Abū Bakra al-Thaqafī (ar|أبو بكرة الثقفي) better known as Nufayʿ ibn al-Ḥārith (ar|نُـفَـيْـع ابْـن الْـحَـارِث) was the half brother of Nafi ibn al-Harith. He is known for his dispute with another Islamic general al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba during a military expedition.
Other sources describe him as the uterine brother of Ziyad ibn Abihi.[1]