[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "How many weak, oppressed individuals with two cloths would have fulfilled their oath if they had sworn by Allah? From them, Bara' bin Malik is an exception, for Bara' encountered a group of polytheists and they caused great harm to the Muslims." So they said to Bara': "O Bara', the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to you, 'If you had sworn an oath by Allah, I would have fulfilled it. So swear by your Lord.'" Bara' said: "I swear by you, O my Lord, for what you have bestowed upon us through their shoulders." Then they gathered on the bridge of As-Sus and caused harm to the Muslims. They said to him, "O Bara', swear by your Lord." He said: "I swear by you, O my Lord, for what you have bestowed upon us through their shoulders and for connecting me with your Prophet ﷺ ." So they granted them their shoulders and Bara' was martyred.  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «كَمْ مِنْ ضَعِيفٍ مُتَضَعِّفٍ ذِي طِمْرَيْنِ لَوْ أَقْسَمَ عَلَى اللَّهِ لَأَبَرَّ قَسَمَهُ مِنْهُمُ الْبَرَاءُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ فَإِنَّ الْبَرَاءَ لَقِيَ زَحْفًا مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ وَقَدْ أَوْجَعَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ فِي الْمُسْلِمِينَ» فَقَالُوا يَا بَرَاءُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّكَ لَوْ أَقْسَمْتَ عَلَى اللَّهِ لَأَبَرَّكَ فَأَقْسِمْ عَلَى رَبِّكَ» فَقَالَ أَقْسَمْتُ عَلَيْكَ يَا رَبِّ لِمَا مَنَحْتَنَا أَكْتَافَهُمْ ثُمَّ الْتَقَوْا عَلَى قَنْطَرَةِ السُّوسِ فَأَوْجَعُوا فِي الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَقَالُوا لَهُ يَا بَرَاءُ أَقْسِمْ عَلَى رَبِّكَ فَقَالَ أَقْسَمْتُ عَلَيْكَ يَا رَبِّ لِمَا مَنَحْتَنَا أَكْتَافَهُمْ وَأَلْحَقْتَنِي بِنَبِيِّكَ ﷺ فَمُنِحُوا أَكْتَافَهُمْ وَقُتِلَ الْبَرَاءُ شَهِيدًا