Mu’awiya also knew that Yazeed Drank Alcohol and Committed other Sins
Ibn Kathir in his authority work ‘Al Bidayah wa al Nihaya’ (Urdu) Vol 8 page 1156 “Dhikr Yazeed bin Muawiya” testifies that Muawiyah also knew of Yazeed’s drinking and in this regard he advised him through poetry to hide such activities away from the public glare. Ibn Kathir states:
Yazeed in his youth indulged in alcohol consumption and used to do other things youth would do, and this came to the attention of Mu’awiya who wanted to advise him warmly so he said to him: ‘O my son, you do have capability of achieving what you want without disgrace and debasement, which will destroy your youthfulness and value, and will make your enemy happy at your adversity and your friend will treaty you badly’. He then stated: ‘O my son, let me recite to you some couplets, try to learn manners from these couplets and memorize them by heart’. Thus, Muawiyah recited:
“Stay all the day long in the pursuance of heights and have patience on the departure of a close mate, until the darkness of night appears and your enemy falls asleep, thus, do whatever you wish to do throughout the night, night is like a day for the wise, there are plenty of Fasiq people whom you deem pious, but they spend their nights committing strange things, night has provided veils to their acts and he has spent the night with calm and pleasure, whilst the wish of a stupid person is of a visible nature.”
We appeal to our readers to ponder over this reference carefully. Who knows a man’s character better than his father? Abu Sulaiman relied on Ibn Kathir’s narration wherein Ibn Hanafiyya said he had never seen Yazeed drinking alcohol. In the same book Ibn Kathir records the testimony of Mu’awiya himself, namely his advice that Yazeed keep his alcoholism a secret. Tell us Abu Sulaiman whose word is more reliable yours or Muawiya’s?
Yazeed’s rule was dogged by alcoholism and transgression
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 Wafyat al-Ayan Volume 3 page 287 popularly known as Tarikh Ibn Khalkan we read the following testimony of the great Sunni scholar Ibn Khalkan:
وهو اللاعب بالنرد والمتصيد بالفهود ومدمن الخمر، وشعره في الخمر معلوم
“Yazeed would hunt with cheetas play chess and drink alcohol and had famous poems about alcohol”.
We read the following testimony of Hassan al-Basri in Tarikh Abul Fida, Volume 1 page 288:
يزيد وكان سكيراً خميراً يلبس الحرير ويضرب بالطنابير
“Yazeed drank alcohol, wore silk and played the tambourine”.
We read in Hayaat al Haywaan:
وهو المتصيد بالفهد واللاعب بالنرد ومدمن الخمر
“Yazeed would hunt with cheetas, play chess and drink alcohol”.
People opposed Yazeed due to his atrocious deeds
We read in Tareekh Khamees:
ثم أن اكابر أهل المدينة نقضوا بيعة يزيد لسوء سيرته ويشرب الخمر
“The prominent people of Medina broke the bayya to Yazeed on account of his bad character and drinking alcohol”
Any narrations by Yazeed are to be rejected
In Ahsan aur Meezan:
“Yazeed was a fasiq, faajir, we cannot rely on his narrations”
Yazeed was such a fasiq that not a single hadith of his can be accepted, when this is the case then his khilafat cannot be accepted either.
Shah Abdul Haqq Dehlavis comments on impure Yazeed the drunkard
In Takmeel al Iman page 97 Shah Abdul Haqq Dehlavi gives Yazeed a number of titles such as impure, fasiq and drunkard.
It is not permissible to say Yazeed “(r)”
In Fatawa Abdul Hai, the author states after condemning Yazeed, “…one should not say Yazeed radhina or rahmathullah”.
Barelvi Ulema have deemed Yazeed a fasiq
Ahmad Reza Barelvi in Irfan al Shariat stated:
“There is an agreement amongst the Ahl’ul Sunnah that he was a fasiq and a fajir, the dispute is over whether he was a kaafir”.
Shariat Mukhammad Majid ‘Ali Shakir stated in Badh Shariat:
“Some say ‘Why should we discuss such a thing since he [Yazeed] was a King and he [Husayn] was also a King’ – one who makes such comments {refusing to hold opinion on Yazeed and Husayn (as)] is accursed, a Kharijee, Nasibi and hell bound. The dispute is over whether he [Yazeed] was a kaafir. The madhab of Abu Hanifa stipulates that he was a fasiq and fajir, nor was he a kaafir nor a Muslim”.
Deobandi Ulema have deemed Yazeed to be a fasiq
Whilst Azam Tariq claims to reflect the views of the Deobandi Sect, it is worthy to note that the founder of Dar al Ulum Deoband, Muhammad Qasim Nanuthee stated in Qasim al Ulum:
“Yazeed was a fasiq, he was irregular in Salat, committed Bidah and was Chief of the Nasibi”.
Ashraf ‘Ali Thanvi in Fatawi stated:
“Yazeed was a fasiq, there are different levels of fisq”.
Rasheed Ahmad Gangohi in Fatawa said:
“One should refrain from calling Yazeed a kaafir, but there is no objection to referring to him as a fasiq”.
In Shaheed ai Kerbala aur Yazeed, Deobandi scholar Muhammad Tayyib stated:
“Yazeed was a fasiq and a fajir and there is absolute unanimity amongst the scholars on this point”.
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