His hair looked dishevelled and his whole appearance was unkempt. He was thin and wiry with so little flesh on his bones that it was painful to look at him. Yet in single handed combat he defeated and killed many opponents and in the thick of battle he was an outstanding fighter against the mushrikeen. He was so courageous and daring that Umar once wrote to his governors throughout the Islamic state that they should not appoint him to lead any army out of fear that he would have them all killed by his daring exploits. This man was al-Baraa’ ibn Malik al-Ansari, the brother of Anas ibn Malik, the personal aide of the Prophet.
Indeed, he’s among the bravest of the companions during the Day of Al-Yamamah. When Musaylimah al-Khadz-dzab and his armies backed up into the
The thin and wiry al-Baraa was soon sitting on a shield. A number of spears raised the shield and he was catapulted into the
The Muslims charged into the
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