SECTION 1) ABOUT NOTE OF IRF MEMBER: -part 4
SOME OF DR. ZAKIR NAIK’S MISLEADING ANSWERS
In this i will only touch his misleading answer about yazeed.
1) Laanat Upon Yazid
2) THE HADITH OF THE CITY OF CAESAR
3) Yazid (May Allah give him what he deserves)
4) Zakir Naik :Misinterpreting Ala Hazrat’s (R.A) Fatwa
Laanat Upon Yazid
Yazid La'anati
“Imam” of the Wahabi/Salafis
Part1
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Quote:
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).
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).
[End of quote]
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The Holy Prophet
(Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam)
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."
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.2802
Matalib al A'aliyah, Kitabul Futooh, Hadith No.4584.
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.
Hadhrat 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.
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 (May 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).
THE MARTYRDOM OF IMAM HUSSAIN
(MAY ALLAH SWT BE WELL PLEASED WITH HIM)
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.
^In fact, this wretched man
used his stick to poke at the teeth of Imam Hussain (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him), those teeth, which the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) kissed.
Imam Ibn Atheer (May Allah SWT shower His Mercy on him) has written in Tarikh Kamil
Imam Ibn Katheer (May Allah SWT shower His Mercy on him) in Bidayah wan Nihayah
Imam Tabari (May Allah SWT shower His Mercy on him) in Tarikh Tabari.
Translation: Abu Muhnaf relates on the authority of Abu Hamza Thimali, who relates on the authority of Abdullah Yamani, who relates on the authority of Qasim, who said:
When the blessed head of Imam Hussain (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him) was placed before Yazid, he had a stick in his hands with which he started poking at the teeth of Imam Hussain (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him).
Then he said:
“Verily, ours and his example is as said by Hisseen bin Hamam Mari: Our swords smash the skulls of those who have strength and domination over us; and of those who are really disobedient and oppressors."
(May Allah SWT be well pleased with him) said:
Listen O Yazid! By Allah! Your stick is touching that spot, which I witnessed the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) used to kiss. Then he said: Beware, O Yazid! On the day of judgment, Imam Hussain (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him) will arrive with such grandeur that his intercessor will be the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) and you will arrive in such a state that Ibn Zyad will be yours."
In Bidayah wan Nihayah, Vol 8, Pg No. 215, at the end of the aforementioned Hadith, it is mentioned,
Translation:
At that time, Hadhrat Abu Bazrah Aslami (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him) said:
Remove your stick! By Allah! I have often seen the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) place His mouth on the mouth of Imam Hussain (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him) and kiss it.
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."
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 (May Allah SWT shower His Mercy on him) 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."
(May Allah SWT shower His Mercy on him)
Translation:
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.
ALLAH'S CURSE IS ON THE ONE,
WHO FRIGHTENS THE PEOPLE OF MADINA
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:
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."
SHARIAH RULING ON ADDRESSING YAZID WITH
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."
Dr Zakir Naik "ibn Yazid" (LA):
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PUNISHMENT FOR THE ONE WHO ADDRESSES YAZID AS
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 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,
"You address Yazid as ‘Amir Ul Momineen’?" and ordered that he should be lashed 20 times. Hence, he was lashed 20 times."
This so called "scholar" finds it amusing!
"On him is what he deserves!"
La'anat upon you and your followers!
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“Now the question is, WHO CARES IF ZAKIR NAIK DEFENDS YAZID? The Brother is totally clueless about these matters it's not even his field, if Some Giant Historian and researcher of Hadith were to Defend Yazid Then I'd be interested but Zakir Naik??? kommon lol “
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“WHO CARES IF ZAKIR NAIK DEFENDS YAZID?”
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Imam Badruddin 'Aini
(May Allah SWT shower His Mercy on him)
writes in the interpretation of the Hadith:
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Ya Hussein,Ya Hussein
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continue to...
THE HADITH OF THE CITY OF CAESAR
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THE HADITH OF THE CITY OF CAESAR
DETAILED ANALYSIS OF
THE HADITH OF THE CITY OF CAESAR
Part2
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Quote:
"And the hadeeth of Bukhaari states the first army to wage Jihaad against Constantinople is forgiven and the first army to do Jihaad against Constantinople, their Ameer was Yazeed ibn Mu’waiyyah and the word army entails a specific number and every member of this army is included in this forgiveness. "
(Minhaaj as-Sunnah an-Nabawiyyah Fee Naqdh Kalaam ash-Shee’ah Wal-Qadariyyah (2/252), al-Muntaqa Minhaaj al-Ei’tidaal Fee Naqdh Kalaam ar-Rafdh Wal-Ei’tizaal (pg.290).
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Al-Dhahabi said:
"he was the commander of that army during the campaign against Constantinople, among which were people such as Abu Ayyoob al-Ansaari.
Yazeed was appointed by his father as his heir, so he took power after his father died in Rajab 60 AH at the age of thirty-three, but his reign lasted for less than four years."
It is said about Yazid that because he participated in first siege of the city of Caesar i.e.Constantinople (Urdu–Qustuntuniya), he is worthy of being forgiven and he has already been forgiven. To prove this, a Hadith from Sahih Bukhari is quoted.
THIS HADITH IS BEING PENNED
There is a Hadith in Sahih Bukhari,
Vol 1, Pg No. 409, 410
(Hadith No. 2924)
It has been narrated on the authority of Hadhrat Umme Haraam (May Allah SWT be well pleased with her) that she heard the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) say:
The army from My Ummah, who will first perform jihad through the water (sea), has made Jannah obligatory for itself. Hadhrat Umme Haraam (May Allah SWT be well pleased with her) entreated, "O Prophet of Allah SWT, Am I among them? He (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said: Yes. Then the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said: The army from My Ummah, who will first attack the city of Caesar is forgiven. I entreated: Am I among them, O Prophet of Allah (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam)? He (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said: No."
If the collections of Hadith, the books of Rijal and the canons of history are honestly gone through, then the falsity of the aforementioned deduction (including Yazid in this Hadith) will be understood easily. Using the above Hadith to include Yazid among those who have been forgiven is incorrect for many reasons.
In regard to this Hadith, the Hadith-Masters have given a opinion that the "city of Caesar" mentioned in the Hadith is not Constantinople, but Hims, which was the capital of Roman Empire in the days of the Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam).
It is given in Fath ul Bari in the interpretation of this Hadith.
Translation: "Some interpreters have said that the city of Caesar means the city which was the capital of the Roman Empire in the blessed era of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam). That city is Hims. At that time, it was the capital of the Roman Empire."
(The Castle of Hims)
This interpretation is all the more significant, because in Sahih Bukhari and in all other books, the word "Constantinople" is not used!
Only "the city of Caesar" is mentioned. Caesar was the Emperor of the Roman Empire. The city in which he lived or was his capital will only be termed as "city of Caesar."
According to the wording of the Hadith, that city is Hims1.
In the caliphate of Hadhrat Umar Al Faruq (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him), in 15A.H.(636CE) an army under the command of Hadhrat Abu Ubaidah bin Jarrah (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him) attacked Hims.
Muslims laid siege to Hims in harsh winter and the end of winter, they conquered it.
In this battle, Hadhrat Khalid bin Walid (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him), Hadhrat Bilal (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him), Hadhrat Miqdaad (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him) and many other Sahabah participated.
Imam Ibn Atheer (May Allah SWT shower His Mercy on him) has mentioned among the incidents of 15A.H, in Tarikh Kamil, Vol 2, Pg No. 339:
Translation: When Hadhrat Abu Ubaidah bin Jarrah (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him) finished the campaign of Damascus, he took the route of Ba'albak to Hims."
At that time Yazid was not even born let alone participating in the battle.
Yazid was born in 26A.H.
as Imam Ibn Atheer wrote in Bidayah wan Nihayah, Vol 9, Pg No. 76:
Translation: "Yazid bin Mu'awiyah was born in 26 A.H."
A possible objection against this Hadith might be that in the Hadith mentioned, first the Jihad by sea is mentioned, in which Hadhrat Umme Haraam (May Allah SWT be well pleased with her) is a participant, then the siege of the city of Caesar is mentioned. If the city of Caesar is Hims, then it should have been mentioned first but it is not so.
SECOND INTERPRETATION OF THIS HADITH
Other interpreters have opined that "the city of Caesar" means Constantinople.
Still Yazid is not included in the ambit of the said Hadith as Muslims attacked Constantinople a number of times and the glad tidings of forgiveness are only for those who participated in the first siege.
Now, what is to be seen is that, when did Muslims attack Constantinople for the first time and which is the first army?
It is written in Bidayah wan Nihayah, Vol 7, Pg No. 179 about the first army which attacked Constantinople.
Translation: Hadhrat Ameer Mu'awiyah (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him) attacked Rome in 32A.H. and fought battles after battles till he reached the city of Constantinople :
It is given in Tarikh Kamil, Vol 3, Pg No. 25.
This shows that Constantinople was first attacked by Hadhrat Ameer Mu'awiyah (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him). There is no mention of Yazid participating in this siege!
According to Bidayah wan Nihayah, Vol 9, Pg No. 76:
Yazid was born in 26 A.H., so in 32A.H, he was a kid of 6 years old.
It is written in Bidayah wan Nihayah, Vol 7, Pg No. 179 about the first army which attacked Constantinople.
Translation: Hadhrat Ameer Mu'awiyah (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him) attacked Rome in 32A.H. and fought battles after battles till he reached the city of Constantinople :
It is given in Tarikh Kamil, Vol 3, Pg No. 25.
This shows that Constantinople was first attacked by Hadhrat Ameer Mu'awiyah (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him). There is no mention of Yazid participating in this siege. According to Bidayah wan Nihayah, Vol 9, Pg No. 76.
Yazid was born in 26 A.H., so in A.H. 32, he was a kid of 6 years old.
THIRD ATTACK ON CONSTANTINOPLE
The third attack on Constantinople was in 44 A.H. or 46 A.H. It is written in Tarikh Kamil in the incidents of the year of 44A.H:
Translation: In 44 A.H. Muslims, with Hadhrat Abdur Rahman bin Khalid bin Walid (May Allah SWT be well pleased with them) entered Rome and spent winter there only and Hadhrat Basar bin Artaah (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him) fought through the sea."
Tarikh Kamil, Vol 3, Pg no. 298
It is given in the same book in the incidents of 46A.H.,
Translation: Hadhrat Malik bin Abdullah (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him) remained in the kingdom of Rome and it has been said that Hadhrat Abdur Rahman bin Khalid bin Walid (May Allah SWT be well pleased with them) and returned to Hims the same year and passed away into the presence of Allah SWT."
The Commander of third army to attack to Constantinople was Hadhrat Abdur Rahman bin Khalid bin Walid (May Allah SWT be well pleased with them). This attack has been mentioned not only in the books of history, but also in Sunan Abu Dawood, which is a reliable book from the Sihah Sittah (the 6 most authentic and reliable books of Hadith).
It is given in Sunan Abu Dawood, Vol 1, Kitabul Jihad, Pg No. 340 (Hadith No: 2151),
"Muslims attacked Constantinople and in this battle, Hadhrat Abdur Rahman bin Khalid bin Walid (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him) was the commander.
