Bishr ibn al-Barāʾ

Bischr ibn al-Barāʾ ( Arabic بشر بن البراء, DMG Bišr b. al-Barāʾ ; † 628 in Chaibar ) was a companion of the Prophet Mohammed . His father's name was al-Barāʾ ibn Maūrūr. Bishop belonged to the Banu Salama tribe and, together with his father, joined Islam in AD 622 at the second homage to Aqaba .

Life

Bishop was famous for his archery skills. He participated in the Battle of Badr , the Battle of Uhud , the Battle of the Trenches , the train to Hudaibiyya and the train to Khaibar . After the surrender of the Jews there, he was poisoned. The perpetrator was a Jew named Zainab bint Harith, who had lost all of her male relatives in the armed conflict and now wanted to seek revenge. Ibn Ishaq reports this event in the following words:

“One day after the conquests were over and the Prophet felt safe, Zainab bint Harith, one of the captured women, gave him a roast sheep. She had inquired beforehand which piece of the sheep he liked best, and they had given her the shoulder. She then poisoned the whole sheep, but put a particularly large amount of poison on the shoulder. Then she brought it and laid it down before the Prophet. He took the shoulder piece and chewed a bite of it, but didn't swallow it. Bishr ibn Bara ', who was with the prophet and had also taken a bite, devoured it. The Prophet, however, spat it out and said: 'This bone tells me [!] That it is poisoned.' He had the woman fetched and she confessed. When he asked her why she did this, she replied: 'You know what you have done to my people. I thought to myself: If you are only a king, I will be redeemed from you; but if you are a prophet, you will be warned. ' The prophet let them go with impunity. Bishr died from what he ate. "

Information about Bishop's death diverges. Some sources report that he died on the spot, others report that he died less than a year later.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ KV Zettersteen: in: EJ Brill's First Encyclopaedia Of Islam 1913-1936, Leiden 1987, Vol. II, keyword: Bishr b. al-Bara '
2. ↑ There are different reports about the fate of women. In his "class register" ( kitab at-tabaqat ) Ibn Sa'd reported that the woman was killed.
3. ↑ Ibn Ishaq: The Life of the Prophet. From the Arabic by Gernot Rotter. Kandern 2004, p. 207
4. ↑ KV Zettersteen: in: EJ Brill's First Encyclopaedia Of Islam 1913-1936, Leiden 1987, Vol. II, keyword: Bishr b. al-Bara '

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• EJ Brill's First Encyclopaedia Of Islam 1913-1936, Leiden 1987, Vol. II, keyword: Bishr b. al-Bara '
• The Encyclopaedia of Islam. New Edition. Brill, suffering. Vol. 1, p. 1241