Hadith 92

(The book) ‘Ikmal Al Deen’ – My father and Ibn Al Waleed and Majaylawiya both together, from Muhammad Bin abu Al Qasim, from Al Kufy, from Nasr Bin Muzahim, from Muhammad Bin Saeed, from Fazl Bin Khadeej, from Kumeyl Bin Ziyad Al Nakhaie, And it is narrated to us by Ibn Al Waleed, from Al Saffar and Sa’ad and Al Himeyri altogether from Ibn Isa and Ibn Hashim both together, from Ibn Abu Najran, from Aasim Bin Humeyd, from Al Sumali, from Abdul Rahman Bin Jundab, from Kumeyl, And it is narrated by Abdullah Bin Muhammad Bin Abdul Wahhab, from Muhammad Bin Dawood Bin Suleyman, from Musa Bin Is’haq, from Zarar, from Aasim Bin Humeyd, from Al Sumali, from Abdul Rahman, from Kumeyl, And it is narrated to us by Al Hamdany, from Ali, from his father, from Ibn Abu Najran, from Aasim Bin Humeyd, And it is narrated to us by Muhammad Bin Al Hassan Bin Ali Bin Al Salt, from Muhammad Bin Al Abbas Al Harwy, from Muhammad Bin Is’haq Bin Saeed, from Muhammad Bin Idrees Al Hanzaly, from Ismail Bin Mua Al Fazari, from Aasim Bin Humeyd, from Al Sumali, from Abdul Rahman, from Kumeyl Bin Ziyad, and Al Lafz Bin Khadeej, from Kumeyl Bin Ziyad who said, ‘Amir Al-Momineen Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws grabbed my hand and took me out to the back of Al Kufa. When it was pre-dawn he-asws took a deep breath then said: ‘O Kumayl! These hearts are containers, the best of thee are retainers, and memorise from me-asws what I-asws am saying to you. The people are three (types) – spiritual scholar, and a learner upon the way of salvation, and a riff raff savage follow every croaker inclining with every wind, not being illuminated by the light of knowledge, so they are led and do not seek shelter to a strong corner to attain salvation. O Kumeyl! The knowledge is better than the wealth. It protects you and you (have to) protect the wealth, while the spending decreases the wealth and the knowledge purified upon the spending. O Kumeyl! Love of knowledge is Religion one can make a religion with it. The human being earns the obedience (of the people) with it during his lifetime, and is of beautiful discussion after his death, while the maker of the wealth declines with its decline. O Kumeyl! Destroyed are the hoarders of the wealth and although they were alive, while the scholars remain for as long as time remains. They are lost to the eyes and their examples are in the hearts of the existing ones. Here, over here’ – and he-asws gestur