Kumayl ibn Ziyad

Kumayl ibn Ziyad al-Nakha'i (Arabic: كُمَيْلُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ النَّخْعِيُّ, romanized: Kumayl ibn Ziyād al-Nakhaʿī), 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 of the Nakha tribe of the Madhhij confederation, he is esteemed in Islamic tradition for his piety and his role in preserving the spiritual teachings of Ali.

Kumayl rose to political prominence during the caliphates of Uthman and Ali, famously serving as the governor of Hit. He is most widely recognized for transmitting Du'a Kumayl, a major supplication in the Shia tradition which he reportedly received from Ali. Historically, Kumayl was a vocal critic of the Umayyad administration and participated in the revolt of Ibn al-Ash'ath in 700. Following the failure of the uprising, he was captured and executed by the Umayyad governor Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf in 708.