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==During Imam Ali's Caliphate== | ==During Imam Ali's Caliphate== | ||
Kumayl was one of the [[Tabi'un]] and one of the close companions of Imam Ali (a) and companions of Imam al-Hasan (a). He was | Kumayl was one of the [[Tabi'un]] and one of the close companions of Imam Ali (a) and companions of Imam al-Hasan (a).<ref>Rāwandī, ''Minhāj al-barāʿa'', vol. 21, p. 219; Mufīd, ''al-Ikhtiṣāṣ'', p. 7.</ref> He was eighteen when the [[Prophet (s)]] passed away. He was one of the first [[Shi'a]]s who pledged [[allegiance]] to [[Imam Ali (a)]] in the first days of his [[caliphate]]. He participated in the battles took place in Imam Ali's (a) caliphate, including the [[Battle of Siffin]].<ref>Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, ''al-Iṣāba fī tamyīz al-ṣaḥāba'', vol. 5, p. 486; Ibn Saʿd, ''al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā'', vol. 6, p. 217; Mufīd, ''al-Ikhtiṣāṣ'', p. 107.</ref> He was trusted by Imam Ali (a) to the extent that Imam would told him some secrets.<ref>Murtaḍā al-Zabīdī, ''Tāj al-ʿarūs min jawāhir al-qāmūs'', vol. 15, p. 668.</ref> | ||
He and 'Amr b. Zurara b. Qays al-Nakha'i were among the first people who suggested deposition of [['Uthman b. 'Affan|'Uthman]] and the caliphate of Imam Ali (a). Kumayl is one of | He and 'Amr b. Zurara b. Qays al-Nakha'i were among the first people who suggested deposition of [['Uthman b. 'Affan|'Uthman]] and the caliphate of Imam Ali (a).<ref>Balādhurī, ''Ansāb al-ashrāf'', vol. 5, p. 517.</ref> Kumayl is one of ten persons who were exiled from [[Kufa]] to [[Syria]], during the caliphate of 'Uthman.<ref>Ṭabarī, ''Tārīkh al-Ṭabarī'', vol. 3, p. 365.</ref> | ||
===Imam Ali's (a) Officer=== | ===Imam Ali's (a) Officer=== | ||
During Imam Ali's (a) reign, he was appointed as the governor of Hit, a city near [[Baghdad]]. | During Imam Ali's (a) reign, he was appointed as the governor of Hit, a city near [[Baghdad]].<ref>Dashtī, ''Tarjuma-yi nahj al-balāgha'', p. 591.</ref> | ||
When he was informed that [[Mu'awiya b. Abi Sufyan|Mu'awiya]]'s army, led by [[Sufyan b. 'Uwf]], want to attack Hit, under the false impression that they had camped in Qarqisiya, he left Hit toward Qarqisiya without [[Imam Ali]]'s (a) permission. He left | When he was informed that [[Mu'awiya b. Abi Sufyan|Mu'awiya]]'s army, led by [[Sufyan b. 'Uwf]], want to attack Hit, under the false impression that they had camped in Qarqisiya, he left Hit toward Qarqisiya without [[Imam Ali]]'s (a) permission. He left fifty armed soldiers in Hit for protecting the city. Mu'awiya's army took advantage of this opportunity, and invaded Hit. Imam Ali (a) rebuked him<ref>Balādhurī, ''Ansāb al-ashrāf'', vol. 2, p. 473.</ref> in a letter (number 61 in ''[[Nahj al-balagha]]'') for his action.<ref>Dashtī, ''Tarjuma-yi nahj al-balāgha'', p. 599.</ref> | ||
After Imam Ali's (a) [[martyrdom]], he stood by [[Imam al-Hasan (a)]] and became one of his companions. | After Imam Ali's (a) [[martyrdom]], he stood by [[Imam al-Hasan (a)]] and became one of his companions.<ref>Ṭūsī, ''al-Rijāl'', p. 97.</ref> | ||
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