Dhu al-Khuwaysira al-Tamimi

ذو الخويصرة التميمي

A man of Banu Tamim (identified as Hurqus ibn Zuhayr al-Sa'di) who brazenly challenged the Prophet ﷺ during the distribution of spoils at al-Ji'rana, saying 'Act justly, for you have not acted justly'; the Prophet rebuked him and foretold that from his progeny would emerge a sect that passes out of religion (the Kharijites).

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Era
The Prophetic Era
Region
Arabia
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Dissent, heresy and freethoughtFactions, splits and schisms

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Summary

A man of Banu Tamim (named Hurqus ibn Zuhayr al-Sa'di) who faced the Prophet boldly at the al-Ji'rana division saying: "be just, Muhammad — by God you have not been just!"; the Prophet refuted him, denounced his saying, and foretold that the Kharijites would come from his offspring 1.

His affair at al-Ji'rana

Ibn Ishaq relates from Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Ali ibn al-Husayn al-Baqir and Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Taymi that Dhu al-Khuwaysira came up to the Prophet as he divided the Hunayn spoils and said: "Muhammad, I have seen what you did in this booty — he said: and what did you see? — he said: I have not seen you deal justly!" The Prophet grew angry and said: "woe to you — if justice is not with me, with whom can it be?" 1

Umar ibn al-Khattab (may God be pleased with him) begged leave to kill him; the Prophet forbade it saying: "let him be — he will have a faction who will go deep into the religion until they pass out of it as the arrow passes through the game" 2. He afterwards became one of the Kharijite leaders and was killed at al-Nahrawan 2.

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A man confronted the Prophet rudely and ill-manneredly while money was being distributed; the Prophet treated him with forbearance and kept his companions from killing him, warning against extremism and conceit.

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Member of
Banu Tamim
Participated in
The distribution of Hunayn spoils at al-Ji'rana

People and things also explored

al-Aqra' ibn Habis al-Tamimi· Reconciliation of hearts (al-mu'allafa qulubuhum)· Prohibition of misappropriating spoils (ghulul)· The Prophet's address to the Ansar at al-Ji'rana· The Battle of Hunayn· The delegation of Banu Tamim and the boasting contest· The killing of Tamim at al-Mushaqqar· The Day of al-Jufar (al-Saylam)

Sources

  1. al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936) , 4/139-140
  2. al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936) , 4/140
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al-Aqra' ibn Habis al-Tamimi

A paramount chieftain and arbitrator of Banu Tamim in Najd; given one hundred camels at al-Ji'rana among al-Mu'allafa Qulubuhum, he witnessed the conquest of Mecca, Hunayn and al-Ta'if with the Prophet, came with the Tamim delegation in 9 AH and pronounced that the Muslims' orator and poet surpassed Tamim's, after which the delegation accepted Islam; he later took part in the early conquests.