Hazrat Nu‘man bin Asr(ra) belonged to the Ansar tribe of Balli and was a confederate of the tribe of Banu Muawiyyah. He was also called Laqeet bin Asr. Similarly, he was also known as Nu‘man bin Balwi. Hazrat Nu‘man(ra) bin Asr participated alongside the Holy Prophet(sa) in the Bai‘at-e-Aqabah, the Battle of Badr as well as all other battles. He was martyred during the battle of Yamama and according to some, Hazrat Nu‘man(ra) was the individual who was martyred by Tulaihah during the battle with the apostates, after the demise of the Holy Prophet(sa). (Al-Sirat Al-Nabwai Li Ibn Hisham, pp. 466 – 467, Dar-ul-Kutub al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut, 2001) (Usdul Ghaba Fi Marifat Al-Sahaba, Vol. 5, p. 318, Nasr, Dar-ul-Kutub al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, 2008) (Al-Isaba Fi Tamyeez Al-Sahaba, Vol. 5, p. 510, Dar-ul-Kutub al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut, 2005)