Translation:
It has been narrated on the authority of Hadhrat Abu Imran (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him): We left Madina with the intention of attacking Constantinople. The commander of the army was Hadhrat Abdur Rahman bin Khalid bin walid (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him). The Romans had their backs to the ramparts. A person readied himself for attack. The people said:
La ilaha illallah, he is taking himself to death. Hadhrat Abu Ayyub Ansari (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him) said: This verse has been revealed about us, when Allah SWT helped the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) and made Islam dominant, then we said, 'Come let us remain with our property and wealth and set them right,' then Allah SWT sent this command:
And spend in the way of Allah SWT and do not put yourself in mortal danger.”Surah Baqra- 195 and so to take oneself to death is to remain with our property, busy oneself in setting them right and abandon Jihad.
Hadhrat Abu Imran says that Hadhrat Abu Ayyub Ansari (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him) used to perform Jihad for the sake of Allah SWT, to the extent that he was buried in Constantinople."
According to the above mentioned details, the army, which attacked Constantinople under Ameer Mu'awiyah (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him) in 32 A.H. is the first army and this is the army, which according to Sahih Bukhari, is forgiven.
It is made clear by the Hadith of Sunan Abu Dawood, that the Commander of the army, which attacked Constantinople was Hadhrat Abdur Rahman bin Khalid bin Walid (May Allah SWT be well pleased with them), who passed away in either 46 A.H. or 47 A.H, as given in Tarikh Kamil in the incidents of 46 A.H.
Sunan Abu Dawood is from among the Sihah Sittah (the six most authentic books of Hadith). It is by all standards more preferable than the books of history. This proves beyond doubt that under the leadership of Hadhrat Abdur Rahman bin Khalid bin Walid (May Allah SWT be well pleased with them) Constantinople was attacked before 46A.H. or 47 A.H., as the canons of history and Rijal establish that Hadhrat Abdur Rahman bin Khalid bin Walid (May Allah SWT be well pleased with them) passed away in 46 or 47 A.H.
Yazid did not participate in any of these 3 sieges.
To find out whether Yazid is included in the glad tidings of forgiveness given in the Hadith, it should be found in which attack of Constantinople did Yazid participate and in which year?
There are 4 opinions in this regard.
He(Yazid) participated in the battle of Rome in 49 A.H.(Yazid 23/24 years old) and he reached Constantinople as given in Bidayah wan Nihayah, Vol 8, Pg. No. 34:
Translation:
“In 49 A.H. Yazid bin Mu'awiyah attacked the kingdom of Rome and reached Constantinople.
Yazid participated in the attack of 50 A.H., as given in Umdatul Qari, Vol 5, Pg No. 558:
Translation:
Muslims reached Constantinople in this attack and laid siege to it and Yazid was the commander on the behalf of his father."
“Yazid participated in the attack of 52 A.H.
Imam Badruddin 'Aini Hanafi (May Allah SWT shower His Mercy on him) preferred this opinion and said that this opinion is to be preferred that Yazid participated in the 52 A.H.(Yazid 26/27 years old) attack of Constantinople, as given in Umdatul Qari, Vol 10, Kitab ul Jihad, Pg No. 244.
Hadhrat Mu'awiyah (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him) sent Yazid in 55 A.H.(Yazid 29/30 years old) to attack Constantinople, as given in: Al Isabaa fi marifati Sahabah.
Whichever opinion is preferred, it does not prove that Yazid participated in the first siege of Constantinople, because Constantinople had been attacked multiple times before it.
About the opinions of Yazid's participation, the first one according to chronological order is 49 A.H, when before this in
32 A.H. Hadhrat Ameer Mu'awiyah (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him) and after him in
43 A.H. Hadhrat Basar bin Artaah (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him), then in
44 A.H or 46 A.H., Hadhrat Abdur Rahman bin Khalid bin Walid (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him), had all attacked Constantinople.
Neither the books of Hadith nor the books of Rijal mention Yazid's participation in any of these attacks nor has any historian mentioned it.
Therefore saying that yazid participated under the Hadhrat Abdur Rahman bin Khalid bin Walid (May Allah SWT be well pleased with them) and is therefore forgiven is not supported by any of the books of Rijal or history. Instead by reconciling the books of Rijal and history, we come to know that this is a fabrication. Believing in this without any support from the canons of history is akin to changing the history of Islam.
A DOUBT AND ITS ANSWER
There can be a question about the Hadith of Sunan Abu Dawood that Hadhrat Abu Ayyub Ansari (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him) passed away in the battle which had been fought under Yazid, as given in Sahih Bukhari, Vol 1, Pg No. 158:
Translation: Mahmood bin Rabe'e says that I described this to the people, in which the Sahabi Hadhrat Abu Ayyub Ansari (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him) was present on the occasion of this battle. He passed away in this battle and Yazid bin Mu'awiyah was the commander of this army in Rome."
In the Hadith of Sunan Abu Dawood, Hadhrat Abdur Rahman bin Khalid bin Walid (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him) is mentioned. It is also mentioned in the same Hadith that Hadhrat Abu Ayyub Ansari (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him) performed Jihad continuously to the extent that he passed away.
It may seem that Yazid was present in the army of Hadhrat Abdur Rahman bin Khalid bin Walid, but this is incorrect because Hadhrat Abu Ayyub Ansari (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him) did not pass away when he was under the command of Abdur Rahman bin Khalid bin Walid (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him).
Hadhrat Abdur Rahman bin Khalid bin Walid (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him) led the attack on Constantinople in 44 or 46 A.H. and he passed away in 46 or 47 A.H. Constantinople has been attacked after that, in 49 A.H. under the command of Hadhrat Sufyan bin 'Auf (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him) and in 52 under the command of Yazid bin Mu'awiyah.
Hadhrat Abu Ayyub (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him) participated in both the battles that took place after the passing away of Hadhrat Abdur Rahman bin Khalid bin Walid (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him). In the attack of 52 A.H., he passed away and this is the army, which has been mentioned in Sahih Bukhari.
According to the Hadith of Sunan Abu Dawood, Hadhrat Abdur Rahman bin Khalid bin Walid's (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him) commanding the army and his passing away in 46 or 47 A.H., Hadhrat Abu Ayyub Ansari (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him) participation in the battles of 49 and 52 A.H. and his passing away in 52 A.H. and Yazid's participation in this particular battle, all this prove that Yazid did not participate in the battle that was fought under the command of
Hadhrat Abdur Rahman bin Khalid bin Walid (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him). It has also been proved that the siege in which Yazid participated, was not the first siege, but before this in 32, 43 and 46 A.H., Constantinople had been attacked.
When Yazid did not participate in the first siege of Constantinople, he is not included in the forgiveness referred to in the Hadith, because the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) never said that all the armies which attack Constantinople are forgiven, but He (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said that only the first army to attack Constantinople is forgiven.
PARTICIPATE SINCERELY IN THE LATER BATTLES
History proves that even in the later battles, Yazid did not participate sincerely. Instead he participated only on the insistence of Hadhrat Ameer Mu'awiyah (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him, as given in Tarikh Kamil Vol 3, Pg No. 314, under the incidents of 49 A.H and 50 A.H.
Translation: Hadhrat Ameer Mu'awiyah (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him) sent a huge army to Rome in 50 A.H. Hadhrat Sufyan bin 'Auf (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him) was appointed as the commander of the army and Yazid was ordered to go with the army.
Yazid started making excuses cited illness and did not go. Hadhrat Ameer Mu'awiyah (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him) also did not go. In this journey, the Mujahideen faced hunger, thirst and a host of other difficulties.
When Yazid was told about this, he recited some couplets, in which he said:
“ I don't care about the fever, difficulties which the army faces at the Firqodona (place name), at der murran, I am sitting on a high mattress and Umme Kulthoom (Yazid's wife) is with me.”
When Hadhrat Ameer Mu'awiyah came to know of this, he said with an oath, that Yazid should be definitely sent to the commander Hadhrat Sufyan bin 'Auf (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him), so that he understands the difficulties of the Mujahideen. Umdatul Qari Vol 10, Kitab Ul Jihad.
These details of Umdatul Qari and Tarikh Ul Kamil show the character of Yazid that to save himself from jihad, he made excuses. When the Mujahideen faced difficulties, fell ill, he expressed his happiness, which is in not allowed in the light of the Shariah. The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) has prohibited against expressing happiness on the difficulties of Muslims. There is a Hadith in Shu'abul Iman (Hadith No: 2507)
Translation: It has been narrated on the authority of Hadhrat Syeduna Waathila bin Asqa'a (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him) that the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said:
You should not express happiness on the difficulty of your brother, lest Allah SWT has mercy on him and embroils you in that difficulty."
Yazid did not obey his father's command which is a major sin (Gunaah Kabira). He feigned illness, even when he was healthy, which is lies and deception. Later, when Hadhrat Ameer Mu'awiyah (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him) put him under oath to go, he reluctantly joined the army. Can it be hoped that when he joined the army reluctantly, he would be rewarded for Jihad, when the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) has said,
Translation: Verily, acts are rewarded according to the intentions."
Imam Badruddin 'Aini (May Allah SWT shower His Mercy on him)
Translation: What excellence can be there for Yazid, when his state is so well known."
Even if it is said that Yazid participated in Jihad with all his heart and is forgiven according to the Hadith, then does it mean that all his later sins are also forgiven?
In the interpretation of the Hadith of the city of Caesar, the interpreters:
Imam 'Aini, Imam Ibn Hajar 'Asqalani, Imam Qustulani (May Allah SWT shower His Mercy on them), all have written in the interpretation of this Hadith, that the forgiveness mentioned in this Hadith is only when the person is worthy of being forgiven.
It is written in Umdatul Qari, Vol 10, Pg No. 244:
Translation: Even if Yazid did join the army, even then because of his later crimes, he has been excluded from this glad tiding. For this reason, the 'Ulama (scholars) of the Ummah agree that the words, "they are forgiven" implies that provided they are worthy of being forgiven.
If after participating in that battle, someone leaves Islam, turns into a defector (Murtad) and then dies, then that person is not included in that glad tiding. This shows that the Hadith of the Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) means that the person joining in the army will be forgiven, only when the eligibility is found in that person.", Umdatul Qari, Vol 10, Pg No. 244.
A QUESTION FOR THE SUPPORTERS OF YAZID
Those people who support Yazid and claim that he participated in the siege of Constantinople and is therefore forgiven, even when the facts have been brought out can they bring forth any proof from the Quran or the Sunnah?
Even if he had participated, will all his later sins be forgiven and Allah SWT will not take him to account for them?
There are other acts also for which forgiveness has being declared. There is a Hadith in Sunan Ibn Majah, Bab Majaa fil Ghusl, Pg No. 105:
Translation:
Whoever washes a dead body, enshrouds it, perfumes it, carries the Janazah, offers its Salaat ul Janazah, and does not reveal if he sees anything in the dead body, that person is as free of sins on that day as if his mother gave birth to him on that day.
In the same way, there is a Hadith about Hajj: Syeduna Abu Hurairah (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him) relates: I heard the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) say:
Whoever performs a Hajj, uttered no obscenities, did nothing bad, he will return that day in such a state as if his mother has given birth to him.–Sahih Bukhari, Vol 1, Pg No. 206
There is a Hadith in Sahih Muslim:
Translation: It has been narrated on the authority of Hadhrat Abu Hurairah (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him) that the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said: Whoever bears the responsibility of an orphan or makes someone responsible for the orphan, I (i.e. the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam)) and that person will be like 2 fingers (i.e. so close), Imam Malik (May Allah SWT shower His Mercy on him) gestured with the first and the middle finger.
