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'''Burayda b. Ḥuṣayb al-Aslamī''' (Arabic: {{iarabic|بُرَیدَة بن حُصَیب الاَسلَمي}}) was a [[Sahaba|companion]] of the [[Holy Prophet (s)]]. He attended most of the Holy Prophet's (s) battles (or [[ghazwa]]). He was the head of the [[Aslam b. Afsa]] tribe. His conversion to Islam led to the conversion of many people in his tribe to Islam.

Burayda's father is mentioned in many sources as “Husayb” and in some as “Khuḍayb”. He was the head of the Aslam b. Afsa tribe. He was known with different [[kunya]]s such as Abu 'Abd Allah, Abu Sahl, Abu l-Husayb, and Abu Sasan, but he is most commonly known as Abu 'Abd Allah.

==In the Period of the Holy Prophet (s)==

During the Holy Prophet's (s) immigration or [[Hijra]] from [[Mecca]] to [[Medina]], when the Holy Prophet (s) had a sojourn in al-Ghamim station, Burayda and 80 families associated with him went to the Holy Prophet (s) and converted to Islam. But on [[Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani]]'s account, he converted to Islam after the [[Battle of Badr]].

Burayda only joined the Holy Prophet (s) in Medina after the [[Battle of Uhud]]. After this battle, he moved to Medina and attended all the Holy Prophet's (s) later battles. In 9/630, he was once commissioned by the Holy Prophet (s) to receive taxes from Aslam and Ghifar tribes and once again to call them to join the [[Battle of Tabuk]].

He narrated [[hadith]]s from the Holy Prophet (s), and [[Abu Dawud]], the author of ''Musnad'' cited his hadiths. His son, 'Abd Allah b. Burayda and his grandsons, Aws b. 'Abd Allah and Sahl b. 'Abd Allah also narrated hadiths from him.

He narrated a hadith according to which the Holy Prophet (s) told him, [[Abu Bakr b. Abi Quhafa]], [['Umar b. Khattab]], [[Talha]] and [[Zubayr]] to greet [['Ali b. Abi Talib (a)]] as [[Amir al-Mu'minin]], and they did so.

After the Holy Prophet (s) demise, Burayda al-Aslami refused to pledge allegiance to Abu Bakr and supported [[Imam 'Ali (a)]]. He continued to live in Medina until [[Basra]] was built, when he moved to Basra. He fought in [[Khorasan]] and resided in [[Merv]].

According to [[Ibn Kathir]] and [[al-Baladhuri]], he and [[Rabi' b. Ziyad]] were among the 50,000 people who moved from Basra and [[Kufa]] to Khurasan in 51/671 at the command of [[Ziyad b. Abih]].

His love for Imam 'Ali (a) goes back to his company of the Imam (a) during a trip to [[Yemen]]. On this trip, [[Khalid b. Walid]] who was dissatisfied with Imam 'Ali's (a) performance, sent Burayda to the Holy Prophet (s) in order to express his complaints of Imam 'Ali (a). When he went to the Holy Prophet (s) and heard the Prophet's (s) recommendations about Imam 'Ali (a), he began to love the Imam (a). When Abu Bakr was appointed as the [[caliph]] after the demise of the Holy Prophet (s), he went to the Banu Aslam tribe and installed a flag among them, calling people to object to Abu Bakr's [[caliphate]] and pledge their allegiance to Imam 'Ali (a).

He narrated many [[hadith]]s from the Holy Prophet (s) with regard to the virtues of Imam 'Ali (a), including:  

* The story of the Holy Prophet (s) taking back the flag from Abu Bakr and giving it to Imam 'Ali (a) in the [[Battle of Khaybar]]. The Holy Prophet (s) had said: “tomorrow I will give the flag to someone who is loved by God and His prophet, and God will bring about the victory on his hands, and he never runs away”.

According to Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani, Burayda died in 63/682, and according to Ibn Athir, he died during the reign of [[Yazid b. Mu'awiya]] (r. 60/679 - 64683) in Khorasan (near Merv).

His grave is located in today's [[Turkmenistan]]. [[Hakam b. Ghifari]], another well-known companion of the Holy Prophet (s), is buried near Burayd's grave. Muslim residents of the region call these two figures the “twin flag-holders of Islam”. According to [[Fadl b. Hasan al-Tabarsi|al-Tabarsi]] in his ''[[A'lam al-wara]]'', there is a hadith from the Holy Prophet (s) addressing Burayda, in which he prognosticates the immigration of Burayda and some other people to Merv.

In his ''al-Tabaqat al-kubra'', Ibn Sa'd mentioned a person called 'Abd Allah, the son of Burayda al-Aslami, who narrated hadiths from his father. Waqid, the grandfather of the historian, Muhammad b. 'Umar al-Waqidi, was an emancipated slave of 'Abd Allah b. Burayda.

* The material for this article is mainly taken from [http://fa.wikishia.net/view/%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A9_%D8%A8%D9%86_%D8%AD%D8%B5%DB%8C%D8%A8 بریدة بن حصیب] in Farsi WikiShia.

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