Kumayl ibn Ziyad
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Kumayl bin Ziyad an-Nakha'i (Arabic: كُميل بن زياد النخائي) a companion of Muhammad, and later Ali, the fourth Sunni Caliph and first Shi'a Imam. He is best know for the du'a or supplication in the Shi'a anthologies that bears his name, du'a al-Kumayl [1].
Kumayl fought alongside Sa'id ibn Jubayr at the battle of Jamājim in 82 AH (699-701 CE) against the provincial governor of the Iraqi region, al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf al-Thaqafi. Kumayl commanded the ‘Battalion of Qur’an Reciters’[citation needed].
Kumayl was put to death by al-Hajjaj because of his staunch Shi'a beliefs. It is said that al-Hajjaj had asked Kumayl to disown Ali before his execution.
The shrine of Kumayl is on a hill at Wadi al-Salaam in Najaf[citation needed].
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| List of Ali's companions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Abu Dharr al-Ghifari | Khuzayma ibn Thabit | Miqdad ibn Aswad | Salman the Persian |
| Ammar ibn Yasir | Malik al-Ashtar | Habib ibn Mazahir | Kumayl ibn Ziyad |
| Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr | Sa'sa'ah ibn Suhan | Zayd ibn Suhan | Hisham ibn 'Utbah |
| Abdullah ibn Budayl | Maytham al-Tammar | Adi ibn Hatim | Hujr ibn Adi |
| Asbagh ibn Nubatah | al-Harith al-A'war al-Hamdani | Amr ibn al-Humq al-Khaza'i | Abdullah ibn Hashim |
| Uways al-Qarni | `Abd Allah ibn `Abbas | Uday ibn Hatam | Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali |
| Uthman ibn Hunaif | Mikhnaf ibn Sulaym | Sulayman ibn Surad | Jundab ibn Abdullah |
| Sulaym ibn Qays | |||