There are many Hadith in which glad tidings of forgiveness have been given.
Does the forgiveness mentioned in the above Hadith and in other Hadith mean that a person after performing the above acts can leave Fardh Salaat, drink wine, steal, persecute somebody, hurt somebody, murder somebody, even then because of the past virtuous acts, all his later sins will be forgiven? No, what it means is that because of the virtuous acts, the earlier sins are forgiven and not the later sins.
Otherwise, it should be said that if any person performs a Hajj, washes a dead body, or bears the responsibility of an orphan, that person can leave Salaat, drink wine, steal, persecute somebody, hurt and murder somebody but these sins will not affect him, only because that person has performed some virtuous acts. No sane person will accept that. This is a castle in the air. If this is accepted as correct, then the society cannot be kept free of oppression.
The Hadith-Masters have interpreted the Hadith, "the first army from My Ummah to attack Caesar is forgiven in many ways. One of them is that the city if Caesar mentioned in the Hadith is not Constantinople, but Hims, which was the capital city of the Roman Empire in the era of the Prophet, as given in Fath Ul Bari. This city was conquered in the caliphate of Hadhrat Umar (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him).
Even if it is accepted as Constantinople according to the opinion given by other interpreters, Yazid is still not included in the forgiveness, as Yazid did not participate in the first siege of Constantinople.
The first siege of Constantinople took place in 32 A.H. under Hadhrat Ameer Mu'awiyah (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him).
The second siege took place in 43 A.H. under the command of Hadhrat Basar bin Artaah (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him).
The third siege took place in 44A.H or 46 A.H. under the command Hadhrat Abdur Rahman bin Khalid bin Walid (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him). Yazid did not participate in any of these attacks. There are 4 opinions about Yazid's participation in the attack on Constantinople–in 49, 50, 52 or 55 A.H. Even if any of them is accepted as true, then Yazid cannot be said to have participated in the first siege as the first siege took place in 32 A.H.. Therefore, Yazid is not included in the forgiveness mentioned in the Hadith.
May Allah SWT implant the love of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) in our hearts and bless it with the love of the Ahle Bait, the elders of our Deen, the Auliya and the virtuous people (saliheen) and protect our faith from all kinds of trial tribulations and make us follow the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam).
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1Homs or Hims (Arabic: حمص, Homs or Hims; previously Greek: Ἔμεσα, Emesa) is a city in western Syria
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| “...when 'Umar b. al-Khattab entered Jerusalem in 636 CE, and eventually settled in Hims.” |
(The Qur'an: an encyclopedia,page323, By Oliver Leaman)
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Dr Zakir Naik "ibn Yazid"LA):
“Hadith of Constantinople”:
Dr Zakir said, “Yazid was the leader of that first siege of Constantinople”:
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Also watch video of
Shaykh Tahir - ul - Qadri:
(Yazid was on the 8th Lashkar (8th Siege of Constantinople):
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The Wahai/Salafi even Deobandis claim:
“Yazid was part of that first army”
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The wording of the Hadith are :
"awwalu jaishin min ummati yaghzoona madinata Qaisara maghfurullahum"
(Hadith No. 8668).
Thus, it could be any city of Byzantine empire.
You read any Islamic History book written by any well known Islamic historian (including Salafi scholar Al-Dhahabi, Ibn Katheer etc.) it is mentioned that the first Muslim invasion of Constantinople, Byzantine empire took place in 42 H in which Yazid was not there.
The second invasion of Muslims on Byzantine Empire was in
43H under the command of Bu'sr bin Abi Arta, and the Army reached the city of Constantinople. Yazid was not part of this Army.
The third invasion of Muslims took place in
44 H under the command of Abd ar-Rahman bin Khaled bin Walid. In this invasion, Busr bin Abi Arta also participated and attacked Constantinople from Sea.
Yazid was not part of this Army.
The fifth invasion of Constantinople was in
46 H under the command of Malik bin Abdullah. Yazid was not part of this Muslim Army.
The sixth invasion of Byzantine Empire was undertaken in
47 H under the command of Malik bin Hubaira. Yazid was not part of this Army.
Three invasions took place on Byzantine empire in
49 H under the commands of (i) Malik bin Hubaira and (ii) Fazala bin Ubair.
Fazala bin Ubair captured many cities of Byzantine Empire.
The third invasion of Byzantine Empire took place in the same year under the command of Yazid bin Shajara Ar-Rahawi, who hailed from Syria.
It is wrongly, may be deliberately claimed by Wahhabis and their like minded Groups that the commander of this Army was Yazid bin Mu'awia, which is not true.
We invite our readers to read any History books of Islam, (including the history books written by Salafi Scholars) they will find the truth in this context.
The 8th invasion of Byzantine empire took place in 50H and in this invasion, some scholars claim that Yazid bin Mua'wia was part of this Army.
Thus Yazid was part of the Army of 8th invasion of Byzantine Empire.
The Hadith says that the “first Muslim Army” who will invade Byzantine empire is Jannati. Then how come he is claimed to be Jannati?
The Salafis mention Hadith Guide book Fatahul Bari written by Ibn Hajar Asqalani in which it is written that 'the invasion of Constantinople took place in 52 H and the commander of this Army was Yazid.
Even if we take this date as authentic, then this will be the ninth invasion of that city, and not the first one.
Because, as we have mentioned earlier with authentic sources that 8 invasions had already taken place before this date. Therefore, Yazid cannot be part of the people who are declared Jannati by The Holy Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم).
It is also mentioned in many Islamic History books that at the time of 8th invasion of Byzantine empire, Hazrat Muawiah(RA) wanted Yazid(LA) to participate, but he refused.
We do not understand why these sects want to favor Yazid against Imam Hussain (AS)?
They should know the result of their favor and wrath of Allah (SWT) they will face on the Day of Judgment!
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Volume 4, Book 52, Number 175:
Narrated Khalid bin Madan:
That 'Umair bin Al-Aswad Al-Anasi told him that he went to 'Ubada bin As-Samit while he was staying in his house at the sea-shore of Hims with (his wife) Um Haram.
'Umair said. Um Haram informed us that she heard the Prophet saying,
"Paradise is granted to the first batch of my followers who will undertake a naval expedition."
Um Haram added, I said, 'O Allah's Apostle! Will I be amongst them?' He replied, 'You are amongst them.' The Prophet then said, 'The first army amongst' my followers who will invade Caesar's City will be forgiven their sins.'
I asked, 'Will I be one of them, O Allah's Apostle?' He replied in the negative."
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Yazid (May Allah give him what he deserves)
Yazid(LA)
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Yazid Laanati
"Imam" of the Wahabi/Salafis
(May Allah give him and his followers what they deserve)
Part3
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The Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia,
as he came on the Majd TV in a Q & A session, stating very clearly "verbatum":
“The Bay'at of yazid is Shar'iah (legtimate/righteous), and Husain went against the Shariah by going against the Khalifah.
Yazid's father took Bay'at for Yazid before he died, and this is binding to all Muslims, and therefore anyone who goes against him (yazid), is subject to .....
Husayn was wrong, went against people who advised him not to go.
Mufti is asking " for forgiveness" for Imam Husayn, because Husayn sinned by going against the Khalifah of his time.”
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The Holy Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم)
himself states clearly:
The curse of Allah on those who scare the people of Madina.
It is definitively narrated without a shred of doubt that Yazid bin Muawiyah ransacked Madina Munawwara, killed people there, destroyed homes, etc.. all under his very direct and explicit command.
(Sahih Bukhari)
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Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (Allah be pleased with him) said:
"Be mindful of the Messenger of Allah regarding his family."
[Related by Imam Bukhari in his Sahih, in 'Kitab al-Manaqib', hadith #3542]
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Hadith {Hussain is from me, I am from Hussain}
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Abdullah bin Abbas narrates that
the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said,
“I am the scale of knowledge, Ali is its pans, Hasan and Husain are it s ropes, Fatimah is its handle and the leaders (of the ahl-ul-bait) after me are its rods. The deeds of those who love us or have hatred against us will be weighed on this scale.”
[Daylami, al -Firdaws bi mathur al -khi tab (1:44#107) Ajlawni said in Kashf -ul -khi fa wa muzil -ul-ilbas (1:236) Daylami narrated it through Abdullah bin Abbas as a marfu tradition.]
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It is reported by Imam Muslim and Imam Tirmizi,
That the Holy Prophet(صلى الله عليه وسلم) said:
"I m leaving among you something which is very important and should be followed, you will not go astray if you get hold of it after I am gone, one part of it being more important than the other: Allah's Book, which is a rope stretched from Heaven to Earth, and my close relatives, who belong to my household. These two will not separate from one another till they come down to the reservoir, so consider how you act regarding them after my departure." (Tirmidhi, Sahih Muslim)
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The Nobel Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said,
“In the garden of this world these two are my flowers.”
[Sahih al-Bukhari, Chapter of al-Manakib, vol. 1, page 53]
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QUOTE:
Dr. Zakir Naik calling himself as “Ahle Sunnah Wal Jama'a” even though he belongs to Wahabi Salafi/Ahle Hadith Sect
Says:
“In spite of the difference of opinion it is agreed upon that it is permissible to say “May Allah have mercy on him” or “May Allah be pleased with him” for Yazeed. Therefore saying “May Allah be pleased with him” after Yazeed’s name is not Haraam, nor a sin and is not wrong.”
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Firstly we would like to present this beautiful sahih hadith of Prophet (Salallaho alaihi wasalam) regarding people who “Ransack” our beloved sanctuary called Madina al Munawara.
Imam Ahmed narrates this report from Sa’ib bin Khalad (RA) that the Prophet of Allah (Peace be upon him) said: Whosoever spreads injustice and frightened the people of Madina, then Curse (Lanah) of Allah, his Angels and all the people is upon such a person. [Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal as narrated by Imam Ibn Kathir in Al Bidayah Wal Nihayah Vol 8 Page No. 274]
Quran states: Those who annoy Allah and His Messenger, Allah has cursed them in this World and in the Hereafter and has prepared for them a humiliating Punishment (33:57)
What could be a bigger annoyance to the Prophet than getting his grandson brutally martyred and ransacking the place which he had declared as Harram (i.e. Sacred)
1. The heinous crimes of Yazid
Imam Ibn Kathir (rah) says in his magnificent work of Tarikh under events of 63 AH
فقال ابن الزبير يا هؤلاء قتل أصحابكم فانا لله وإنا إليه راجعون
وقد أخطأ يزيد خطأ فاحشا فى قوله لمسلم بن عقبة أن يبيح المدينة ثلاثة أيام وهذا خطأ كبير فاحش مع ما انضم إلى ذلك من قتل خلق من الصحابة وأبنائهم وقد تقدم أنه قتل الحسين وأصحابه على يدى عبيد الله بن زياد وقد وقع فى هذه الثلاثة أيام من المفاسد العظيمة فى المدينة النبوية مالا يحد ولا يوصف مما لا يعلمه إلا الله عز وجل وقد أراد بارسال مسلم بن عقبة توطيد سلطانه وملكه ودوام أيامه من غير منازع فعاقبه الله بنقيض قصده وحال بينه وبين ما يشتهيه فقصمه الله قاصم الجبابرة وأخذه أخذ عزيز مقتدر وكذلك أخذ ربك إذا أخذ القرى وهى ظالمة إن أخذه أليم شديد
Translation: Ibn Zubayr (Radhi Allaho Anho) said: O PEOPLE YOUR COMPANIONS HAVE BEEN KILLED – Inna Lillahi Wa Inna Ilaihi Rajiun
"Yazeed committed a mistake and that too a disgusting one by ordering Muslim bin Uqba to make Madina "mubah" for three days. This was his biggest and ugliest blunder. Many Sahaba and their children were slaughtered. As it has been mentioned before that Yazid made UbaydUllah Ibn Ziyad kill the grandson of Rasulullah (saw) Husayn and his companions, and in those three days huge heinous crimes happened in Madina about which nobody knows except Allah. Yazeed wanted to secure his governance by sending Muslim bin Uqbah but Allah did against his wishes and punished him. Verily Allah killed him likewise Allah made grip over the oppressing towns, no doubt His grip is painful and strict".[Al Bidayah Wal Nihayah, Vol 8 Page 283]
2. Even Ibn Ziyad got outraged by Yazid
Yazid’s crimes were so heinous that even his loyal Ubaid Ullah Ibn Ziyad (whom he had sent to murder Muslim bin Aqeel and later Imam Hussain ra too) said:
كان يزيد كتب إلى عبد الله بن زياد أن يسير إلى الزبير فيحاصره بمكة فأبى عليه وقال والله لا أجمعهما للفاسق أبدا أقتل ابن بنت رسول الله ص وأغزو البيت الحرام وقد كانت أمه مرجانة قالت له حين قتل الحسين ويحك ماذا صنعت وماذا ركبت وعنفته تعنيفا شديدا قالوا وقد بلغ يزيد أن ابن الزبير يقول فى خطبته يزيد القرود شارب الخمور تارك الصلوات منعكف على القينات
Translation: When Yazid wrote to Ibn Ziyad that he should go to Makkah and besiege Abdullah Ibn Zubayr (RA) he refused to do so and said: By Allah I will not combine two things for a Fasiq (i.e. Yazid). I have already killed the son of Prophet (salallaho alaihi wasalam)’s daughter (on his order) and now (he asks me to) wage war on Bayt ul Harram? However when he martyred Imam Hussain (RA) his mother Marjana said to him: May you die! what have you done and what crime have you committed, she also scolded him severely. Yazid was informed that Abdullah Ibn Zubayr (RA) used to say in his speeches that Yazid was a fraud, drunkard, one who abandons Salaat and one who stays with singing women. [Al-Bidayah Wal Nihayah, Volume 8, Page No 279]
Imam Ibn Kathir (rah) further narrates:
ثم أباح مسلم بن عقبة الذى يقول فيه السلف مسرف بن عقبة قبحه الله من شيخ سوء ما أجهله المدينة ثلاثة أيام كما أمره يزيد لا جزاه الله خيرا وقتل خيرا خلقا من أشرافها وقرائها وانتهب أموالا كثيرة منها ووقع شر وفساد عريض على ما ذكره غير واحد فكان ممن قتل بين يديه صبرا معقل بن سنان وقد كان صديقه قبل ذلك ولكن أسمعه فى يزيد كلاما غليظا فنقم عليه بسببه
Translation: And he Muslim bin Uqba who is known as As-Salf Musraf bin Uqba, May Allah not do well to this leader of evil and ignorance, he made Madina legal for 3 days on the order of Yazid. May Allah also not grant Jaza and khayr to him(i.e. Yazid), he got many righteous killed and also looted the amwaal in Madina in great numbers, this has been multiply narrated that he created a lot of Shar and Fasad. It is mentioned that Hadrat Muafl bin Sanan (RA) was tied infront (of Ibn Uqba) and then martyred, you were his friend before but later you used strong words against Yazid due to which he became angry at you. [Al-Bidayah Wal Nihayah, Volume 8, Page No 280]
3. Yazeed’s aggression against the leading Tabi’i called Sa'eed Ibn Musaib (rah)
قال المدائنى وجىء إلى مسلم بسعيد بن المسيب فقال له بايع فقال أبايع على سيرة أبى بكر وعمر فأمر بضرب عنقه فشهد رجل إنه مجنون فخلى سبيله
Translation: Al Mudaini (rah) said: Sa’eed Ibn Musaib (rah) was brought to Muslim (bin uqba), He asked him to give bayah. (Sa’eed ibn Musab) said: I will give bayah on seerah of Sayyidna Abu Bakr and Sayyidna Umar (RA). (Muslim) ordered to get him killed but a man said This person (i.e. Sa’eed ibn Musaib) is a mad man (in order to save him), at this he was left alone. [Al Bidayah Wal Nihayah, Volume 8, Page No 281]
4. Shaykh ul Islam Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani (rah)
Imam Ibn Hajr (rah) made the whole title in his book al-Imta bil al-Arb'ain as "SENDING LANAH ON YAZID (لعن يزيد)"
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 A HERETIC” 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. [Publisher's name: Dar ul Kutb al iLmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, Book name: al-Imta bil al-Arba'in al-Matbainatus Samah (الإمتاع بالأربعين المتباينة السماع), Author: Imam Ibn Hajr al Asqalani (rah), Publication date: 1997, Page No. 96]
5. Imam Jalal ud din Suyuti (rah) in Tarikh ul Khulafa
He states: You (Imam Hussain - Radhi Allaho Anho) were martyred and your head was brought to Ibn Ziyad on a plate. "May Allah's Lanah (Curse) be upon the person who killed you, also Ibn Ziyad "AND UPON YAZID" [As-Suyuti in Tarikh ul Khulafa, Page No. 165]
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Imam Jalal ud-din Suyuti (rah) writes: 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 that person to be "lashed 20 times" in 63 AH Yazid got to know that people of Madina have rejected him and are preparing to wage war upon him, knowing this Yazid sent a huge army to Madina and "declared war upon people of Madina" 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 and Madina was looted and thousands of virgin girls were raped" Inna Lillahi Wa Inna Ilaihi Rajiun... The Prophet (Peace be upon him) said: Whosoever frightens People of Madina then Allah will frighten them (the attackers) plus Curse (Lanah) of Allah, his Angels and all the people is upon such a person (Sahih Muslim) the reason why people of Madina did not give bayah to Yazid was because he was indulged in “too many sins” Imam Waqidi (rah) narrates from Abdullah Bin Khazlatal Ghusail (a Sahabi) that he said: By Allah we did not revolt against Yazid until we were sure that “WE WILL BE SHOWERED WITH STONES FROM SKY” (the Yazidans) started to do Nikah with their mothers, sisters and daughters, they started to drink openly and neglected prayers! Imam Dhahabi (rah) said: When Yazid did such things with people of Madina although “ he was indulged in drinking and other evil deeds even before” then the people of Makkah also revolted against him and rose against him from 4 sides and then Allah did not put Barakah in life of Yazid (Then it mentions that Yazid attacked Makkah and got the Abdullah Ibn Zubayr Martyred)
Reference: As-Suyuti, Tarikh ul Khulafa, Page No. 167
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6. Allama Aloosi (Rahimuhullah) writes under 47:22-23 in his magnificent Ruh ul Ma’ani
واستدل بها أيضاً على جواز لعن يزيد عليه من الله تعالى ما يستحق. نقل البرزنجي في «الإشاعة» والهيتمي في «الصواعق» أن الإمام أحمد لما سأله ولده عبد الله عن لعن يزيد قال كيف لا يلعن من لعنه الله تعالى في كتابه؟ فقال عبد الله قد قرأت كتاب الله عز وجل فلم أجد فيه لعن يزيد فقال الإمام إن الله تعالى يقول:
{ فَهَلْ عَسَيْتُمْ إِن تَوَلَّيْتُمْ أَن تُفْسِدُواْ فِي ٱلأَرْضِ وَتُقَطّعُواْ أَرْحَامَكُمْ * أَوْلَـئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَعَنَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ }
[محمد: 22] الآية وأي فساد وقطيعة أشد مما فعله يزيد؟
Translation:The Proof of sending Lanah upon Yazid is derived from this (ayah), as was mentioned by Al-Barzanji (rah) in his Al-Ashaat and Imam al-Haythami (rah) in As-Sawaiq from Imam Ahmed (rah) that his son Abdullah asked him about sending Lanah on Yazid, (Imam Ahmed) said: Why cannot Lanah be sent on him when Allah has sent Lanah on him in Quran, Abdullah (rah) asked: Recite the Kitab of Allah so that I know how Lanah is sent on Yazid? Imam Ahmed (rah) mentioned these verses: Would ye then, if ye were given the command, work corruption in the land and sever your ties of kinship? Such are the men whom Allah has cursed…(47:22-23) Hence what could be a bigger Strife than what Yazid did?[ [Ruh ul Ma’ani by Imam Al-Alusi, Volume 9 Under Surah Muhammad 22-23]
2) Allama Alusi said: And I say what is prevalent over my mind that (Yazid) Khabith did not testify to the messengership of the Holy Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him). According to me it is correct to curse a person like Yazid, although one cannot imagine a Fasiq like him and apparently he never repented, the possibility of his repentance is weaker than the possibility of his faith (Iman). Along with Yazid, Ibn Ziyad, Ibn Sa'ad and his group shall also be included. Verily, may Allah's curse be upon all of them, their friends, their supporters, their group and upon everyone who inclines towards them until Qayamah and until an eye sheds a tear for Abu Abdullah Hussain (ra). [Tafsir Ruh al-Ma'ani, Volume 26, Page No. 73]
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7. Imam Dhahabi (rah) writes about Yazid
وكان ناصبيا فظا غليظا جلفا يتناول المسكر ويفعل المنكر افتتح دولته بمقتل الشهيد الحسين واختتمها بواقعة الحرة فمقته الناس ولم يبارك في عمره وخرج عليه غير واحد بعد الحسين كأهل المدينة قاموا لله
Translation: He (Yazid) was a disgusting Nasibi (i.e. those who hate Ahlul bayt). He drank and did evil. He started his kingdom with the killing of the Shahid al-Hussain (RA) and ended it with the incident of al-Harra (i.e. besiegement of Madina which also makes him directly liable for Lanah as sahih ahadith prove). Hence the people hated him, he was not blessed in his life, and many took up arms against him after Imam Hussain (RA) such as the people of Madina - they rose for the sake of Allah[As Siyar al Alam an Nabula, Volume No. 4, Page No. 37-38]
2) Imam Dhahabi writes: I say: 'When Yazid did to the people of Madina what he did and killed al-Hussain and his brothers and progeny, and Yazid drank alcohol, and performed abominable things, then the people hated him and rose up against him more than once. God didn't bless his life and Abu Bilal Mirdas bin Adya al-Hanzali rose against him.' [Tarikh al-Islam: wa-tabaqat al-mashahir wa-al-a`lam, Volume 005, Page No. 30]
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3) Imam Dhahabi Writes: Ziyad Haarthi narrated: 'Yazid gave me alcohol to drink, I had never drunk alcohol like that before and I enquired where he had obtained its ingredients from'. Yazid replied: 'it is made of sweet pomegranate, Isfahan's honey, Hawaz's sugar, Taif's grapes and Burdah's water'. Ahmed bin Masama' narrated: 'Once Yazid drank alcohol and started to dance, suddenly he fell down and his nostril began to bleed'. [Siyar al A'lam wa al Nubalah, Volume 004, Page No. 037]
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8. Qadhi ThanaUllah Panipati (rah) on Yazid
Another great Mufasir and author of great books, a scholar accepted by all Sunni Muslims i.e. Qadhi Thana Ullah Panipatti (rah) quoted Quranic ayah 14:28 and writes:
Quran states: Hast thou not seen those who gave the grace of Allah in exchange for thanklessness and led their people down to the Abode of Loss (14:28)
Tafsir: Bani Ummaiya had always rejoiced upon Kufr, however Abu Sufyan, Ameer Mu’awiya (RA) and Umaro bin Aas(RA) and others became Muslims. Later Yazid and his companions rejected the blessings of Allah and rose the flag of enmity towards Ahlul Bayt and finally brutally martyred Imam Hussain (RA) to the extent that Yazid even denied the Deen of Muhammad (salallaho alaihi wasalam). He after martyrdom of Imam Hussain(RA) said: Had my predecessors lived they would have seen how I took revenge from the family of Prophet (saw) and Bani Hashim, The couplet which Yazid made had this in the end: I will avenge Ahmed (i.e. Prophet Salallaho alaihi wasalam) for whatever he did with my predecessors in Badr (Naudhobillah). Yazid even declared alcohol as permissible and in praise of it he said: If liquor is Haram in the Deen of Muhammad (salallaho alaihi wasalam) then take it to be permissible according to the deen of Isa Ibn Marym (a.s). [Tafsir al Mazhari Volume 5, Pages 211-212]
9. Ibn Kathir's comments on Yazeed
Ibn Kathir himself writes in al Bidayah Volume 8 page 1169 "Dhikr Yazeed bin Muawiyah":
"Traditions inform us that Yazeed loved worldly vices, would drink, listen to music, kept the company of boys with no facial hair [civil expression for paedophilia with boys, a form of homosexuality], played drums, kept dogs [civil expression for bestiality], making frogs, bears and monkeys fight. Every morning he used be intoxicated and use to bind monkey with the saddle of a horse and make the horse run".
Reference:Al Bidayah Wal Nihayah, Vol 8 Page 1169
10. Ibn Atheer's comments on Yazeed
In Tareekh al Kamil Volume 3 page 450 Ibn Atheer narrates from Munzir bin Zabeer:
"Verily Yazeed rewarded me with 100,000 dirhams but this cannot stop me from highlighting his state, By Allah he is a drunkard"
11. Ibn Jauzi's comments on Yazeed 'the drunkard'
Ibn Jauzi in Wafa al-Wafa:
"Yazeed appointed his cousin Uthman bin Muhammad bin Abu Sufyan as Governor of Madina. He sent a delegation to visit Yazeed who bore gifts so that they might take the oath of allegiance to him. Upon their return they said 'We have returned having visited a man who has no religion, he drinks, plays instruments, keeps the company of singers and dogs [civil word for bestiality], we declare that we have broken our allegiance to him. Abdullah bin Abi Umro bin Hafs Mukhzumee commented 'Yazeed gave me gifts. But the reality is this man is an enemy of Allah (swt) and a drunkard. I shall separate myself from him in the same way that I remove my turban [from my head]."
12. Punturing the devil's dream on Hadith of Qustuntunia
.."He heard the Prophet saying, 'Paradise is granted to the first batch of my followers who will undertake a naval expedition.' The Prophet then said, 'The first army amongst my followers who will invade Caesar's City will be forgiven their sins.'" (Sahih Bukhari volume 4 hadith 175)
Firstly Yazid was not in the first army to wage war on ceaser's city as
Sahih hadith in Sunnan Abu Dawud states
عن أسلم أبي عمران قال : غزونا من المدينة نريد القسطنطينية وعلى الجماعة عبد الرحمن بن خالد بن الوليد
Translation: Aslam Abi Imran (ra) said: We went out on an expedition from Madina with the intent to attack Constantinople. Abd al-Rahman bin Khalid bin Walid was the leader of our group. [Sunnan Abu Dawud, Volume No. 2 Hadith # 2512, Albani declared it Sahih in his Takhrij]
Imam At-Tabri says in his Tarikh
فمما كان فيها من ذلك دخول المسلمين مع عبد الرحمن بن خالد بن الوليد بلاد الروم ومشتاهم بها وغزو
Translation: In (44 AH) The Muslims with Abdur Rahman bin Khalid bin Walid entered Rome and the Ghazwa took place [Tarikh at-Tabri under events of 44 AH, Volume 005, Page No. 212: Published by Cairo: Dar al-Ma'arif] Click here for Scanned Page (83)
Whereas Yazid went way later i.e. in 49 or 50 AH. Even later yazid was sent as a punishement and he mocked at Muslims warriors who had gone before
Imam Ibn Al-Atheer (rah) writes:
في هذه السنة وقيل : سنة خمسين سير معاوية جيشًا كثيفًا إلى بلاد الروم للغزاة ، وجعل عليهم سفيان بن عوف ، وأَمَرَ ابنه يزيد بالغزاة معهم فتثاقل واعتلّ فأمسك عنه أبوه ، فأصاب الناس في غزاتهم جوعٌ ومرض شديد ، فأنشأ يزيد يقول :
ما إن أبالي بما لاقت جموعهم *** بالفرقدونة من حمى ومن موم
إذا اتكأت على الأنماط مرتفقًا *** بدير مروان عندي أم كلثومِ
فبلغ معاوية شعره، فأقسم عليه ليلحقنّ بسفيان في أرض الروم، ليصيبه ما أصاب الناس، فسار ومعه جمع كثير أضافهم إليه أبوه
Translation: In this year i.e. 49 AH or 50 AH, Muawiya (ra) sent a huge army towards Rome. He made Sufyan bin Awf (ra) as its commander and he ordered his son Yazid to go with them, however Yazid “ACTED TO HAVE BECOME SICK AND DENIED TO GO” When the warriors were struck with harsh hunger and diseases, Yazid (mockingly) said this poetry:
At Farqudwana immense wrath covered them, whether they had fever or whatever I don’t care because I am sitting on a high carpet and Umm ul Kulthum (one of his wives) is between my armpits.
When Ameer Muawiya (ra) heard these phrases he made Yazid to take an oath and join Sufyan bin Awf in Rome so that “HE COULD ALSO BE STRUCK BY THESE SAME DIFFICULTIES AS THE WARRIORS OF ISLAM HAD FACED (THIS WAS PUNISHEMENT TO YAZID)” Yazid became helpless and he had to go and Ameer Muawiya (ra) sent another army with him [Tarikh Ibn al Atheer, Volume No.3, Page No. 131]
Imam Badr ud-din Ayni (rah) said:
قلت: الأظهر أن هؤلاء السادات من الصحابة كانوا مع سفيان هذا ولم يكونوا مع يزيد بن معاوية، لأنه لم يكن أهلاً أن يكون هؤلاء السادات في خدمته
Translation: I say that it is obvious that the great amount of sahaba went under the leadership of Sufyan bin Awf (ra) and “NOT WITH YAZID BIN MUAWIYA BECAUSE HE WAS NOT DESERVING OF LEADING THEM” [Umdat ul Qari, Sharh Sahih ul Bukhari 14/197-198]
Summary details about the armed expeditions:
► First attack on Caesar's city was in 42 hijri. Second attack was in 43 and "Hazrat Bosr ben ABI Arka was the leader of this army.
► Third attack was in 44H and this was led by Abdurehman ben Khalid ben Waleed. The next attack was in 46 hijri which was led by Maalik ben Abdurehman and Abdurehman ben Khalid ben Waleed.
► In 47H, next attack was led by Maalik ben Hobaira and Abdurehman ben Qaiymi. In 49 hijri the rome was attacked for 3 times. And Lastly yazid was in attack of 50 hijri.
Hazrat Amir Mawiya (RA) arrested Yazeed and sent him to ceasar because Yazeed was used to make fun of Mujahideen and as a punishment Yazeed was sent there not for Jihad
So Yazeed was in the seventh(or eight) attack, not in the first attack and in Bukhari Shareef it is mentioned that 'The first army amongst' my followers who will invade Caesar's City will be forgiven their sins.'
References
Al Bidayah Wal Nihayah Imam Ibne Kathir
History Ibne Khaldon
History Imam Ibne Atheer
13. Yazeed's rejection of the Qur'an
Refer these sources
1. Al Bidayah wa al Nihayah Volume 8 page 204 Dhikr Ras al Husayn
2. Minhajj al Sunnah Volume 2 page 249 Dkikr Yazeed
3. Sharh Fiqh Akbar page 73 Dhikr Yazeed
4. Sharh Tafseer Mazhari Volume 5 page 21 Surah Ibrahim
5. Shazrah al Dhahab page 69 Dhikr Shahadth Husayn
6. Maqatahil Husayn Volume 2 page 58 Dhikr Shahdath Husayn
7. Tadhkira Khawwas page 148
8. Tareekh Tabari Volume 11 pages 21-23 Dhikr 284 Hijri
9. Tafseer Ruh al Ma'ani (commentary of Surah Muhammad)
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14. In Tafseer Ruh al Maani Declairing Yazeed a kafir
"Allamah Alusi stated, Yazeed the impure denied the Prophethood of Rasulullah (s). The treatment that he meted out to the people of Makka, Medina and the family of the Prophet proves that he was a kaafir".
Once in the gathering of Amir Ul Mominein Hazrat Ummar Bin Abdul Aziz [R.A] people talked about yazeed, someone among the people said ( Amir Ul Mominein to Yazeed ) Hazrat Ummar Bin Abdul Aziz [R.A] replied in anger,'' you call Yazeed ( Bad Character Person ) as Amir Ul Mominein?. Than Hazrat Ummar Bin Abdul Aziz [R.A] gave order of 20 lashes to the person who called Yazeed Amir Ul Mominein [ Tahdheeb Al'Tahdheeb Vol 1 Page 361]
Translation:The Proof of sending Lanah upon Yazid is derived from this (ayah), as was mentioned by Al-Barzanji (rah) in his Al-Ashaat and Imam Haythami (rah) in As-Sawaiq from Imam Ahmed (rah) that his son Abdullah asked him about sending Lanah on Yazid, and how sending Lanah upon him is mentioned in the book of Allah (i.e. Quran).
Imam Ahmed (rah) in proof of (sending Lanah upon Yazid) mentioned these verses:
Would ye then, if ye were given the command, work corruption in the land and sever your ties of kinship?
Such are the men whom Allah has cursed…(47:22-23), So could there be a greater fitnah than the actions committed by Yazid?
[Ruh ul Ma’ani by Imam Al-Alusi, Volume 9 Under Surah Muhammad 22-23]
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Imam Ghazzali (rah)
We often come across people citing Imam Ghazzali (rah) in favour of Yazid as If he is the absolute criterion over this issue, the same people consider Imam Ghazzali to be a misguided Sufi who believed in Tawassul and Istighatha (i.e. besseching anbiya awliya for help) so why this double standard? And how to answer them?
