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Yazid (May Allah give him what he deserves, and May Allah be
pleased with his Father Ameer Mua'wiya - Radhi Allahu Anhu)
It has been noticed that some people in their indirect or even direct hatred
for Ahlul Bayt (Family of Prophet - Peace be upon him) try to cover the acts
of Yazid and in this process they try to paint him into a great personality.
With the Grace of Allah we shall see how this traitor to Islam (i.e. Yazid) got
Imam Hussain (Radhi Allahu Anhu) martyred and how he ransacked Madina
al-Munawwara and committed heinous crimes therein
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 Saib 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







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

Yazids crimes were so heinous that even his loyal UbaidUllah Ibn Ziyad (whom he had sent to
murder Muslim bin Aqeel and later Imam Hussain ra too) said:




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:

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. Yazeeds aggression against the leading Tabii called Sa'eed Ibn Musaib (rah)


Translation: Al Mudaini (rah) said: Saeed Ibn Musaib (rah) was brought to Muslim (bin uqba),
He asked him to give bayah. (Saeed 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. Saeed 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 alArb'ain as "SENDING LANAH ON YAZID (")


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 ( ) , Author: Imam Ibn Hajr al Asqalani (rah),
Publication date: 1997, Page No. 96]
:
: :

Yahya bin Abdul Mulk bin Abi Ghania "WHO WAS AMONGST THIQA NARRATORS" he
heard from Nawfl bin Abi Aqrab"WHO IS THIQA" he narrates: Once in the gathering of Umar
Bin Abdul Aziz [R.A] people talked about Yazid bin Muawiya, someone among the people
mentioned Yazid with the title of Ameer ul Momineen, hearing this Hadrat Umar bin Abdul Aziz
[ra] replied (in anger): You have called Yazeed Amir Ul Mominein? Then he gave order of
20 lashes to be given to the person [Imam Ibn Hajr al Asqalani in Tahdhib ut Tahdhib, Volume
No. 6, Page No. 313].

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 al-Waqidi 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 Maani
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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 Maani 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

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 alHarra (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[Siyar
A'lam an Nubala, Volume No. 4, Page No. 37-38]
2) Imam Dhahabi (rah) 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 A'lam
an 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 Muawiya (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. Puncturing 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
:

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

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
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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:
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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 dont 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:
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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 44 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 47, next attack was led by Maalik ben Hobaira and Abdurehman ben
Qaiymi. In 49 hijri the rome was attacked for 3 times. andLastly 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 seven'th 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
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5.

Al Bidayah wa al Nihayah Volume 8 page 204 Dhikr Ras al Husayn

Minhajj al Sunnah Volume 2 page 249 Dkikr Yazeed
Sharh Fiqh Akbar page 73 Dhikr Yazeed
Sharh Tafseer Mazhari Volume 5 page 21 Surah Ibrahim
Shazrah al Dhahab page 69 Dhikr Shahadth Husayn

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7.
8.
9.

Maqatahil Husayn Volume 2 page 58 Dhikr Shahdath Husayn

Tadhkira Khawwas page 148
Tareekh Tabari Volume 11 pages 21-23 Dhikr 284 Hijri
Tafseer Ruh al Ma'ani (commentary of Surah Muhammad)

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]
15. The Proof of Sending Curses(Lanat) 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, 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
Maani by Imam Al-Alusi, Volume 9 Under Surah Muhammad 22-23]