammad from Ibn Jurayj from Abu al-Zubayr from Jabir from Umm Mubashshir: she heard the Prophet say at Hafsa's: "none of the people of the Tree shall enter the Fire, God willing" 2. Ibn Hajar mentions the narrators' disagreement over its chain: Ibn Majah related it from Abu Mu'awiya from al-A'mash from Abu Sufyan from Jabir from Umm Mubashshir from Hafsa; Abdullah ibn Idris differed, saying: from Umm Mubashshir that she heard the Prophet say it in Hafsa's house 2.
The poisoned ewe
Abu Dawud narrates by way of al-Zuhri from Ibn Ka'b ibn Malik from his father from Umm Mubashshir: she entered on the Prophet in the illness of which he died and said: "whom do you suspect, Messenger of God? I suspect — by my father — nothing but the poisoned ewe that was eaten with you" 2.
Her lineage
Ahmad mentions in her entry: "Umm Mubashshir al-Ansariyya, wife of Zayd ibn Haritha" 2.
Connections
- Child of
- al-Bara ibn Ma'rur
- Member of
- The Ansar
People and things also explored
The Pledges of AqabaBishr ibn al-Bara'MedinaThe Ansaral-Bara ibn Ma'rural-Khansa' bint Khidhamal-Rubayyi' bint Mu'awwidhAsma' bint Marthad
Sources
- al-Isaba fi tamyiz al-sahaba — Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, p. 2035
- al-Isaba fi tamyiz al-sahaba — Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, p. 2036
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islam.museum contributors. “Umm Mubashshir bint al-Bara' ibn Ma'rur”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/umm-mubashshir/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.