I was informed by Abu’l-Hasan, Muhammed bin Harun al-Zanjani, that he said: We were told by Ali bin Abdul-Aziz, from Abu Ubaid, that he said with regards to the narration of the Prophet, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, about a people who will be taken out of the Fire and grow like how a seed vegetates in what is carried by overflowing water. Al-Asma’I said: The hameel is what is carried by overflowing water from all things. Every carried thing is a hameel, like how it is said to a person who is killed: qateel. From it stems the saying of Umar with regards to the hameel: «None passes on inheritance except with a proof». One is called hameel because one is carried from one’s country as a child and was not born into (the fold of) Islam. Al-Asma’I said: As for the seed, everything to which it vegetates seeds, the name of the one of them is a seed. Al-Farra’ said: A seed is that which is sown from leguminous plants. Abu Ubaid said: There is another interpretation to hameel, and it is more munificent (in meaning) than this. It is said: One is called hameel because one’s lineage is unknown, and it is that a man would say: «This is my brother» or «my father» or «my son», and so he would not be believed except with a proof, because in that case, he seeks to repel the inheritance of his master who set him free. That is why a bastard is called a hameel. Kumait said, whilst blaming Qudha’a for their relocation to Yemen: