Testimony of Ibn Abbas on Killing of Imam Hussain (AS)

Testimony of Ibn Abbas that Yazeed killed Imam Hussain (as)

We read in Tareekh Kamil:

فكتب إليه ابن عباس:…وقد قتلت حسيناً وفتيان عبد المطلب مصابيح الهدى ونجوم الأعلام غادرتهم خيولك بأمرك

Ibn Abbas replied to Yazeed’s letter stating: “… You killed Husayn as well as the youth from Banu Abdul Muttalib who were beacons of guidance and famed stars, your troops marched on them at your orders .”

The testimony of Abdullah Ibn Umar that Yazeed killed Imam Hussain (as)

We read in Maqatil al Husayn:

Ibn Umar wrote to Yazeed, ‘Hasn’t your heart gone black yet? You murdered the family of the Prophet?’

The Nawasib want to drag the Muslims to hell to face the charge of taking to their heart the man who hurt Muhammad (saws)’s soul more than any other.

Mu’awiya The Second’s testimony that his father Yazeed killed Imam Hussain (as)

We read in Hayaat al Haywaan:

“When Yazeed was succeeded to the throne by his son Mu’awiya he said in his first sermon ‘We are definite about Yazeed’s wrongdoing, he killed the family of the Prophet, deemed alcohol halal, and brought pain to the Ka’aba.”

This was the testimony of the succeeding khalifa, and Yazeed’s own son, Mu’awiya The Second.

Yazeed’s own admission that he killed the family of the Prophet (s)

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”.

The testimony of Ibn Hazm that Yazeed killed Imam Hussain (as)

Athough the ‘Nasb’ of Imam Ibn Hazm made him to call Yazeed ‘Amir ul-Momineen’ but despite that he did ackowledge all the evil deeds committed by his Amir al-Momineen:

ويزيد أمير المؤمنين؛ وكان قبيح الآثار في الإسلام؛ قتل أهل المدينة، وأفاضل الناس، وبقية الصحابة -رضي الله عنهم- يوم الحرة، في آخر دولته؛ وقتل الحسين -رضي الله عنه- وأهل بيته في أول دولته؛ وحاصر ابن الزبير -رضي الله عنه- في المسجد الحرام، واستخف بحرمة الكعبة والإسلام؛ فأماته الله في تلك الأيام

“Yazid Amir ul Momineen, was an evil doer in Islam. During the last days of his rule he massacred the people of Madina on the day of Hara. He killed the best of people and the remaining companions (ra). During the initial part of his rule, he killed Husain (ra) and his Ahle Bait. He surrounded Ibn Zubair in Masjid al-Haram. He violated the sanctity of Ka’ba and Islam. And during these days Allah killed him”Jamharat Ansab al-Arab, page 112

The testimony of Imam Dhahabi that Yazeed killed Imam Hussain (as)

Now let us cite words of a Sunni Imam whose words cannot be denied by any Nasibi. Imam Dhahabi in his authority work ‘Tarikh Islam’ Volume 5 page 30 states:

قلت: ولما فعل يزيد بأهل المدينة ما فعل، وقتل الحسين وإخوته وآله، وشرب يزيد الخمر، وارتكب أشياء منكرة، بغضه الناس، وخرج عليه غير واحد، ولم يبارك الله في عمره، فخرج عليه أبو بلال مرداس بن أدية الحنظلي

I say: ‘When Yazeed did to the people of Madina what he did and killed al-Hussain and his brothers and progeny, and Yazeed 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.’

The testimony of Ibn al-Jauzi that Yazeed killed Imam Hussain (as)

Imam of Ahle Sunnah Ibn al-Jawzi records in Matalib Auwli al-Nahi, Volume 17 page 135:

من الاعتقادات العامة التي غلبت على جماعة منتسبين إلى السنة أن يقولوا إن يزيد كان على الصواب وإن الحسين أخطأ في الخروج عليه ، ولو نظروا في السير لعلموا كيف عقدت له البيعة ، وألزم الناس بها ولقد فعل في ذلك كل قبيح ؛ ثم لو قدرنا صحة خلافته فقد بدت منه بوادر كلها توجب فسخ العقد من رمي المدينة والكعبة بالمجانيق ، وقتل الحسين وأهل بيته ، وضربه على ثنيته بالقضيب

From (amongst) the beliefs which overwhelmed the Sunni people is that Yazeed was right and Hussain was wrong in his rebellion. If they consulted history books they would have know how he (Yazeed) achieved bayya and how he forced the people and committed every disgraceful thing for the sake (of bayya). If we assumed that his Caliphate was correct, on other hand he committed many acts which are sufficient to abolish his bayya, such as attacking Madina and Kaaba with ballista, killing Hussain along with his family and striking his lips with a stick.

The testimony of Ibn Khaldun that Yazeed killed Imam Hussain (as)

Now let us cite the testimony of a scholar who despite his known Nasibi tendencies confirmed the fact that it was Yazeed who killed Imam Hussain (as). We read in Al-Muqadima by Ibn Khaldun, page 254:

فلا يجوز نصرة يزيد بقتال الحسين ، بل قتله من فعلات يزيد المؤكدة لفسقه ، والحسين فيها شهيد

“It is impermissible to support Yazeed in the matter of killing Hussain, nay (Hussain’s) murder is Yazeed’s deed that proves him to be a Fasiq and Hussain a martyr.”

The testimony of Ibn Kathir that Yazeed killed Imam Hussain (as)

Let us read the veiws of Ibn Kathir regarding the role of Yazeed in the murder of Imam Hussain. While dicussing the events of 63 H, He stated:

وقد تقدم أنه قتل الحسين وأصحابه على يدي عبيد الله بن زياد‏

“It is already mentioned that he (Yazeed) killed al-Hussain and his companions through Ubaidullah bin Zyad”

Al Bidayah Wal Nihayah, Volume 8 page 243

The testimony of Shah Abdul Aziz that Yazeed killed Imam Hussain (as)

We read in Tauhfa:

“When the cruel people of Syria and Iraq upon orders of impure Yazeed and due to the efforts of chief of hatred and fitnah Ibn Ziyad martyred Imam Hussain…”

Tauhfa Ithna Ashari (Urdu), page 8 Published in Karachi

The testimony of Shah Abdul Haqq that Yazeed killed Imam Hussain (as)

We read in Ash’at al-Lam’aat Sharh Mishkat that somebody condemned Ubaidullah Ibn Ziyad for killing Hussain (as) upon which Shah Abdul Haq stated:

“It is unusual that the one who condemned did not mention Yazeed when he was the one who instructed Ibn Ziyad to carry out the killing”.

The testimony of Qadhi Thanaullah that Yazeed killed Imam Hussain (as)

Qadhi Thanaullah Pani Pati Uthmani under the commentary of 24:55 records:

“It is possible that this verse refers to Yazeed bin Muawiyah. Yazeed had martyred the grandson of Holy Prophet (s) and his companions, those companions were actually the members of the Prophet’s family.

Tafseer Mazhari [Urdu], Volume 8 page 268

At another place he stated:

Yazeed and his associates did Kufr with the bounties of Allah. They deemed it their aim to have a grudge against the progeny of the Prophet (s) and murdered Hussain (ra) with oppression and Yazeed did Kufr with the religion of Prophet (s) to the extent that Yazeed recited the following couplets over the murder of Hussain (ra)
‘Where are my ancestors, they should come and see that I have take revenge from the progeny of the Prophet and Bani Hashim’.

And the last prose is:

‘I would not be from the progeny of Jandab had I not taken revenge from the progeny of Ahmad for whatever they had done.’

Tafseer Mazhari [Arabic], Volume 5 page 271, commentary of 14:29

Testimony of Qadhi Saleh bin Mahdi al-Maqbali that Yazeed killed Imam Hussain (as)

Prominent Mujtahid of era namely Allamah Qadhi Saleh bin Mahdi al-Maqbali (d. 1108) who is much liked by Ahle Hadith/Salafies confirms in his authority work Al-Ilm Al-Shamikh Fi Ethaar Al-Haq Ala Alaba wal Mashaikh, page 367 that it was Yazeed who killed al-Hussain:

“And even more strange is a person who praises Yazeed who reverted from Islam, the one who insulted the honorable people of this Ummah, dishonoring the sanctity of Madina of Messenger (Sale Allah Aleh Wa Aalihi Wasalam), killed Hussain the son of the Prophet and his Ahlulbayt and humiliated them and he treated them in such a manner that even if the enemies of Islam, the Christians were to do the same acts, they might have been more reasonable.”

Al-Ilm Al-Shamikh Fi Ethaar Al-Haq Ala Alaba wal Mashaikh, page 367