Bhai Bala (Punjabi: ਭਾਈ ਬਾਲਾ, romanized: Bhāī Bālā; 1466–1544) was a companion of Guru Nanak.

Born in Talwandi into a Sandhu Jat family, Bala was also a close associate of Bhai Mardana.

[3] There are a number of other anomalies, which Dr. Kirpal Singh has explicated in his Punjabi work janamsakhi tradition.

Singha, some scholars argue that Bhai Bala was a genuine person, however his janamsakhi hagiographies had been corrupted by heretical sects such as the Minas, Handaliyas, and others.

[9] The earliest extant Bala version rendition of the janamsakhis itself claims to date to 1525 but this has been rejected by New Zealand historian W.H.