(Mention of the virtues of Bishr bin al-Bara' bin Ma'rur, may Allah be pleased with him) It is narrated from Ibn Ishaq, concerning the names of the eminent Companions of Banu Salimah, and then of Banu Adi bin Ghanm bin Salimah, who took part in the Battle of Badr with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): (Among them was) Bishr bin al-Bara' bin Ma'rur bin Sakhr bin Khansa' (may Allah be pleased with him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Banu Salimah! Who is your chief?" They said: "Al-Jadd bin Qays, although there is miserliness in him." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "And what disease could be more deadly than miserliness? (Rather,) your chief is Bishr bin al-Bara' bin Ma'rur." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Umm Mubashshir (may Allah be pleased with her): I came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) during the illness in which he (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away, and I said: "O Messenger of Allah! May my father and mother be sacrificed for you, what do you perceive regarding this suffering of yours? For I consider the cause of my son's death to be none other than that poisoned food which he ate with you at Khaybar." Her son, Bishr bin al-Bara' bin Ma'rur, had died before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "And I too consider nothing other than that to be the cause (of my suffering). This is the time when my aorta is being severed." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that a Jewish woman invited the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and some of his Companions to a meal of roasted mutton. When they sat down to eat, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) took a morsel and put it down (taking it out of his mouth). Then he said to them: "Stop, this sheep is certainly poisoned." Then he said to the Jewish woman: "Woe to you! Why did you poison me?" She said: "I wanted to know: if you truly are the Prophet of Allah, it would not harm you, and if you are not a prophet, I would relieve the people of you." Bishr bin al-Bara' (may Allah be pleased with him) had eaten from that meat, and because of it he died, so the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had that woman executed (in retaliation). (Mention of the virtues of Abu Marthad Kannaz bin al-Husayn al-Ghanawi, may Allah be pleased with him) It is also said that he is Kannaz bin Hisn bin Yarbu'. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) established brotherhood between him and Ubadah bin al-Samit (may Allah be pleased with him). He took part in the Battles of Badr, Uhud and al-Khandaq, and he is the father of Marthad bin Abi Marthad. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) made him the commander of the expedition that was sent to al-Raji', and he was martyred there. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

Abu Abdullah al-Asbahani informed us of all the events mentioned above, through his shaykhs.

It is narrated from Muhammad bin Umar that Abu Marthad al-Ghanawi, Kannaz bin al-Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him), the ally of Sayyiduna Hamzah bin Abd al-Muttalib, died in Madinah during the caliphate of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him), in the year 12 AH, while some other historians say that he was martyred at Ajnadayn.

Ibrahim bin al-Mundhir states that Sayyiduna Abu Marthad al-Ghanawi, Kannaz bin al-Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him), the ally of Sayyiduna Hamzah bin Abd al-Muttalib, passed away during the caliphate of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) in the year 12 AH, and he is buried in Madinah.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Urwah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him), in the list of names of the Companions who took part in the Battle of Badr with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), that among them was Sayyiduna Abu Marthad al-Ghanawi (may Allah be pleased with him), the ally of Sayyiduna Hamzah bin Abd al-Muttalib.

Mus'ab bin Abdullah al-Zubayri states that Sayyiduna Abu Marthad al-Ghanawi (may Allah be pleased with him) passed away in the twelfth year of the Hijrah, at the age of sixty-six.

Khalifah bin Khayyat states that the name of Sayyiduna Abu Marthad al-Ghanawi (may Allah be pleased with him) is Kannaz bin Husayn bin Yarbu' bin Amr bin Yarbu' bin Kharashah bin Sa'd bin Tarif bin Hullan bin Ghanm (bin Ghani) bin A'sur bin Sa'd bin Qays Aylan.