Hurqūs ibn Zuhayr al-Sa'di at-Tamimi (Arabic: حرقوص بن زهير السعدي التميمي, romanized: Hurqūṣ ibn Zuhayr al-Saʿdī al-Tamīmī), commonly known by the laqab Dhu al-Khuwaysira (Arabic: ذو الخويصرة, romanized: Dhū al-Khuwayṣira), was a Kharijite,[1][2] and a leader of Banu Tamim tribal descent.
[4] During the wars between the Muslims and the Sasanian Empire in Persia, when Utba ibn Ghazwan wrote to Umar ibn al-Khattab seeking help, Umar sent Hurqus who played a significant role in the defeat of Hormuzan, particularly in the conquest of Ahvaz.
[5] Dhu al-Khuwaysira opposed Muhammad's distribution of the spoils of war, according to a hadith narrated by Abu Sa'id al-Khudri: [6] While we were with Allah's Messenger who was distributing (i.e. some property), there came Dhu al-Khuwaysira, a man from the tribe of Banu Tamim and said, "O Allah's Messenger!
The sign by which they will be recognized is that among them there will be a black man, one of whose arms will resemble woman's breasts or a lump of meat moving loosely.
Those people will appear when there will be differences amongst the people.Hurqus participated among the Arab settler hosts brought by Arfajah during Conquest of Khuzestan, Hurqus participation recorded particularly when he was sent by Rashidun army superiors to defeat Hormuzan in 638 at Ahvaz, and forced the city to pay jizya (poll-tax).
A man among them put his finger in his ear, reciting: "It has already been revealed to you—and to those ˹prophets˺ before you—that if you associate others ˹with Allah˺, your deeds will certainly be void and you will truly be one of the losers."
When Ali sent Abu Musa to implement the arbitration, the Kharijites gathered at the house of Abd Allah ibn Wahb al-Rasibi.
Ali delivered a sermon urging them to aspire to the Hereafter and Paradise, and encouraging them to enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong.
Hurqus ibn Zuhayr then stood up after praising and thanking Allah, saying: 'The enjoyment of this world is brief, and separation from it is imminent.