Who Was Dhul-Khuwaysirah? Who told the Prophet ﷺ to be just in Islamic History

Before the worldBefore Adam

The first nationsAdam to Shuayb

Egypt and Bani Israilc. 1300–1000 BCE

Bani Israil and Romec. 1000 BCE – 250 CE

Arabia before IslamUp to 570 CE

Enemies of the Prophet ﷺ610–632 CE

After the Prophet ﷺ632–1000 CE

Crusades and conquests1090–1502 CE

The end of timeStill to come

Ten signs before the Hour

Isa ibn Maryam descends
A landslide in the east
A landslide in the west
A landslide in Arabia
The smoke
The sun rises from the west
The Beast of the earth
A fire from Yemen drives people to their gathering

Sahih Muslim lists ten major signs before the Hour without fixing their order. This follows a common order given by the scholars. Sahih Muslim 2901a ↗

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ذو الخويصرة

Dhul-Khuwaysirah

Who told the Prophet ﷺ to be justc. 630 CE · 8 AH

As the Prophet ﷺ shared out wealth, a man of Banu Tamim stood up and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, be just!' The Prophet ﷺ replied: 'Woe to you, who would be just if I were not?'

How it ended

The Prophet ﷺ said that people would come from his kind who recite the Quran but it goes no deeper than their throats, and pass out of Islam as an arrow passes through its game.

And among them are some who criticize you concerning the [distribution of] charities. If they are given from them, they approve; but if they are not given from them, at once they become angry.
Quran 9:58

The lessonZeal without humility led him to judge the Prophet ﷺ himself.

In the Quran

9:58

Stood against
Source: Authentic hadithSahih al-Bukhari. Some reports place it at al-Ji'ranah after Hunayn. Scholars see him as the root of the Khawarij.Sahih al-Bukhari 3610 ↗

Every villain in Islamic history, from Iblis to the Dajjal

Each entry is drawn from the Quran, authentic hadith (with links to sunnah.com), the classical commentators and the historians. Companions who fought Islam and later became Muslim are not included, nor are figures Muslims disagree about.