Yazeed’s Killing of Imam Hussain (as)

Yazeed’s killing of Imam Hussain (as)

Azam Tariq Nasibi stated:

“IT WOULD BE SEEN THERE FROM THAT YAZID HAD NO HANDS IN THE MURDER OF HAZRAT HUSAYN. MOST OF THE HISTORICAL ACCOUNTS ARE WRITTEN BY SHIAS AND AS SUCH HEAP ALL SORTS OF RUBBISH ON YAZID OUT OF SHEER CONTEMPT AND HATRED AND DEPICT HIM IN ALARMING COLOUR WHICH IS FAR FROM TRUTH AND REALITY. STILL SOME OF THE IGNORANT MUSLIMS ACCUSE HIM UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF SHIAS. THE FACT IS THAT WHEN THE NEWS OF HAZRAT HUSAYN’S MARTYRDOM REACHED YAZID, HE AND HIS FAMILY WEPT. YAZID EVEN SAID: “CURSE OF ALLAH BE ON UBAIDULLAH BIN ZIAD. BY ALLAH! IF HE HAD BEEN A RELATIVE OF HAZRAT HUSAYN HE WOULD HAVE NEVER KILLED HIM. I WOULD HAVE ACCEPTED THE SUBMISSION OF IRAQIS WITHOUT THE KILLING OF HAZRAT HUSAYN.”

Here we shall cite the following reputable texts of Ahl’ul Sunnah, that confirm that Yazeed killed Imam Husayn (as):

1. Maqatil Husayn al Khuwarzmi Volume 2 page 80 Chapter 9
2. Ya Nabi al Mawadah page 223 Chapter 91
3. Tareekh al Yaqoobi Volume 2 page 299 Dhikr Yazeed
4. Matallib al Saul Volume 2 page 26
5. Nur al Absar page 139
6. Al Bidayah wa al Nihaya page 219 Dhikr 63 Hijri
7. Tareekh Kamil Volume 4 page 69
8. Tareekh Tabari page 408 Dhikr Ibn Ziyad
9. Akhbar al Tawal page 384
10. Tadkira tul Khawwas page 159
11. Hayaat al Haywaan Volume 1 page 88
12. Tareekh Khamees Volume 2 page 301
13. Sawaiq al Muhriqa page 134
14. Sharh Fiqh Akbar page 73
15. Tauhfa Ithna Ashari page 6
16. Ash’at al-Lam’aat Sharh Mishkat Volume 4 page 623 Bab Manaqib Quraysh
17. Shazarat al Dhahab Volume 1 page 69 Dhikr 61 Hijri
18. Murujh al Dhahab Volume 3 page 71 Dhikr Yazeed
19. Tafseer Mazhari Volume 5 page 21 Part 13 Surah Ibrahim
20. Aqaid al Islam pahe 232 ny Maulana Abdul Haqq Haqani
21. Imam Pak aur Yazeed Paleed page 88
22. Aqaid Nafsee page 113
23. Sharh Maqasad Volume 2 page 309
24. Nuzul al Ibrar page 97
25. Irfan Shariat Volume 2 page 21
26. Fatawi Maulana Abdul Hai page 79
27. Shaheed ai Kerbala pages 11-12 by Mufti Muhammad Shaafi
28. Irshad al Sari (Sharh Bukhari) Volume 10 page 1717 Bab ul Fitan
29. Durre Maarif Volume 4 page 295 Dikr Zeyneb binte ‘Ali
30. Sharh al Muneer Sharh al Sagheer Volume 1 page80

We read in Irfan ai Shariat:

“Yazeed tore away a piece of Rasulullah’s heart, starving him for three days and then killing him, together with his companions and then he ordered horses to trample his body after his martyrdom, his body was ripped to shreds. Hi head was then placed on a spear, this was a head that Rasulullah (s) would kiss. The head was exhibited at various places, people of the household were arrested and brought before the wicked Yazeed, cursed is he who does not deem such acts as atrocious”.

Are all these men, together with the authorities cited at the start including the Grand Sheikh of the Wahabis Ibn Taymiyya, and his successor Ibn Kathir, all SHIAS or influenced by SHIAS??

