Kumayl ibn Ziyad al-Nakha'i, born Kūmayl ibn Ziyād al-Nakhaʿī al-Madhḥijī was a prominent Tabi'un and a close companion of the first Shia Imam and fourth Rashidun caliph, Ali ibn Abi Talib. A member o

Nahj al-balāgha is the best-known collection of sermons, letters, and sayings attributed to Ali ibn Abi Talib, the fourth Rashidun caliph, the first Shia imam, and the cousin and son-in-law of the Isl