Ibn Taymiyyah said; “Yazeed was from the teenage muslims he was neither a disbeliever nor a Zindeeq (heretic) he used to give a lot (of wealth in charity) and he was brave. He did not have the evil and bad things which the enemies attributed to him.” (al-Waseeyatul-Kubraa (pg.300), Majmoo al-Fataawa (2/41).
Ibn Taymiyyah said: “This man (Yazeed) was a king from amongst the muslim kings and he was not like this and that (as the people claim).” (Minhaaj as-Sunnah (2/247).
Ibn Taymiyyah also said: “Rather the Islaam of Mu’awiyyah, Yazeed, Banee Ummayyah and Banee Abbaas is established with Tawatur (ie so many narration's) and similarly their praying, fasting and Jihaad against the non-believers is also established.” (Minhaaj as-Sunnah (1/163).
His student Ibn al-Qayyim writes in his book al-Manaar al-Muneef: “ALL the narration's that mention the censure of Yazeed bin Mu’awiyyah are lies.” (al-Manaar al-Muneef Fis-Saheeh Wadh-Dha’eef (pg.220).
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The Beloved Prophet (صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّم) said: “I remind you of Allah (to fear Him) about my Ahl al-Bait.) [Muslim:Vol:04,p.36,Hadith:1837, Ahmad:Vol:05,p. 492,Hadith:18780,Ibn Khuzaymah,Vol:4,p.62,Hadith:2357]
The Holy Prophet
(صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّم)
Has described all the tribulations, which will occur till the day of judgment. He (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) had warned the Ummah about Yazid as well. Many Hadith have been reported in this connection. In some Hadith, Yazid has only been indicated and in some he has been explicitly mentioned, that the first person in the Ummah to change the Sunnah and to destroy the Deen will be a person from Bani Ummayyah called Yazid.
The Imams of the science of Hadith
Imam Abu Bakr bin Abi Shaiba has written in his "Musannaf"
Imam Abu Ya'ala has written in his "Musnad"
Imam Ahmed bin Hussain Baihaqi has written in his "Dalaail e Nabuwwa"
Imam Ibn Hajar Asqalani has written in his "Al-Matalib al A'aliya”
Imam Shahabuddin Ahmed bin Hajar Haitami in “As- Sawaaiq Al Muhriqa”
Imam Ibn Katheer in "Bidayah Wan Nihayah"
Imam Jalaluddin Suyuti in "Tarikh Al Khulafa."
The Great Muhaddith of the 3rd Century Hijri
Imam Abu Ya'ala has recorded a Hadith along with its chain of narration in his Musnad Vol 2, Pg No. 71: It has been narrated on the authority of Hadhrat Abu Ubaidah bin Jarrah (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him) that the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said: The affairs of Ummah will be maintained with justice, till a person from Bani Ummayyah will be first to cast a crack in the religion. He will be called Yazid. All the narrators of this Hadith are honest and reliable.
The aforementioned Hadith has also been recorded by the great Muhaddith Imam Shahabuddin Ahmed bin Hajar Haitami in As Sawaaiq Al Muhriqa, Pg no. 132. He has recorded another Hadith in this regard in the same book on Pg No. 132.
Hadhrat Abu Darda (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him) relates: I heard the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) say: The first person to change My Sunnah will be a person from Bani Ummayyah who will be called Yazid."
Imam
Ibn Katheer has
recorded the same Hadith
in Bidayah wan Nihayah, Vol 6, Pg No. 256 on
the authority of Hadhrat
Abuzar Ghifari (May
Allah SWT be well pleased with him). In
that narration,
the words, "who
will be called Yazid," are
not related.
This
Hadith is also present in the following books: Musannaf
Ibn Abi Shaiba, Vol 8, Pg No. 341. Hadith no. 145, Dalaail Un
Nabuwwah lil Baihaqi- Abwab Ghazwa Tabuk, Hadith No.2802Matalib al
A'aliyah, Kitabul Futooh, Hadith No.4584.
