Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan ya koma Siriya, ya zama mai goyon bayan gwamnansa Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan a lokacin rikicin na karshen tare da Halifa Ali (as) na Kufa a cikin
Yaƙin basasa na Musulmi na farko. Ya yi aiki a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin wakilan Mu'awiya zuwa Ali a watan Yuni na 657, wata ɗaya kafin Yaƙin Siffin tsakanin ɓangarorin biyu, wanda ya ƙare a cikin rikici. A lokacin Khalifancin Mu'awiya (661<unk>680) ya kasance memba na kewayen halifancin, kodayake a wannan lokacin ya sami rinjaye tare da Umayyad ta hannun abokin hamayyarsa na Kindite na Siriya, Husayn ibn Numayr al-Sakuni. Tabbas, babu wani rikodin Shurahbil ko danginsa har zuwa tawayen Yazid ibn al-Muhallab a Iraki a shekara ta 720 lokacin da 'yan tawaye suka kama wani dan Shurahbil wanda ba a ambaci sunansa ba kuma suka kashe shi sannan kuma a lokacin Yaƙin basasa na Musulmi na Uku a 744, lokacin da babban jikan Shurahbil, Simt ibn Thabit ibn Yazid ya haɗu da tsohon abokin hamayyarsa Mu'awiya ibn Yazid, jikan Husayn ibn Numayr, a kan Khalifa Yazid III. Daga baya aka gicciye Simt ibn Thabit saboda jagorantar tawaye a Homs a kan Khalifa Marwan II (). Zuriyar Shurahbil ko kuma a'a, mahaifinsa, na ɗan lokaci ya karɓi Homs a lokacin Yaƙin basasa na Musulmi na huɗu a farkon ƙarni na 9.