HOLY CITY OF NAJAF, Iraq: 75 percent work of reconstruction of the tomb of great companion of Prophet Muhammad b. Abdullah (SW), and later Amir Al-Mo’minin Al-Imam Ali Ibne Abi Talib (AS), Komayl b. Ziyad An-Nakha’ee (RA), has been completed.

Talking to reporters, the supervising engineer of the reconstruction work told that rebuilding organization of holy Najaf rendered nonstop support for completion.

The reconstruction began in April 2007.

Kumayl bin Ziyad an-Nakha'ee is best know for the du'a or supplication in the anthologies that bears his name, du'a al-Kumayl.

Kumayl came from Yemen. His family inhabited Kufa during Imam Ali (AS)'s Caliphate.

He 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, Hajjaj ibn Yusuf al-Thaqafi. Kumayl commanded the ‘Battalion of Qur’an Reciters’.

Kumayl was put to death by Hajjaj, a notorious oppressor, because of his staunch beliefs. It is said that Hajjaj had asked Kumayl to disown Al-Imam Ali (AS) before his execution.

The shrine of Kumayl is on a hill at Wadi os-Salaam in Najaf.