53 – al-Barāʾ ibn Maʿrūr ibn Sakhr ibn Khansāʾ ibn Sinān al-Khazrajī—the chief, the delegate, Abū Bishr al-Anṣārī al-Khazrajī.
He was one of the twelve delegates on the Night of al-ʿAqaba and a first cousin of Saʿd ibn Muʿādh. He served as the delegate (naqīb) for his clan, the Banū Salima. He was the first person to pledge allegiance on the first night of al-ʿAqaba, and he was virtuous, God-fearing, and possessed keen insight.
He died in the month of Ṣafar, one month before the Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered Madinah.

Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq said: Maʿbad ibn Kaʿb narrated to me, from his brother ʿAbd Allāh, from their father, who said:
“We set out from Madinah intending to meet the Prophet ﷺ in Mecca, and with us came the pilgrims of our people who still practised idolatry. When we reached Dhū al-Ḥulayfa, al-Barāʾ ibn Maʿrūr—our chief and elder (1)—said to us, ‘By Allah, you must know that I have resolved not to keep this House (2) behind my back; I shall pray facing it.’
We replied, ‘By Allah, we will not do that. All we know is that our Prophet prays toward the Levant, and we are not about to oppose his qibla.’
Yet I observed him: whenever the time for prayer arrived, he would pray toward the Kaʿba. We reproached him for it, but he insisted until we reached Mecca.
Then he said to me, ‘Nephew, I have done…’