Al-Bara' bin 'Azib

Al-Bara ibn Azib (RA) — this entry appears as 'Al-Bara bin Azib' in the data, referring to the same Ansari companion whose full biography is under entry 14. He participated in eighteen military expeditions with the Prophet ﷺ after being initially turned away from Badr for being too young. He narrated approximately 305 hadiths and settled in Kufa after the Prophet's death, becoming an important transmitter of the Sunnah in Iraq. His narrations cover prayer, fasting, funeral rites, and eyewitness accounts from the expeditions. He passed away around 72 AH.