Samira ibn al-Ja'd al-Shaybani

Abu al-Ja'd Samira ibn al-Ja'd al-Shaybani of the Banu Shayban, who was one of the boon-companions of al-Hajjaj. Qatari ibn al-Fuja'a wrote to him in verse inviting him, and he joined the Kharijites ².

He wrote to al-Hajjaj a letter with verses at the bottom in which he declared that he had abandoned every religion except the religion of the Kharijites. He has many poems on asceticism and death ².