al-Barāʾ b. Maʿrūr - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" al-Barāʾ b. Maʿrūr - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Görke, Andreas

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1060053
Doc. NO	:	ALei450
Main Entry	:	Görke, Andreas
Title & Author	:	al-Barāʾ b. Maʿrūr - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Görke, Andreas
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(539 words)
Abstract	:	Al-Barāʾ b. Maʿrūr (d. 622 C.E.) was one of the leaders of the Anṣār, the Medinan helpers of the prophet Muḥammad. His fame mainly rests on two episodes: he is said to have been the first to pray in the direction of the Kaʿba when Muḥammad still favoured Jerusalem as the qibla , and, according to some traditions, he was the first to pledge allegiance to Muḥammad at al-ʿAqaba. Both episodes are said to have taken place shortly before the hijra of the Prophet. Al-Barāʾ was at
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei450.pdf