The answer is Imam Ghazzali (rah) has simply erred in this regard because history did not reach him properly, this would not apply today because history has clearly reached us today and we are clear bout murderer of Imam Hussain (ra) who ordered it, who led the army against him etc…
Before citing overwhelming proofs from Tarikh, I would like to present this beautiful sahih hadith of Prophet (Salallaho alaihi wasalam) regarding people who “Ransack” our beloved sanctuarary called Madina al Munawara.
Imam Ahmed narrated from Sa’ib bin Khalad (RA) that The Prophet of Allah (Peace be upon him) said: Whosoever spreads injustice and frightened the people of Madina, then Curse (Lanah) of Allah, his Angels and all the people is upon such a person.[Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal as narrated by Imam Ibn Kathir in Al Bidayah Wal Nihayah Vol 8 Page No. 274]
Crimes of Yazid(LA)
Imam Ibn Kathir (rah) then says in his magnificent work of Tarikh under events of 63 AH
فقال ابن الزبير يا هؤلاء قتل أصحابكم فانا لله وإنا إليه راجعون
وقد أخطأ يزيد خطأ فاحشا فى قوله لمسلم بن عقبة أن يبيح المدينة ثلاثة أيام وهذا خطأ كبير فاحش مع ما انضم إلى ذلك من قتل خلق من الصحابة وأبنائهم وقد تقدم أنه قتل الحسين وأصحابه على يدى عبيد الله بن زياد وقد وقع فى هذه الثلاثة أيام من المفاسد العظيمة فى المدينة النبوية مالا يحد ولا يوصف مما لا يعلمه إلا الله عز وجل وقد أراد بارسال مسلم بن عقبة توطيد سلطانه وملكه ودوام أيامه من غير منازع فعاقبه الله بنقيض قصده وحال بينه وبين ما يشتهيه فقصمه الله قاصم الجبابرة وأخذه أخذ عزيز مقتدر وكذلك أخذ ربك إذا أخذ القرى وهى ظالمة إن أخذه أليم شديد
Translation: Hadrat Ibn Zubayr (Radhi Allaho Anho) said: O PEOPLE YOUR COMPANIONS HAVE BEEN KILLED – Inna Lillahi Wa Inna Ilaihi Rajiun
"Yazeed committed a mistake and that too a disgusting one by ordering Muslim bin Uqba to make Medina Mubah for three days. This was the biggest blunder. Many Sahaba and their children were slaughtered. As it has been mentioned before that Yazid made UbaydUllah Ibn Ziyad kill the grandson of Rasulullah (saw) Husayn and his companions, and in those three days huge heinous crimes happened in Madina about which nobody knows except Allah. Yazeed wanted to secure his governance by sending Muslim bin Uqbah but Allah did against his wishes and punished him. Verily Allah killed him likewise Allah made grip over the oppressing towns, no doubt His grip is painful and strict"[Al Bidayah Wal Nihayah, Vol 8 Page 283]
Yazid’s crimes were so heinous that even his loyal Ubaid Ullah Ibn Ziyad (whom he had sent to murder Muslim bin Aqeel and later Imam Hussain ra too) said:
كان يزيد كتب إلى عبد الله بن زياد أن يسير إلى الزبير فيحاصره بمكة فأبى عليه وقال والله لا أجمعهما للفاسق أبدا أقتل ابن بنت رسول الله ص وأغزو البيت الحرام وقد كانت أمه مرجانة قالت له حين قتل الحسين ويحك ماذا صنعت وماذا ركبت وعنفته تعنيفا شديدا قالوا وقد بلغ يزيد أن ابن الزبير يقول فى خطبته يزيد القرود شارب الخمور تارك الصلوات منعكف على القينات
Translation:When Yazid wrote to Abdullah Ibn Ziyad that he should go to Makkah and besiege Abdullah Ibn Zubayr (RA) he refused to do so and said: By Allah I will not combine two things for a Fasiq (i.e. Yazid). I have already killed the son of Prophet (salallaho alaihi wasalam)’s daughter (on his order) and now (he asks me to) wage war on Bayt ul Harram? However when he martyred Imam Hussain (RA) his mom Marjana said to him: May you die! what have you done and what crime have you committed, she also scolded him severely. Yazid was informed that Abdullah Ibn Zubayr (RA) used to say in his speeches that Yazid was a fraud, drunkard, one who abandons Salaat and one who stays with singing women. [Al-Bidayah Wal Nihayah, Volume 8, Page No 279]
He further said:
ثم أباح مسلم بن عقبة الذى يقول فيه السلف مسرف بن عقبة قبحه الله من شيخ سوء ما أجهله المدينة ثلاثة أيام كما أمره يزيد لا جزاه الله خيرا وقتل خيرا خلقا من أشرافها وقرائها وانتهب أموالا كثيرة منها ووقع شر وفساد عريض على ما ذكره غير واحد فكان ممن قتل بين يديه صبرا معقل بن سنان وقد كان صديقه قبل ذلك ولكن أسمعه فى يزيد كلاما غليظا فنقم عليه بسببه
Continued… (Translation)
Opression upon Sahaba and greatest Tabiyeen
Translation: And he Muslim bin Uqba who is known as As-Salf Musraf bin Uqba, May Allah not do well to this leader of evil and ignorance, he made Madina legal for 3 days on the order of Yazid. May Allah also not grant Jaza and khayr to him(i.e. Yazid), he got many righteous killed and also looted the amwaal in Madina in great numbers, this has been multiply narrated that he created a lot of Shar and Fasad. It is mentioned that Hadrat Muafl bin Sanan (RA) was tied infront (of Ibn Uqba) and then martyred, you were his friend before but later you used strong words against Yazid due to which he became angry at you. [Al-Bidayah Wal Nihayah, Volume 8, Page No 280]
Yazeed’s aggression against the leading Tabi’i i.e. Saeed Ibn Musaib (ra)
قال المدائنى وجىء إلى مسلم بسعيد بن المسيب فقال له بايع فقال أبايع على سيرة أبى بكر وعمر فأمر بضرب عنقه فشهد رجل إنه مجنون فخلى سبيله
Translation:Al Mudaini (rah) said: Sa’eed Ibn Musaib (rah) was brought to Muslim (bin uqba), He asked him to give bayah. (Sa’eed ibn Musab) said: I will give bayah on seerah of Sayyidna Abu Bakr and Sayyidna Umar (RA). (Muslim) ordered to get him killed but a man said This person (i.e. Sa’eed ibn Musaib) is a mad man (i.e. to save him), at this he was left alone. [Al Bidayah Wal Nihayah, Volume 8, Page No 281]
Qadhi ThanaUllah Panipati (rah) on Yazid!
Another great Mufasir and author of great books, a scholar accepted by all Sunni Muslims i.e. Qadhi Thana Ullah Panipatti (rah) quoted Quran ayah 14:28 and writes:
Quran states: Hast thou not seen those who gave the grace of Allah in exchange for thanklessness and led their people down to the Abode of Loss (14:28)
Tafsir: Bani Ummaiya had always rejoiced upon Kufr, however Abu Sufyan, Ameer Mu’awiya (RA) and Umaro bin Aas(RA) and others became Muslims. Later Yazid and his companions rejected the blessings of Allah and rose the flag of enmity towards Ahlul Bayt and finally brutally martyred Imam Hussain (RA) to the extent that Yazid even denied the Deen of Muhammad (salallaho alaihi wasalam). He after martyrdom of Imam Hussain(RA) said: Had my predecessors lived they would have seen how I took revenge from the family of Prophet (saw) and Bani Hashim, The couplet which Yazid made had this in the end: I will avenge Ahmed (i.e. Prophet Salallaho alaihi wasalam) for whatever he did with my predecessors in Badr (Naudhobillah). Yazid even declared alcohol as permissible and in praise of it he said: If liquor is Haram in the Deen of Muhammad (salallaho alaihi wasalam) then take it to be permissible according to the deen of Isa Ibn Marym (a.s). [Tafsir al Mazhari Volume 5, Pages 211-212]
**Allama Aloosi (Rahimuhullah) writes under 47:22-23 in his magnificent Ruh ul Ma’ani
واستدل بها أيضاً على جواز لعن يزيد عليه من الله تعالى ما يستحق. نقل البرزنجي في «الإشاعة» والهيتمي في «الصواعق» أن الإمام أحمد لما سأله ولده عبد الله عن لعن يزيد قال كيف لا يلعن من لعنه الله تعالى في كتابه؟ فقال عبد الله قد قرأت كتاب الله عز وجل فلم أجد فيه لعن يزيد فقال الإمام إن الله تعالى يقول:
{ فَهَلْ عَسَيْتُمْ إِن تَوَلَّيْتُمْ أَن تُفْسِدُواْ فِي ٱلأَرْضِ وَتُقَطّعُواْ أَرْحَامَكُمْ * أَوْلَـئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَعَنَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ }
[محمد: 22] الآية وأي فساد وقطيعة أشد مما فعله يزيد؟
Cont..
Allama Alusi (rah) and Imam Dhahabi (rah) on Yazid
Translation:The Proof of sending Lanah upon Yazid is derived from this (ayah), as was mentioned by Al-Barzanji (rah) in his Al-Ashaat and Imam Haythami (rah) in As-Sawaiq from Imam Ahmed (rah) that his son Abdullah asked him about sending Lanah on Yazid,(Imam Ahmed) said: Why cannot Lanah be sent on him when Allah has sent Lanah on him in Quran, Abdullah (rah) said: Recite the Kitab of Allah so that I know how Lanah is sent on Yazid, Imam Ahmed (rah) mentioned these verses: Would ye then, if ye were given the command, work corruption in the land and sever your ties of kinship? Such are the men whom Allah has cursed…(47:22-23)Hence could there be a bigger Strife than what Yazid did?[ [Ruh ul Ma’ani by Imam Al-Alusi, Volume 9 Under Surah Muhammad 22-23]
*Imam Dhahabi writes about Yazid
وكان ناصبيا فظا غليظا جلفا يتناول المسكر ويفعل المنكر افتتح دولته بمقتل الشهيد الحسين واختتمها بواقعة الحرة فمقته الناس ولم يبارك في عمره وخرج عليه غير واحد بعد الحسين كأهل المدينة قاموا لله
Translation:He (Yazid) was a disgusting Nasibi (i.e. those who hate Ahlul bayt). He drank and did evil. He started his kingdom with the killing of the Shahid al-Hussain (RA) and ended it with the incident of al-Harra (i.e. besiegement of Madina which also makes him directly liable for Lanah as sahih ahadith prove). Hence the people hated him, he was not blessed in his life, and many took up arms against him after Imam Hussain (RA) such as the people of Madina - they rose for the sake of Allah[As Siyar al Alam an Nabula, Volume No. 4, Page No. 37-38]
If still someone considers this Fasiq, traitor , one who got Imam Hussain (ra) and his companions martyred, one who got Madina ransaked to be a Mutaqee person then he may live in his imaginary world for as long as he wishes!
(edited by ADHM)
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Lanat on yazeed and his followers!
Ibn al-Jawzi: “You have made this madhhab such a shameful disgrace that when it is said, “Humbali,” it is understood that he is someone who likens GOD to His creation.
