Al-Bara ibn Azib
أبو عمارة البراء بن عازب بن الحارث
Companion, died 72 AH in Kufa. Named in the chains of 401 narrations of the library, 129 in Bukhari, 29 in Muslim, 38 in Abu Dawud.
401narrations name him
14collections
72 AHhe died, in Kufa
Narrations he is named in
Bukhari129Muslim29Abu Dawud38Tirmidhi45Nasa'i44Ibn Majah29Muwatta2Ahmad2Darimi16Riyad as-Salihin13Bulugh al-Maram5Al-Adab Al-Mufrad12Shama'il6Mishkat31
Mishkat al-Masabih, page 1 of 2
Mishkat al-Masabih 119“God establishes those who believe with the word which stands firm” was revealed concerning the punishment in the grave. One will be asked who his Lord is and will reply that his Lord is God and his prophet is Muhammad.
(Bukhari and Muslim.)
1 Quran, xiv…Mishkat al-Masabih 125Al-Bara ibn Azib reported God’s messenger as saying, “Two angels will come to him, make him sit up, and ask him who his Lord is, to which he will reply that his Lord is God. They will ask him what his religion is, and he will reply that his religion is Islam.…Mishkat al-Masabih 478Al-Bara reported God’s messenger as saying, “There is no harm in the urine of an animal whose flesh may be eaten.” In a version of Jabir’s he said, “If an animal’s flesh may be eaten, there is no harm in its urine.”
Ahmad and Daraqutni transmitted it.Mishkat al-Masabih 782SahihHe heard the Prophet recite at the evening prayer, “By the fig and the olive”* and that he had never heard anyone with a more beautiful voice.
*Al-Qur’an; 95.Mishkat al-Masabih 815SahihAl-Bara, said that the bowing observed by the Prophet, his prostration, his sitting between the two sajdas, and when he raised his head after bowing, but not the standing and the sitting [when saying the shahada, were nearly equal.Mishkat al-Masabih 835SahihThe Messenger of Allah said:, “When you prostrate yourself, place the palms of your hands on the ground and raise your elbows.”Mishkat al-Masabih 892SahihWhen we prayed behind God’s Messenger we liked to be on his right side so that he would turn his face towards us. He said that he had heard him say, ‘My Lord, guard me from Thy punishment on the day Thou raisest (or, gatherest) Thy servants.’Mishkat al-Masabih 1034SahihAl-Bara ibn Azib told how God’s Messenger used to say, “God and His angels bless those who are near the first rows, and no step is more pleasing to God than one a worshipper takes to reach a row.”Mishkat al-Masabih 1075SahihWe used to pray behind the Prophet, and when he said, “God listens to him who praises Him,” none of us bowed his back till the Prophet placed his forehead on the ground.Mishkat al-Masabih 1281Daif“I accompanied God’s Messenger on eighteen journeys and I never saw him fail to pray two rakas when the sun had passed the meridian before praying the noon prayer.”Mishkat al-Masabih 1323HasanAl-Bara reported God’s Messenger as saying, “It is a duty for Muslims to bathe on Friday, and one may apply some of his wife’s perfume; but if he can get none, water is a perfume for him.”Mishkat al-Masabih 1358SahihThe Prophet addressed us on the day of sacrifice saying, “The first thing we do on this day of ours is to pray; then we return and sacrifice. If anyone does that he has correctly followed our custom; but if anyone makes sacrifice before praying, it is only…Mishkat al-Masabih 1360SahihAl-Bara reported God’s Messenger as saying, “If anyone sacrifices before the prayer, he is sacrificing only for himself; but if anyone sacrifices after the prayer, his rites are complete and he has correctly followed the practice of the Muslims.”Mishkat al-Masabih 1367HasanThe Prophet was handed a bow on the day of the breaking of the fast and delivered the sermon leaning on it.Mishkat al-Masabih 1388Sahiha lame animal which obviously limps, a one-eyed animal which has obviously lost the sight of one eye, a sick animal which is obviously sick, and a lean animal which has no marrow.
*i.e. his fingers.
Malik, Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, Nasai.Mishkat al-Masabih 1447SahihThe Prophet gave us seven commands and seven prohibitions. He commanded us to visit the sick, to follow funerals, to say ‘God have mercy on you’ when someone sneezes, to return salutations, to accept invitations, to help people to fulfil their oaths, and to…Mishkat al-Masabih 1549We went out with the Prophet to the funeral of a man of the Ansar and came to the grave. It had not yet been dug, so God’s messenger sat down and we sat down around him quietly. He had in his hand a stick with which he was making marks on the ground. Then he…Mishkat al-Masabih 1628Sahih“We went out with God’s messenger to the funeral of a man of the Ansar, but when we reached the grave the niche in the side had not yet been made, so the Prophet sat down facing the qibla and we sat down along with him.”
Abu Dawud, Nasai and Ibn Majah…Mishkat al-Masabih 1829SahihAl-Bara reported God’s messenger as saying,
“If anyone lends an animal for milking, or silver coins, or shows someone the way, it will be equivalent to his having emancipated a slave.”Mishkat al-Masabih 2023SahihWhen a man was reciting sura al-Kahf (Qur’an,18) with a horse tied with two ropes at his side a cloud overshadowed him, and as it began to come nearer and nearer his horse began to take fright. He went and mentioned that to the Prophet in the morning and he…Mishkat al-Masabih 2103Al-Bara ibn Azib reported God’s messenger as saying, “Beautify the Qur’an with your voices.”
Ahmad, Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah and Darimi transmitted it.Mishkat al-Masabih 2112Al-Bara ibn Azib told that he heard God’s messenger say, “Beautify the Qur’an with your voices, for the beautiful voice increases the beauty of the Qur’an.”
Darimi transmitted it.Mishkat al-Masabih 2282SahihWhen God’s messenger went to bed he lay on his right side and then said, “O God, I have handed over my soul to Thee, turned my face to Thee, entrusted my affairs to Thee, and committed my back to Thee out of desire for and fear of Thee. There is no refuge and…Mishkat al-Masabih 2412SahihGod’s messenger performed the ‘umra twice in Dhul Qada before performing the hajj.’Mishkat al-Masabih 2797The Messenger of Allah said:, “A debtor is bound to his debt and will complain to his Lord of loneliness on the day of resurrection.”
It is transmitted in Sharh as-sunna. A mursal tradition is transmitted to the effect that Muadh was in debt and his…Mishkat al-Masabih 3045SahihMy maternal uncle Abu Burda ibn Niyar passed me carrying a standard, and I asked him where he was going. He replied, “The Prophet has sent me to bring him the head of a man who has married his father’s wife.”
A version by Abu Dawud, Nasai, Ibn Majah and…Mishkat al-Masabih 3244Sahihthat if any of the polytheists came to him he should send them back to them; that if any of the Muslims went to them they should not send them back; and that he should be allowed to enter the following year and stay in it for three days. When he entered it…Mishkat al-Masabih 3251Al-Bara ibn Azib told of a desert Arab who came to the Prophet and said, “Teach me an action which will bring me into paradise.” He replied, “You have asked a large question in few words. Emancipate, a man and set free a slave.” He asked if the two were not…Mishkat al-Masabih 3879Sahihthat he should return to the polytheists anyone who came to him from them, but they should not return any of the Muslims who came to them; that he should enter Mecca the following year and stay in it three days; and that he should enter it only with such…Mishkat al-Masabih 3885SahihGod’s Messenger went to perform an ‘umra in Dhul Qada, but the people of Mecca refused to let him enter Mecca till he had made an agreement with them to enter (i.e. in the following year) and stay three days. Then when on writing the document they wrote…