There must be a medical syndrome for this behaviour….oh yes, it’s called pathological liar [also known as Nasibi Syndrome]. Maybe your local Sheikh has symptoms of it.

Yazeed ordered his Governor Waleed kill Imam Hussain (as)

We read in Maqtal Hussain:

وكتب إليه في صحيفة كانها أذن فأرة : أما بعد فخذ حسينا وعبد الله بن عمر وعبد الله بن الزبير بالبيعة أخذاً شديداً ليست فيه رخصة حتى يبايعوا والسلام

Yazeed wrote: ‘Force Hussain, Abdullah ibn Umar, Abdullah ibn al-Zubair to give Baya and don’t spare them’

We also read:

فلما قرأ عليه كتاب يزيد استرجع وترحم عليه ، واستشاره الوليد في الامر وقال كيف ترى ان نصنع ؟ قال : فاني ارى ان تبعث الساعة إلى هؤلاء النفر فتدعوهم إلى البيعة والدخول في الطاعة فان فعلوا قبلت منهم وكففت عنهم ، وان ابوا قدمتهم فضربت اعناقهم

When he (Waleed) read Yazeed’s letter for him (Marwan) and did consultation with him in that matter and said: ‘What do you think we shall do?’ He (Marwan) replied: ‘I see to send to them now and ask them to give baya and obey us, if they accept then we will let them go but if they reject you shall arrest them and strike off their heads’ 

Yazeed wrote to Ibn Ziyad telling him to kill Imam Hussain (as)

We read in Mataalib al Saul that:

“Ibn Ziyad wrote to Husayn ‘I have received information that you have arrived in Kerbala, and Yazeed has told me not to kill you, provided you accept his authority and mine.’”

Imam Jalaluddin Suyuti records in Tarikh Khulfa:

فكتب يزيد إلى واليه بالعراق عبيد الله بن زياد بقتاله فوجه إليه جيشا أربعة آلاف عليهم عمر بن سعد بن أبي وقاص

“Yazeed wrote to his governor in Iraq Ubaidllah bin Ziyad ordering him to fight him (Hussain) therefore he (Ibn Ziad) sent an army consisting of four thousand people lead by Umar bin Saad bin Abi Waqas”

Imam Dhahabi records in Siar Alam al-Nubala, Volume 3 page 305:

Muhammad bin al-Dahak narrated from his father that he said: ‘When Hussain marched, Yazeed wrote to his governor Ibn Ziyad saying: ‘Hussain is marching to Kufa and he is a problem of your time not of other times, your state not of other states and you not for the other governors. At that time you might be free or be slaved.’ Therefore Ibn Ziad killed him and sent his head to him (Yazeed).

Ibn Ziyad’s own admission that he killed Imam Husayn on the orders of Yazeed

We read in Tarikh Kamil, Volume 4 page 112:

وبعث إلى عبيد الله بن زياد يأمره بالمسير إلى المدينة ومحاصرة ابن الزبير بمكة، فقال: والله لا جمعتهما للفاسق، قتل ابن رسول الله وغزو الكعبة. ثم أرسل إليه يعتذر

“He (Yazeed) wrote to Ubaydullah Ibn Ziyad ordering him to march towards Madina and surround Ibn Zubayr in Makka. He (Ibn ziyad) replied: ‘I can’t give both these things to this Fasiq, after killing the grandson of Rasulullah (s), I’m not now going to assault the Kaaba’.

Notice how Azam Tariq says that Yazeed blamed Ibn Ziyad (his governor in Kufa at the time of the Battle of Karbala) for the killing of Husayn (as). Yet we see here that Ibn Ziyad two years AFTER Karbala is still in a position of authority in Yazeed’s government and army. Had Yazeed sincerely wept for Husayn (as) then he would have dismissed and executed Ibn Ziyad for genocide. Indeed Yazeed kept Ibn Ziyad in a position of authority in Yazeed’s government, and indeed Ibn Ziyad outlived Yazeed, until Shia rebels killed him during the insurrection of Al Mukhtar to avenge the blood of Imam Husayn (as).