You have then made your way to be that of bigotry and intolerance, showing fanatical support for Yazid ibn Muawiyyah, when you well know that the founder of the madhab permitted cursing him”.
[Daf` Shubah al-Tashbih bi Akuff al-Tanzih]
Abdullah bin Abbas narrates that the Holy Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said,
“I am the scale of knowledge, Ali is its pans, Hasan and Husain are it s ropes, Fatimah is its handle and the leaders (of the ahl-ul-bait) after me are its rods. The deeds of those who love us or have hatred against us will be weighed on this scale.”
[Daylami, al -Firdaws bi mathur al -khi tab (1:44#107) Ajlawni said in Kashf -ul -khi fa wa muzil -ul-ilbas (1:236) Daylami narrated it through Abdullah bin Abbas as a marfu tradition.]
Ahmed Bin Daud Abu Hanifa Dinwari records the statement of Ibn Ziyad:
“I killed Al Hussain due to the reason that he revolted against our Imam [Yazid] and the very Imam[Yazid] sent me the message to kill Al Hussain. Now if the murder of Hussain is a sin then Yazid is responsible for it”
[Akhbaar Tawaal, page 279 (Egypt) by Ahmed Bin Daud Abu Hanifa Dinwari]
Allamah Jalaluddin Suyuti writes in Tareekh Khulfa, page 140:
“Yazid wrote his ruler in Iraq Ibn Ziyad for the murder of Hussain”
“… When this letter reaches you and my messenger comes to you, make al Hussain come to a halt. Let him stop at an open place without protection and water…” [History of Tabari, Volume 19 page 102]
Abu Hurairah said: The Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said : "Whoever commits adultery or drinks wine, Allah will remove faith from him as a person would take off a shirt from his head." (Reported by al-Tirmithi, al-Bayhaqi and al-Hakim)
The Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said: "He has, in fact, left Islam who walks with an oppressor to help him although he knows that he is an oppresor."
( Reported by al-Tabarani)
The Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said: "Whoever argues while knowingly defending falsehood, will continue to be under Allah's anger until he abstains.
(Reported by Abu-Dawood)
The Holy Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم)) , himself states clearly:
The curse of Allah on those who scare the people of Madina. It is definitively narrated without a shred of doubt that Yazid bin Muawiyah ransacked Madina Munawwara, killed people there, destroyed homes, etc.. all under his very direct and explicit command.
(Sahih Bukhari)
Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (Allah be pleased with him) said:
"Be mindful of the Messenger of Allah regarding his family."
[Related by Imam Bukhari in his Sahih, in 'Kitab al-Manaqib', hadith #3542]
Hadith {Hussain is from me, I am from Hussain}
Now if Rasoolullah, sallallahu alayhi wa aalihi wa sallam, curses somebody, everybody else can keep their opinions to themselves.
The Kufr is Yazid bin Muawiyah is explicit in the poetry attributed to him by more than just Imam Ibn Al Jawzi, Imam Tabari, Imam Ibn-ul Athir, and even Ibn Kathir.
Hurting a Muslim is more dangerous than destroyed the Ka'ba, according to Ibn Umar (ra).
Yazid bin Muawiyah did both.
He killed and slaughtered the household of the Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa aalihi wa sallam, and destroyed not only the Ka'ba in Makkah, but also Madina.
Imam Husayn decalred Jihad on Yazid.
Al Hurr bin Yazid Ar-Riyahi (ra) said: I have given myself a choice between going to Jannah or Jahannam. That’s the difference between Imam Husayn and Yazid bin Muawiyah; Callers to Jannah versus Callers to the Gates of Jahannam.
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Quote - Wahabi/Salafi say:
Haafidh Ibn Rajab (d.795H) Haafidh Ibn Rajab also did not hold the opinion of cursing and declaring Yazeed to be a disbeliever. On the contrary he refute the allegation on Imaam Ahmad bin Hanbal that he cursed Yazeed. So he writes in clear words, "The statement of Imaam Ahmad only establishes cursing on all of the oppressors and there is no clarification or specification for the permissibility of cursing Yazeed only." (Dhail Tabaqaat Hanabillah (2/356).
Also Ibn Taymiyyah mentioned in his fatawa.
This is what was reported from Imaam Ahmad, and this is the view of the fair-minded among his companions and others among the Muslims. Saalih ibn Ahmad said:
I said to my father, some people say that they love Yazeed.
He said, O my son, does anyone love Yazeed who believes in Allaah and the Last Day?
I said, O my father, why do you not curse him? He said, O my son, when did you ever see your father curse anybody?
This is another version of narration from Ahmed ibn Hanbal.
Let me confirm about Ibn Kathir from Sheikh at Jamia Abu Bakr.
He told me Ibn Kathir just copied narration regarding Yazid from Hafiz Dhabi but these narration are not authentic. Ibn Kathir's personal view of Yazid is same as Ibn Taymiyyah.”
see: Here
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^so now according to the above Wahabis, Ibn Kathir's volumes of work are...... and should be ignored or even thrown away...?
Ibn Kathir is the Wahabi/Salafi’s biggest historian and a student of Ibn Taymiyya himself.
As the main Wahabis are concerned, his words are written in gold.
Yet Ibn Kathir himself writes in Bidayah:
"Traditions inform us that Yazeed loved worldly vices, would drink, listen to music, kept the company of boys with no facial hair (civil expression for paedophilia with boys, a form of homosexuality), played drums, kept dogs (civil expression for bestiality), not a day would go by when he was not in a drunken state"
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Ibn Taymeeya in Minhajj:
"Yazeed had the sword and hence he had the power to deal with anyone that opposed him. He had the power to reward his subjects with the contents of the treasury, and could also withhold their rights. He had the power to punish criminals; it is in this context that we can understand that he was the khalifah and king. Issues such as Yazeed's piety or lack of it, or his honesty or lack of it, is another matter. In all of his actions Yazeed was not just, there is no dispute amongst the people of Islam on this matter". 8
^Is he (Ibn Taymeeya) trying to say something?
lets have a look:
Ibn Taymiyyah , said the following:
“May Allah curse his killers, and whoever was glad with his murder!”
(Ibn Taymiyyah, Majmoo al-Fatawa, Vol.4, pp.403-404)
In regards to the Blessed Nobel Household, Ibn Taymiyyah said:
“The Ahlus Sunnah should love the Prophet’s family, give them support, and honor the Prophet’s will in regards to them, as he said at Ghadir Khumm:
, Al-Aqeedah Al-Wasitiyyah, Chapter 4)
Ibn Katheer in al Bidayah Volume 8 page 222 stated:
"Muslim was ordered to ransack Medina for three days. Yazeed committed a major sin. Sahaba and their children were slaughtered openly; other heinous acts were also perpetuated. We have already mentioned that he had Ibn Ziyad kill the grandson of Rasulullah (s) Husayn and his companions. In those three days in Madina, it is difficult to mention the type of acts that were carried out. By doing this act Yazeed wanted to secure his governance, in the same way Allah (swt) broke the neck of every Pharoah, the true King (swt) also broke the neck of Yazeed".
Also Don’t forget to read: Al-Bidayah Wal Nihayah, Volume 8, Page No 280
We read in Muruj al Dhahab:
"Due to his hatred of Allah (swt) Yazeed openly drank alcohol. In his deeds he followed the Seerah of Pharoah, but Pharoah was more just to his own subjects."
In Tafseer Ruh al Maani it is stated clearly:
"Allamah Alusi stated, Yazeed the impure denied the Prophethood of Rasulullah (s). The treatment that he meted out to the people of Makka, Medina and the family of the Prophet proves that he was a kaafir".
We read in Sharh Fiqh Akbar:
"Following the murder of Husayn, Yazeed said 'I avenged the killing of my kaafir relatives in Badr through killing the family of the Prophet".
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Back to:
Devil Zakir Naik, who returned from Haj on Wednesday, conveyed his reaction through his brother Mohammed Naik:
At the peace conference, while replying to a question:
“I neither condemned nor lauded Yazeed…
“I did say 'May Allah be pleased with him' while mentioning Yazeed. I can show the fatwas from seminaries like Darul Uloom Deoband supporting my stand."
[end of quote]
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^Lets have a look:
In the first volume of Tajaliyate Safdar [rasail of Mawlana Ameen Okarwi)
If you look up the article of Mawlana Ameen [p. 579-584] you can find many passages of ulama of Deoband stating that Yazid was a Fasiq or degrading him with the nick Yazid Paleed (paleeth) [Yazid, the impure]
The Deobandi Elders said:
Mawlana Qasim Nanotwi [called him Yazid Palid, ajuba arba'in p. 85]
Mawlana Rasheed Ahmed Gangohi [called him Yazid Palid in his work Hidayat Shia, p. 95]
Mawlana Ashraf Ali Thanwi, who called Yazid a Fasiq [Imdadul Fatawa 5/54]
Mawlana Husain Ahmad Madani who said that Yazid committed fisq
Mawlana Abdush Shakur Lucknowi who also called him a Fasiq
Mawlana Qari Muhammad Tayyib is also quite clear about the fisq and fujoor of Yazid stating that the sahaba agreed on Yazid being a fasiq, and the same counts for the mujtahideen, ulama rasikhun, fuqaha like allama Qastalani, Badruddin Ayni, Haythami, Taftazani, Ibn Hummaam, Ibn Kathir mentioning that there is agreement [ittifaaq] of the salaf on yazid committing fisq and thus also holds the same opinion.
[Shaheede Karbala aur yazid, p. 152]
Mufti Muhammad Shafi also states the same in Shaheede Karbala [p. 103,] and clearly uses bad words against yazid.”
Mawlana Yusuf Binnori states that there is no doubt about Yazid being a fasiq.
[Ma'arifus Sunan 6/18] This was also repeated by Mufti Zarwali of Ahsanul Uloom.
(Yazid Paleed [Yazid, the impure] paleeth)
[End of quote]
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Question: 7077
Afghanistan
Asalamu Alikum wb our respected scholars of Islam, My question is regarding the famous daee of Islam Dr.Zakir Naik whether the method & way of his preaching,debating, studing different religons' scriptures are valid in the light of Quran & Hadith or not, and should Muslims learn his Dawah techniques or not? what are the particular things in his work that are against Islam? please send me a private email.
Answer: 7077
21 Aug, 2008
(Fatwa: 1541/1322=B/1429)
The statements made by Dr Zakir Naik indicate that he is a preacher of Ghair Muqallidin, he is of free mind and does not wear Islamic dress. One should not rely upon his speeches."
Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) Knows Best
Darul Ifta, Darul Uloom Deoband
See: Here
Quote:
Wahabi-islamonline.net
However, the third view – which is the moderate one - is that he was one of the kings of the Muslims, who did good deeds and bad deeds. He was not born until the caliphate of `Uthman. He was not aKafir, but it was because of him that the killing of Al-Husayn took place, and he did what he did to the people of Al-Harrah. He was not aSahabi, nor was he one of the righteous devotees of Allah. This is the view of most of the people of reason and knowledge and of Ahl Al-Sunnah wal-Jama`ah.
Salih ibn Ahmad said: “I said to my father, some people say that they love Yazid.” He said: “O my son, is there any believer who believes in Allah and in the Day of Judgment and love Yazid?” I said: “O my father, why do you not curse him?” He said: “O my son, when did you ever see your father curse anybody?”
