Al-Bara' ibn Malik
…they had entered it. Caliph Abu Bakr dispatched eleven armies to fight the leaders of these groups in what became known as the Ridda wars. During the Battle of Yamama, al-Baraa' played a role when the rebels army under Musailamah Al Kadhab and his 40,000 soldiers from Banu Hanifa fortified themselves in the fortress…