Sa'd ibn al-Harth al-Ansari

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Sa'd was from Khazraj tribe. Sa'd and his brother, Abu al-Hutuf ibn al-Harth al-Ansari, were among the Khawarij in Battle of Nahrawan and had come from Kufa with the army of Umar ibn Sa'd to fight with Hussain.[1][2]

After all the companions of Hussain ibn Ali were martyred in the afternoon of Ashura, Hussain called, "Oh, isn't there any helper to help us? Oh, isn't there any defender to defend the family of the Prophet?" Women and children in the tents of Hussain heard the call and began crying. When Sa'd and his brother, Abu Al-Hutuf, heart the cries of the woman and children, they shouted the slogan of Khawarij, "No rule, but God's and no obedience to the one who has disobeyed Him",[3] and then declared that "Hussain was son of the daughter of the Prophet, the intercession of whom for ourselves we wish on the Day of Judgment. How can we fight him while he is in such a state, has no helper, and stands alone in the desert of Karbala, asking for help?"

They turned against Umar ibn Sa'd's army and unsheathed their swords. Sa'd and his brother killed many soldiers until they too were martyred.[4]

However, another source narrates the story in a slightly different manner. It is said that after the martyrdom of Hussain and when they heard cries of women, they attacked the army of 'Umar ibn Sa'd and were martyred.[1][2]