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He (Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal) replied, "fa hal 'asaytum in tawallaytum an tufsidu fi'l ardi wa tuqatti'u arhamakum. Uläiyka'l ladhina la'nahumullah fa asammahum wa a'ma absarahum [Surah Muhammad, V.22-23] "Then, do you expect that if you were given the rule of the land to cause evil and mischief on earth and severe the bonds of kinship? These are the ones whom Allah has cursed and made them deaf and blinded their sight"
Also check: Tafseer Mazhari
These two views were also given by Imam Malik and by Imam 'Abu Hanifa.
We should point out that Imam Ghazzali(ra) was an adherent of the Shaafi madhab. Another Shaafi scholarAllamah Alusi set out the viewpoint of the Shaafi Ulema on this topic as follows:
“Amongst the Shaafi’s we are in agreement that it is permissible to curse Yazeed”
(Haseeya Nabraas page 551)
When a renowned Shaafi scholar has taken the responsibility to reflect the opinion of the Shaafi Ulema, confirming that they deemed it permissible to curse Yazeed, then the opposite voice of Imam Ghazzali’s fatwa becomes batil (false).
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Cursing Yazeed!
Fatwa of Abu Hamid Ibn Ghazzali
"Shah ast Hussain, Badshah ast Hussain,
Deen ast Hussain, Deen e Panah ast Hussain,
Sar dad, na dad dast, dar dast-e-yazeed,
Haqaa key binaey La ila ast Hussain”
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The Holy Prophet
صلى الله عليه وسلم
stated,
"Hussain is from me & I am from Hussain. May Allah keep him as a friend who keeps Hussain as a friend."
[Tirmidhi - Hadith no. 3775-3800]
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Hazrat Aamir bin Sa’ad RadiyAllahu Anhu narrates, ‘After Imam Hussain left this mundane world, I saw RasoolAllah Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam in my dream.
He said, ‘O Amir! Go to my companion Baraa’ bin Aazib and convey my Salams and inform him that whosoever killed my son Hussain will go to Hell.’
Thus I went to Hazrat Baraa’ RadiyAllahu Anhu and informed him on what I had seen.’
[Sa’adatul Kaunain]
Hakim narrates on the authority of Hazrat Abdullah bin Abbas RadiyAllahu Anhuma
’Allah Ta’ala conveyed through revelation to RasoolAllah Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam that He perished 70,000 in revenge of the killing of Yahya bin Zakariya Alaihimus Salam, but for your grandson Hussain, He will destroy double that number.’ [Khasais ul Kubra]
Ibne Jauzi reports that no assassin of Imam Hussain RadiyAllahu Anhu was spared punishment. Some were killed, some became blind and those who were at high positions could not stay there for a long time.
Ibne Katheer testifies that most of the narrations about the fate of the killers of Imam Hussain RadiyAllahu Anhu as reported in history are correct. [Al-Hussain]
In the reign of Abdul Malik, when Mukhtar bin Abu Ubaid Saqfi became the governer of Kufa, he became the first person to organise the revenge of the massacre of Imam Hussain RadiyAllahu Anhu and his family. He enquired about the killers and then got them killed.
The Fate of Yazid(LA)
In Damascus, in the court of Yazeed, an oppressed member of Ahle Bait cried out: ' The very throne for which you killed Imam Hussain RadiyAllahu Anhu, even your own children will never be able to sit upon it.’
And this is exactly what happened. Very soon he fell prey to a dreadful disease. He used to cry due to unbearable aches in the stomach and intestines. When he was certain of his death, he called for his son Muawiyah to hand over the rule to him. But as soon as he started to speak, he was humiliatingly interrupted by his son who shouted:
‘I can never accept the throne which has the stains of the blood of the grandson of RasoolAllah Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam on it. May it be destroyed.’
The words of his son made his condition even worse. He kept shouting like a swine. He used to cry for water but to swallow any drop of water would also make him cry. Ultimately he died a degrading and shameful death. His body emitted such stench that nobody could go near or touch him. He did not even receive a dignified burial, he was just thrown in a pit and covered. [Naqshe Karbala]
As you have already read, Ubaidullah bin Ziyad was the treacherous soul who was appointed by Yazeed. On his orders Imam Muslim and his two little sons were martyred. And it was he who sent the army to fight Imam Hussain RadiyAllahu Anhu.
Mukhtar vowed to take revenge with the killers of Imam Hussain RadiyAllahu Anhu. So he sent an army to fight Ubaidullah.
Ubaidullah also prepared for a war and went into the battlefield with 30,000 soldiers. Both the armies met near Mosul. There was heavy fighting from sunrise to sunset. But just as Ubaidullah was about to be defeated, the coward tried to escape. But eventually he was captured and killed.
Mukhtar then addressed the crowd:
‘O Kufans! Look how the tables have turned. It is the same day, same month and the same place. Six years after Imam Hussain RadiyAllahu Anhu was wrongly and mercilessly killed, the head of his killer lies here in the most humiliating way.’ He then ordered them to celebrate. [Iedha]
It is recorded in Tirmizi Sharif, that when the heads of Ubaidullah and his accomplices were lying in the court of Mukhtar, a snake appeared from nowhere and went over all the heads. When it reached the head of Ubaidullah, it entered through one of his nostrils, stayed in for a while and exited from the mouth. It repeated this three times before it disappeared.
Killers of Imam Hussain RadiyAllahu Anhu in the Wrath of Allah
Hazrat Abu Shaikh narrates that in a gathering people were discussing how all those who were in any way involved in the killing of Imam Hussain were caught up in the Wrath of Allah.
An old man stood up and said, ‘I too helped in his killing but look nothing has happened to me.’
Just then he stood up to attend the lamp when he was caught up in flames and burned to his death. A similar incident is narrated by Imam Sa’ad. [Tareekh e Karbala]
Sabt bin Jauzi narrates on the authority of Waqdi that an old man who was involved in the killing of Imam Hussain RadiyAllahu Anhu became blind. When people enquired how he became blind, he replied:
‘I saw RasoolAllah Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam in my dream. He had a blood stained sword in his hand and some killers of Imam Hussain were lying dead on the ground. When he saw me, he cursed me and rubbed a blood-stained stick in my eye. From that day I have become blind.’ [Iedha]
Allama Ibne Hajar Makki writes that one of the soldiers from the army of Yazeed who hanged the blessed head of Imam Hussain RadiyAllahu Anhu on his horse suddenly became very dark and ugly. People enquired:
‘You were very white and beautiful. How did you turn like this?’ He replied, ‘Ever since the incident of Karbala, two people enter my house every night and they take me to a place where a fire is lit. They hang me into the fire then pull me out. This has caused my appearance to change.’
Later he too died a degrading death.
In the same way it is narrated that one old joiner too became blind.
He says, ‘I saw RasoolAllah Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam with a bowl filled with blood. People came to him and he applied the blood in their eyes. I too was sent to him. I said, ‘Ya RasoolAllah Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam, I was not present at the battlefield in Karbala.’ RasoolAllah Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam replied, ‘But you wished that he be killed.’ Then he pulled his finger towards me and I became blind.’ [Iedha]
Allama Barzi narrates on the authority of Hazrat Mansoor, they saw a man in Syria whose face was like a swine. When he was enquired about the reason, he replied, ‘Every day I used to curse Ameer ul Mu’mineen Hazrat Ali RadiyAllahu Anhu and his children. Then one night I saw a dream in which Imam Hasan complained to RasoolAllah Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam about me cursing them. RasoolAllah Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam cursed me and spat on me. Since then I have become a sign for people.’ [iedha]
The End of Mukhtar, the Liar
On one side Mukhtar did a commendable job by taking the revenge of Imam Hussain and by killing the killers, but on the other hand, he declared himself as a prophet, thus becoming a infidel.
Hazrat Abdullah bin Zubair RadiyAllahu Anhuma sent an army in 67 Hijri and destroyed him.
[Tareekh e Karbala]
Ibn al Hanafiyya (r.a.) himself cursed and renounced al Mukhtar when he learnt what he was uttering falsely of him as did Syed Imam Jafar al Sadiq (RA)
(The Muqaddimah by Ibn Khaldun, Vol 1, page 406)
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Zakir Naik :Misinterpreting Ala Hazrat’s (R.A) Fatwa
I would like to bring this to the attention of everyone as it is very important.Dr. Zakir Naik’s website had the following article published defending his views pertaining yazeed paleed:Clarification of Dr.Zakir Naik’s Statement on Yazeed
It is written by Mr. Manzoor Shaikh, administration manager (of the organisation, I suppose).
He goes on to say:
”5. As far as the Ahl-e-sunnat-wal-Jamaat is concerned, inspite of the difference of opinion it is agreed upon that it is permissible to say “May Allah have mercy on him” or “May Allah be pleased with him” for Yazeed. Therefore saying “May Allah be pleased with him” after Yazeed’s name is not Haraam, nor a sin and is not wrong.”
He then provides references of the Fatwas from different Dar-ul-ulooms (listed below) and their image files can be downloaded from here.
He says:
“This has been reconfirmed recently in writing from various Darul Ulooms and Islamic Organisations in India.
Fatawas to clarify and support the above stand.
a) Darul Uloom, *****.
b) Nadwatul Ulema, Lucknow (verbally confirmed on phone, written copy to be received)
c) Darul Uloom, *****.
d) Jamaat-e-Islami-i-Hind, New Delhi. (verbally confirmed on phone, written copy to be received)
e) Darul Uloom Ahmadia Salfia, Darbhanga, Bihar.
f) Jamiatul-Ahle-Hadith, New Delhi
g) Aligarh Muslim University
h) Ahmed Raza Khan *****
i) And several others who have confirmed on phone and are expected to be received in the next couple of days.
Fatawas from scholars outside India:
1) Shaikh Abdullah Ibn Jibreen (on audio, written copy to be received)
2) Shaikh al Islam Ibn Taymiyah”
It is a blatant lie and has not been confirmed by the Dar-ul-Ifta of Bareilly Shareef.
When you view the first file here: http://img156.imageshack.us/my.php?image=barelieg8.jpg
You will clearly read on the 5th line, it says:
“Yazeed Kay Liye Mazkoorah Jumlay Isti’maal karna na jaa’iz-o-haraam hai”
To use the aforementioned sentences for Yazeed is Haraam and impermissible.
i.e. “Radi Allahu Ta’ala Anhu” and “Rahmatullahi ‘Alayhim”The second Fatwa file is an edited version of the first file and only the last paragraph of the first file has been irrelevantly represented as the opinion of the Aa’lahazrat or Dar-ul-Ifta. You can view it here:http://img142.imageshack.us/my.php?image=summaryoffatawas2xr4.gif
Mr. Manzoor Shaikh, either by ignorance or deliberately, have availed the liberty of misrepresenting Aa’lahazrat’s opinion and of Dar-ul-Ifta’s by saying:
“This has been reconfirmed recently in writing from various Darul Ulooms and Islamic Organisations in India” ..whereas the complete opposite has been expressed in the Fatwa from Dar-ul-Iftah. ————————-
More updates Here:
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Thank you for sharing
Yazid and his army men and the all muslims who left the grandson of the final prophet, helpless are equally responsible for the death of Hussain(RATA), the muslims who called him but did not support him are also equally responsible for his death.
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