Status of Yazeed in Islam

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JANAB IMAM SAHIB

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I HAVE RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING EMAIL FROM UMMAH NOOR TV AND REQUEST YOU TO PLEASE CHECK THE SAME AND CLARIFY THE STATUS OF YAZEED AS PER RECORDS OF ISLAMIC HISTORY FOR WHICH I SHALL BE OBLIGED TO YOU.


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Subject: [Lets Give Ummah NoorTV] RE: [arshyan] Status of Yazeed in Islam

Dear brother Hasan,

Assalam alaikum,



Unfortunately many muslims out of ignorance and misunderstanding have a very bad image of Yazeed and they also curse him whenever his name is taken. Our message it very clear, that it is safer and better for muslims to keep silent unless you have a firm proof against someone. Whatever we know from Yazeed, it is from history and there are conflicting news, and no one can say for sure that he was a bad character muslim. So it is better to keep silent and not to keep any enemity in our heart for him, because if we do that than we we will be more safer on the day of judgement because Allah will never ask as why we did not curse Yazeed, if he was bad, because it is not part of our faith to curse him.,


However if he was indeed a good muslim, and the people who curse him, will sure be responsible in the court of Allah swt.



I want to close on the following verse of holy Quran:



Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 2 Surah Baqarah verse 134:

They were a people who passed away. They shall receive the reward of what they earned, and you shall have the reward of what you will earn. And you will not be questioned as to what they did.





Regards

Asif


From: Hasan Zaidi [mailto:hizaidi@ yahoo.com]
Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 1:35 PM
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Subject: Re: [arshyan] Status of Yazeed in Islam

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All Praise be to Allah who is the Lord of the Worlds, and may Endless Blessings be showered upon His Most Beloved, and Final Messenger of Islam, Hadrat Muhammad Mustafa Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa 'aalihi wa Sallam

The following excerpt has been taken from fatawa-e-Ridwiyyah, by Imam Ahmad Rida Khan Barelwi Rahmatullahi ’alayh, in which he quotes the sayings of the four Imams of the ahl-as-Sunnah:

'Yazid is indeed a misguided person according to the consensus of the ahl-as-Sunnah. He was liable for the major sins he had committed, as the imams of the ahl-as-Sunnah are unanimous in this. The difference of opinion however lies in his infidelity (takfir), and curse (la'n).

Imam Ahmad bin Hambal Radi Allahu anhu, and his counterparts used to regard him as an infidel (kafir), and by specifying his name, would also curse him, as they would use the following verse, as evidence:

'It is near that if their is a governor of a country, and you make mischief, and cut off family ties, these are the ones upon whom Allah the Almighty has cursed, he deafened them, and shattered their sight.'

(Qur'an ,48; 22-23)

There is no doubt that Yazid was a governor as he did cause mischief on the earth. He dishonoured the Two Noble Sanctuaries (Haramayn Tayyibayn), including the Ka'bah itself, as well as the Ennobled Shrine of the Beloved Messenger Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam. He tied horses in the masjid, as their manure was seen on the pulpit of the mosque. For three consecutive days, the masjid at Madina Tayyibah remained without congregational prayer, or for the call to prayer (adhan). He was responsible for the killing of thousands of Companions, and their companions in the lands of Makkah, Medinah, and the Hijaz. He bombarded the Ka'bah with rocks, tore off its cover (ghilaf), and burned it. He set his forces upon the pure women of Medina for a period of three days and nights. He slaughtered the grandson of the Beloved Messenger of Allah Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam with the arrow of tyrrany, by keeping Him, and his accomplices away from food and water for a period of three days. After the martyrdom of the Beloved of the Messenger of Allah Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam, he allowed horses to overrun his tender body. All the bones had been shattered in His body. The head, which was the place of kiss, of the Beloved Messenger of Allah Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam was severed from the body of His Beloved Grandson, and put upon a spear, so that it could be shown around at all the stages. The grand daughters of the Beloved Messenger of Allah Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam were captured, and were thrown into his presence with great dishonour, what more breaking of relations and causing mischief on earth can be than this, which is mentioned? Indeed accursed is he who does not regard that to be mischief. The Qur'an had stated already, that 'They have Allah's curse with them', therefore Imam Ahmad and their counterparts curse them. Our Imam-e-A'zam has precautionary prevention form his curse (la'n), and infidelity (takfir), as his mischief reaches continuity (tawatur), but not infidelity (kufr), as the examples of distance from him are conditioned, and liable to forgiveness, as it is quoted 'and soon they will encounter a jungle of fire, but those who had remorse'

(Qur'an 19;59)

But to deny his mischief and bad deeds, and to accuse the Imam, is contrary to the essentials of the madh'hab of the ahl-as-Sunnah, and is clear misguidance and faithlessness. In justice it does not coincide with that heart which has the light of the love of the Messenger of Allah Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam in it, as:

'Now the tyrants want to know upon which side they will switch'

(Qur'an, 26; 227)

No doubt it's proclaimer is accursed, and has enmity of the ahl-as-Sunnah.......'




Jazak'allah for your question.