MY UMMAH WILL BE DESTROYED AT THE HANDS OF A FEW LADS OF QURAISH
There is a Hadith in Sahib Bukhari, Vol 2, Kitab ul Fitan.
'Amr bin Yahya Sae'ed bin 'Amr bin Sae'ed narrates on the authority of his paternal grandfather; that he said: I was sitting along with Hadhrat Abu Hurairah (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him) in Masjid Nabawi in Madina and Marwan was along with us.
Abu Hurairah (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him) said: I heard the truthful Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) say: My Ummah will be destroyed at the hands of a few young men of the Quraish. Marwan said: Allah curse such youngsters. Hadhrat Abu Hurairah (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him) said: I can say 'so and so, son of so and so and so and so, son of so and so, if I want to. Hadhrat 'Amr bin Yahya says, I, along with my grandfather, went to Bani Marwan when they were ruling over Syria and found that he was a young boy and my grandfather said shortly they will also become one of them. We said you understand this better.
ASK FOR ALLAH'S PROTECTION AGAINST
THE RULE OF LADS
There
is a Hadith in Musnad Imam Ahmed. (Hadith No: 3800)
Translation:
It has been narrated on the authority of Hadhrat
Abu Hurairah (May Allah
SWT be well pleased with him) relates that the Holy
Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi
wa sallam) said: Ask
for Allah's protection, against the start of the decade of 70
and against the against the rule of young men."
The
interpreter of Sahih Bukhari and the author of Fath Ul Bari, Hafidh
Ahmed bin
Hajar
Asqalani
(May Allah SWT shower His Mercy on him), mentions another
Hadith
on the authority of "Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaiba, and writes: The
Hadith of Musannaf
Ibn Abi Shaiba says that
Hadhrat Abu Hurairah (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him)
even while passing through markets, used to pray, 'O
Allah SWT, let
me not reach 60 A.H. and the rule of youngsters.'"
Hafidh Ibn Hajar Asqalani (May Allah SWT shower His Mercy on him) writes after mentioning this Hadith: In this Hadith, it is indicated that the first youngster would become a ruler in 60 A.H.
Accordingly
this is what happened. Yazid bin
Mua'awiyah occupied
the seat in this year, stayed there till 64 A.H.
and died.
The
interpreter of Sahih Bukhari, Imam
Badruddin 'Aini Hanafi (May
Allah SWT shower His Mercy on him) specifies what is meant by
"the
first child to rule"
in Umdat ul Qari/ Vol 16, Pg No. 333. He writes: "The
first youngster to rule was Yazid."
It
is mentioned in the Hadith, which mention the tribulations close to
the Qiyamah,
Translation: "Then
those who invite towards misguidance will arrive."
In
the interpretation of this Hadith, Hadhrat
Shah Waliullah (May
Allah SWT shower His
Mercy
on him) writes in Hujjatullah il Baligha,. Vol 2, Pg No. 213;Mabhasthul Fitan:
In Syria, the one who invited towards misguidance is Yazid and in
Iraq. Mukhtar."
The Pride of the Hadith-masters, Abul Hasanaat Syed Abdullah Shah Naqshbandi Mujaddidi Qadri (Ma y Allah SWT shower His Mercy on him) mentions the opinion of Hadhrat Mazhar (May Allah SWT shower His Mercy on him) on the authority of Mirqaat:
By young men, it is meant those who were after the first four rightly-guided Caliphs, (Khulafa Rashidun), i.e. Yazid, Abdul Malik bin Marwan etc."
In a very short period of time, he (Yazid) spread extraordinary decay in the Ummah. He destroyed Madina Munawwarah (from where the world was granted peace); in Makkah Mukarramah, (which has been declared by Allah SWT as a city of peace), he set up cannons and rained stones on the Ka'aba. He denied water to the Ahle Bait for 3 days in the battle of Karbala. He insulted the Ahle Bait.
He persecuted
the family of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) to no
end.
He martyred the associates of the Ahle Bait and he martyred
Imam Hussain (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him).
Page No. 165
A CONFESSION BY IBN ZYAD
Ibn Zyad himself said that Yazid ordered him to
martyr Imam Hussain (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him) on the
threat of death.
