Rasulullah (s) has Succeeded Twelve Caliphs

Rasulullah (s) said that he would be Succeeded by Twelve Caliphs

We are quoting from Sahih Muslim hadith number 4483, English translation by Abdul Hamid Siddiqui:

“The Islamic religion will continue, until the hour has been established, or you have been ruled over by 12 Caliphs, all of them being from Quraish”.

This is what we read in Mishkat al Masabih:

“I heard the Apostle of Allah say ‘Islam shall not cease to be glorious up to twelve Caliphs, every one of them being from the Quraish”. (And in a narration) “The affairs of men will not cease to decline so long as twelve men will rule over them, every one of them coming from Quraysh.” And in a narration: “The religion will continue to be established till the hour comes as there are twelve Caliphs over them, everyone of them coming from the Quraish”

 Mishkat al Masabih: (Vol 4 p 576), Hadith 5

The Salafi and Hanafi Schools of thought have graded Yazeed as the Sixth caliph of Rasulullah (s)

1. Sharh Fiqh Akbar page 50 Dhikr Fadail Uns Bad un Nabi
2. Sawaiqh al Muhriqa page 12 Chapter 3
3. Tareekh al Khulafa page 11 Fadail Dhikr Khilafath Islam
4. Tareekh Khamees Volume 2 page 291 Dhikr Khilafat Hasan
5. Umdah’ thul Qari fi Sharh Bukhari Volume 11 page 435, Kitab al Ahkaam

We read in Sharh Fiqh Akbar:

Rasulullah (s) said that the Deen shall remain strong as long as these twelve Khalifahs are at the helm, and the twelve are Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, ‘Ali Mu’awiya, Yazid, Abdul Malik bin Marwan, Walid bin Abdul Malik bin Marwan, Sulayman bin Abdul Malik bin Marwan, Umar bin Abdul Aziz, Yazid bin Abdul Malik bin Marwan, Hasham bin Abdul Malik bin Marwan

The sixth Imam of truth according to Abu Sulaiman and Azam Tariq is Yazeed, but this is a fact that these Ulema often don’t mention to the public.

Abdullah Ibn Umar deemed the bayya to Yazeed to be in accordance with the conditions set by Allah (swt) and Rasulullah (s)

We read in Sahih al Bukhari, Narrated Nafi’:

When the people of Medina dethroned Yazeed bin Muawiya, Ibn ‘Umar gathered his special friends and children and said, “I heard the Prophet saying, ‘A flag will be fixed for every betrayer on the Day of Resurrection,’ and we have given the oath of allegiance to this person (Yazeed) in accordance with the conditions enjoined by Allah and His Apostle and I do not know of anything more faithless than fighting a person who has been given the oath of allegiance in accordance with the conditions enjoined by Allah and His Apostle , and if ever I learn that any person among you has agreed to dethrone Yazeed, by giving the oath of allegiance (to somebody else) then there will be separation between him and me.”

Sahih al-Bukhari Volume 9, Book 88, Number 227

This fatwa epitomizes the entire Sunni aqeedah on Imamate. We leave it to those with open minds to now decide which concept of Imamate holds true. One that deems this to be based purely on Allah (swt)’s selection, or one that deems it man’s choice no matter who, so much so that reign of Yazeed, a drunk, fornicating, Dhaalim homosexual is also in accordance with the conditions prescribed by Allah (swt) and Rasulullah (s). Would Allah (swt) really bless the reign of such a man?

Our Ahl’ul Sunnah brothers should know that ‘you can’t keep your cake and eat it’ – if you want to reject the khilafat of Yazeed, then you are in effect rejecting Sunni aqeedah on Imamate. If you accept the khilafat of Yazeed, you are in effect joining the camp of the Salafi and Deobandi Nasibi shaped around the fatwa of Abdullah ibn Umar. On the plains of Kerbala the two concepts of Imamate came to a head – man-made appointment (Yazeed) versus Allah’s appointment (Imam Husayn (as)). We pray that this article shall shed light over the consequence of believing that man, not Allah (swt) decides on the appointment of the Imam. It took the Imam appointed by Allah (swt) to lay down his life and that of his dearest blood family to save the religion for you.