Shurayḥ ibn al-Ḥārith (شريح ابن الحارث) ibn Qays ibn al-Jahm al-Kindî īd. June 697/~80 Hijri) was a tābi‘ ( singular of Tabi'un ) who converted to Islam in Yemen during the lifetime of Muhammad though he never met him. During the reign of Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq, he relocated to Kufah in Iraq. He served as a judge and was known to have issued fatwa to kill Hussain.
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edit- Majalis-Ul-Muntazreen J#1, P#259,60