Abū Barāʾ ʿĀmir ibn Mālik ibn Jaʿfar (Arabic: أبو براء عامر بن مالك بن جعفر) was the preeminent chief of the Ja'far house of the Banu Kilab and its parent tribe the Banu Amir in the late 6th century and early 7th century.
He gave Muslims safe conduct, but they were slain by a Bedouin party, purportedly supported by Abu Bara's nephew and rival chief Amir ibn al-Tufayl.
[9] The Muslims Muhammad dispatched toward the Najd were subsequently slain at a well called Bir Ma'una in the territory of the Banu Sulaym, for which the Islamic tradition generally implicated Abu Bara's nephew and leadership rival Amir ibn al-Tufayl.
[11] The historian M. J. Kister assessed that Abu Bara, then an elderly man, cooperated with Muhammad because Muslim support would strengthen his position in the tribe against Amir ibn al-Tufayl.
[12] Abu Bara died soon after, a legend attributing his death to a bout of excessive wine drinking as a result of his grief over the affair.