Imam Ibn Atheer (May Allah SWT shower His
Mercy on him) records the confession of Ibn Zyad.
Translation:
"Now, about my martyring Hussain (May Allah SWT be well pleased
with him), the fact is that Yazid ordered me to do this. He
threatened to kill me if I didn't, so I martyred Imam Hussain (May
Allah SWT be well pleased with him)."
According to Islamic
Law, if any person murders anybody else, then as a punishment, the
murderer is killed.
But Yazid neither killed Ibn Zyad, Shimar or
other officials nor dismissed them from their offices. Instead, he
expressed his happiness. Afterwards, out of fear that the situation
might go out of control he expressed some sorrow in a formal,
political manner.
WE FEARED THAT
STONES WOULD FALL FROM
THE SKY
Due
to the martyrdom of Imam Hussain (May Allah SWT be well pleased with
him), the people of Madina became strongly opposed to Yazid and
pledged their allegiance to Hadhrat Abdullah bin Hanzlah (May
Allah SWT be well pleased with him).
Yazid sent
an army to attack Madina, which
attacked the people of Madina and persecuted its citizens. On that
occasion, Hadhrat Abdullah
bin Hanzlah (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him) spoke to
the people of Makkah and described the un-islamic activities of
Yazid.
Hadhrat Muhammad
bin Sa'ad (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him) who is a
Muhaddith as well as a historian, has written in Tabaqaat e
Kubra, Vol 5 Pg No. 66.
The
people of Madina agreed to pledge their allegiance to
Hadhrat Abdullah bin Hanzlah (May Allah SWT be well pleased with
him) and gave him authority over their affairs. He took the pledge
from them to fight till their last breath. Then he said: O my
community! Fear Allah, who has got not equal. By Allah! We stood
up against Yazid, when we feared that stones would be rained on us
from the sky. He
is such a person, who declares marriage with mothers, daughters and
sisters as permissible (Jayaz), who drinks wine and abandons Salaat.
By Allah! If no one from the people supported me, even then I will
use my courage and bravery in this matter for the sake of Allah SWT."
WE
COME FROM SUCH A PERSON WHO HAS GOT NO DEEN
Imam Abu
Ja'afar Muhammad bin Jarir Al Tabari (May Allah SWT shower His
Mercy on him), writes in Tarikh Tabari, Vol 1, Pg No. 403: They (the
delegation from the people of Madina, after returning from Yazid)
said: "We come from such a person, who has got no Deen. He
drinks wine, plays tambourines, songstresses dance before him, he
plays with dogs and listens to stories with thieves and rascals. O
people! We make you a witness that we break our pledge given to him.
Then all the people of Madina broke their pledge. People came to
Hadhrat Abdullah bin Hanzlah (May Allah SWT be well pleased with
him)and pledged their allegiance to him.
Imam Ibn
Atheer writes in Tarikh Kamil Vol:3, Pg no. 337,
The great Tabi'e
Hadhrat Hasan Basri (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him) says
about Yazid: He was a drunkard of the last degree, he wore silk and
played with tambourines." He was so addicted to wine that he did
not stop it even when he reached Madina Munawwarah in Hajj and
started drinking there as well.
It is written in Tarikh Kamil,
Vol:3 Pg No. 465 Translation: Yazid performed Hajj in the life
of his father. When he reached Madina Munawwarah, he started drinking
wine."
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Imam Ibn Katheer writes in
Bidayahwan Nihayah, Vol: 6, Page No. 262: The reason for
the incident of Hira is that a delegation from Madina went to
Damascus to meet Yazid. When they returned, they related Yazid's
habit of drinking and his other bad habit to their families. The
worst among his habit was that he missed Salaat because of wine. For
this reason, the people of Madina agreed to break their pledge of
allegiance. They declared this near the Prophet's Pulpit in Masjid
Nabawi.
