Khārijah ibn Ḥudhāfah ibn Ghānim.
Ibn Mākūlā says: He was a Companion who witnessed the conquest of Egypt. ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb sent reinforcements to ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ, and Khārijah commanded one quarter of that force. He served as chief of police in Egypt during the caliphate of ʿUmar and again under Muʿāwiyah. ʿAmr ibn Bukayr, a Kharijite, slew him in Egypt, thinking he was ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ. ʿAbd Allāh ibn Abī Murrah transmitted a single hadith from him.
Shuraḥbīl ibn al-Simṭ ibn al-Aswad al-Kindī, Abū Yazīd—some say Abū al-Simṭ.
He enjoyed both Companionship and hadith transmission, relating reports from ʿUmar and Salmān al-Fārisī. Among those who narrated from him are Jubayr ibn Nufayr, Kathīr ibn Murrah, and others.
Al-Bukhārī wrote: “He governed Ḥimṣ and was the one who conquered it. A valiant horseman and courageous warrior, it is said that he fought at al-Qādisiyyah. He outstripped al-Ashʿath ibn Qays in securing the nobility of Kindah, and Muʿāwiyah summoned him for counsel before the Battle of Ṣiffīn.”
Al-Shaʿbī related that ʿUmar appointed Shuraḥbīl ibn al-Simṭ over al-Madāʾin and his father over Syria. The father then wrote to ʿUmar: “You command that captives are not separated from their children, yet you have separated me from my son.” So ʿUmar reunited him with his son.
Yazīd ibn ʿAbd Rabbih al-Ḥimṣī said: Shuraḥbīl died in the year 40 AH.