Abu Bara

Abu Bara was an Arab Pagan at the time of the he Islamic Prophet Muhammad who interacted with him. During the Expedition of Bir Maona, four months after the Uhud battle, a delegation of Banu Amir came to Muhammad and presented him with a gift. Abu Bara stayed in Medina. Muhammad declined to accept that gift because it was from a polytheist and asked Abu Bara to embrace Islam. He requested Muhammad to send some Muslims to the people of Najd to call them to Islam. At first, Muhammad was quite apprehensive of this, as he feared that some harm might befall on these Muslim missionaries. On Muhammad’s hesitation, Abu Bara guaranteed the safety of the emissaries of Muhammad.

But he replied,

"I will protect them."

Ibn Ishaq's Biography claims that forty men were sent to them; but Sahih al-Bukhari states that there were seventy — Al-Mundhir bin ‘Amr, one of Banu Sa‘ida, nicknamed ‘Freed to die’ — commanded that group, who were the best and most learned in the Qur'an and jurisprudence. But the Muslim's were killed[1][2]

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References

  1. ↑ Mubarakpuri, The sealed nectar: biography of the Noble Prophet , pp. 352.
  2. ↑ Tabari, The History of al-Tabari Vol. 7: The Foundation of the Community: Muhammad ..., p.151
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