When Yazid came to know this, he sent an
army to Madina Munawwarah. The leader of the army was a person named
Muslim bin 'Uqba. The Pious Elders (Salaf Saliheen) have also
addressed this person as Musrif bin 'Uqba. When he entered Madina, he
declared the lives of the Madinians and their property as "Mubah"
for 3 days, which meant that for 3 days, the army could do whatever
they liked with the lives and the property of the people of Madina.
Thus, in those 3 days, he martyred hundreds of people.
There
is Tradition in Imam Baihaqi's Dalaail Un Nabuwwa
Translation:
It has been narrated on the authority of Hadhrat Mugheera (May Allah
SWT be well pleased with him) that Musrif bin 'Uqba looted Madina for
3 days and raped 1000, unwed, chaste daughters of Islam.
It is
written in Tabaqat Al kubra, Vol 5, Pg No.66: Muslim bin 'Uqba
attacked Madina with his army. Yazid's army martyred 700 Hafidh of
the Holy Quran, raped 1000 unwed, chaste Muslim women and for 3 days,
there could not be any Adhaan and Salaat in Masjid Nabawi.
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Page No. 167
Translation:
Nawfl bin Abi Firaat (rah) said that once he was sitting with Caliph
Umar bin Abdul Aziz (rah) when a man called Yazid as "Ameer ul
Momineen Yazid bin Muawiya" at this (Umar bin Abdul Aziz said in
anger): YOU CALL THIS PERSON AS AMEER UL MOMINEEN?! and then he
ordered the person to be "LASHED 20 TIMES" …in 63AH
Yazid got to know that people of Madina have rejected him and are
preparing to revolt against him, knowing this Yazid sent a huge army
to Madina and "DECLARED WAR UPON IT’S PEOPLE" after
looting in Madina he sent the army to martyr Hadrat Abdullah bin
Zubayr (ra) in Makkah and so the incident of "HURRA" took
place, do you know what Hurra is? Regarding it Hassan (a Tabi'i)
said: When Madina was attacked, there remained not a single person
who was safe from it, "HUGE AMOUNT OF SAHABA AND OTHERS WERE
MARTYRED PLUS MADINA WAS LOOTED AND THOUSANDS OF VIRGIN GIRLS WERE
RAPED"
Inna
Lillahi Wa Inna Ilaihi Rajiun...
Reference:
As-Suyuti, Tarikh ul Khulafa, Page No. 167
Yazid ordered the ravaging of Madina Munawwarah, public killings, when there are severe warnings in Hadith for those just who frighten the people of Madina Munawwarah. There is a Hadith in Musnad Ahmed, Musnad madaniyyen Hadith No. 15962.
Translation: It has been narrated on the authority of Hadhrat Saib bin Khalad (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him) that the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said: Whoever frightens the people of Madina by their oppression, Allah SWT will frighten him and on him rests the curse of Allah SWT, of the angels and of all the people. Allah SWT will not accept any obligatory (Fardh) of optional (nafl) act from such a person the Day of Judgment.
It can be imagined what will be the lot of the person who not only frightened the people of Madina but spilled blood and ravaged Madina and gave permission to the whole army for their animalistic deeds.
Afterwards, Yazid ordered the army to attack the Ka'aba in Makkah. Accordingly, Yazid's army set up their cannons and stoned the Ka'aba, because of which the curtain of the Ka'aba caught fire. It is written in Tarikh Kamil, Vol 3, Pg. No. 464: "To the extent that when 3 days of Rabe'e ul Awwal passed, they stoned the Ka'aba with their cannons, burnt it and started singing thus:
we stone this Masjid with cannons."
In the basic tract of beliefs (Aqaaid), which is taught in most Madrasas, Sharh Aqaaid Nasafi, Imam Sa'aduddin Taftazani (May Allah SWT shower His Mercy on him) writes: "Some Imams, because of ordering the martyrdom of Imam Hussain, declare him as a disbeliever (kafir) and defector (murtad), and hold cursing Yazid as permissible.
The scholars of this Ummah are in agreement on the permissibility of cursing those martyred Imam Hussain and those who ordered it or those consider it (the martyrdom) as permissible and those who became happy on it.
The fact is that Yazid's agreement on the martyrdom of Imam Hussain, his being happy with it and his insulting the Ahle Bait is well established by those traditions, which are in effect, equal to the "mutawatir" (popular) Traditions, even though its details may not be established by a first-hand report (Khabr Wahid). So we cannot exercise restraint on Yazid, but we will exercise restraint about the Iman of Yazid.
May Allah curse him and his helpers."
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SHARIAH RULING ON ADDRESSING YAZID WITH
("RAZIALLAHU ANU")
The words "raziallahu anhu" are used to signify Allah's pleasure. They are used as a form of respect to praise somebody.
"Raziallahu anhu" is used specially for the Sahabah and for those pure souls, whose hearts are filled with fear and awe of Allah SWT, as Allah SWT himself says: Surah Bayyinah-08.
The aforementioned Hadith and the interpretations of the Imams make it clear that Yazid was wretched. He changed the Sunnah, he cast a crack in the Deen.
He insulted the Haramain, he insulted the Ahle Bait. Using "raziallahu anhu" for such a person is to respect him and this is equal to destroying the edifice of Islam.
This is to invite Allah's anger and misguidance. The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) has declared respecting an innovator (bida'ati) as helping to destroy the edifice of Islam.
There is a Hadith in Imam Tabarani's Mo'jam ausat (Hadith No: 6263).
It has been narrated on the authority of Hadhrat Aisha Siddiqua (May Allah SWT be well pleased with her) that the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said: "Whoever respects an innovator, verily he helps in destroying Islam."
There is a Hadith in Imam Baihaqi's Shu'abul Iman: It has been narrated on the authority of Hadhrat Anas (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him) that the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said: When a innovator (bid’ati) is respected, Allah SWT expresses His anger and because of it, the 'Arsh trembles."
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The just Caliph of Bani Ummayyah, Hadhrat Umar bin Abdul 'Aziz (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him) declared the person who addressed Yazid as "Raziallahu anhu" as liable to be punished. This is written in "Tahdheeb ul Tahdheeb", the authoritative book on Rijal (the science of the classification of men, for the purpose of categorizing the Hadith), by Imam Ibn Hajar Asqalani, in Vol 11, the letter "ya", Pg No. 316.
Imam Ibn HajarHaitamu has written in "As Sawaiiq Al Muhriqa" on Pg No. 132 and
Imam Jalaluddin Suyuti (May Allah SWT shower His Mercy on him) in Tarikh ul Khulafa
Pg No. 166.
Nouful bin Abu Aqrab states that, “I was in the presence of Hadhrat Umar bin Abdul 'Aziz (May Allah SWT shower His Mercy on him), one person while talking about Yazid said, "Amir Ul Momineen Yazid said so and so and Amir Ul Momineen said so and so"
Hadhrat Umar bin Abdul 'Aziz (May Allah SWT shower His Mercy on him) said "You address Yazid as ‘Amir Ul Momineen’?" and ordered that he should be lashed 20 times. Hence, he was lashed 20 times."
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Imam Ibn Hajr al Asqalani (r) made the whole title in his book:
al-Imta bil al-Arb'ain as regarding
"SENDING LANAH ON YAZID (لعن يزيد)"
said:
وأما المحبة فيه والرفع من شأنه فلا تقع إلا من مبتدع فاسد الاعتقاد فإنه كان فيه من الصفات ما يقتضي سلب الإيمان عمن يحبه لأن الحب في الله والبغض في الله من الإيمان والله المستعان
Translation: Loving and glorifying him (Yazid) is not done “EXCEPT BY AN INNOVATOR WHO HAS VOID BELIEF” because he (Yazid) had such characteristics that his lover deserves to be faithless, because to love and hate just for the sake of God is a sign of faith.
[al-Imta bil al-Arba'in al-Matbainatus Samah (الإمتاع بالأربعين المتباينة السماع),
Imam Ibn Hajr al Asqalani (r), Publication date: 1997, Page No. 96, Publisher's name: Dar ul Kutb al iLmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon]
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