Yazeed Kon Tha?

Some quotes from great scholars on Yazeed I found out. Unfortunately our Muslims don't even know that the scholars and Ulemas who quoted several thousand ahadith and riwayaat also quoted the history as they found the information in their era. Today some people calls "Radi Allah o Unho" with Yazeed, just because they know a SINGLE hadith referring to the Jihad of constantinople.... First read the quotes from several historians/ulemas/scholars about yazeed, given as under:

Hazrat Abu Bureza Aslami Radi Allah Anhu Farmtay Hain Kay Jab Imam Hussain Radi Allah Ka Sare Mubarak Yazee Dkay Samnnay Rakha Gaya To Yazeed Apni Chahri Imam Hussain Kay Laboon Par Marnay Laga.

(Tareekh e Tabri, Jild 5 Page 465)

Imam Ibne Hajar Askalani Alheay Rehma Likhtay Hain Kay Kisi Nay Hazrat Umer Bin Abdul Aziz Radi Allah Anhu Kay Darbar Main Yazeed Ko Ameer Ul Momeneen Kaha Apnay Us Ko 20 Koroon Ki Saza Di (Tahzeeb Ul Tehzeem Jild 11 Page 361)

Allam Zehbi Alehay Rehma Farmatay Hain Kay Yazeed Ek Mayoob Insaan Tha Woh Is Kabil Nahi Tha Kay Ussay Riwayaat Li Jati.

(Mezanul Ietadal Jild 4 Page 440)

Imam Gazali Farmatay Hain Kay Imam Hussain kay Qatil Aur Apkay Qatal Ka Hukum Dainay Walay Par Allah Ki Lanat Ho.

(Aehaya Ul Uloom Jild 3 Page 122)

"Muhadis Royani Nay Apni Masnad Main Hazrat Abu Dwaood Radi Allah Anhu Say Riyaat Ki Hey Kay Rasool Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam Nay Farmaya Meray Tarekay Ko Badalnay Wala Saab Say Pehla Shaks Banii Umaya Say Hey Aur Name Us Ka Yazeed Hoga"

(Tareek Al Khulfa Page 142) (Sawah Muharaka Ibne Hajar Makki Page 219)

Yazeed Say Mutalik Hadith Main Muzammat Hadith: "Hazrat Ubeed Bin Jarah Famatay Hain Rasool Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam Nay Irshad Farmaya May Meri Ummat Ka Mamla Adal Wa Insaaf Par Qaim Raheyga Yahan Tak Kay Rukhna Andazi Karnay Wala Pehal Shaks Bani Umaya Say Hoga Aur Name Uska Yazeed Hoga"

(Majmooa Al Zawaid Jild 5 Page 241) (Lissan Almeezan Jild 6 Page 294) (Tareekh Al Khulfa Page 142)

Ibn Kathir wrote : "Traditions inform us that Yazid loved worldly vices, would drink, listen to music, kept the company of boys with no facial hair (young boys). (civilized expression for pedophilia). Yazid played drums. He enjoyed making dogs, frogs, bears and monkeys fight.  Every morning he used get intoxicated and used to bind monkey with the saddle of a horse and make the horse run." (Al Bidayah Wal Nihayah, Dhikr Yazeed bin Muawiya , Vol 8 Page 1169).

(1) Imam Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani wrote:     

وأما المحبة فيه والرفع من شأنه فلا تقع إلا من مبتدع فاسد الاعتقاد فإنه كان فيه من الصفات ما يقتضي سلب الإيمان عمن يحبه لأن الحب في الله والبغض في الله من الإيمان والله المستعان

Loving and glorifying Yazid is not done except by a Heretic (apostate)  who has void belief because Yazid had such characteristics that his lover deserves to be faithless.  To love and hate just for the sake of Allah is a sign of faith. [ Al-Imta bil al-Arba'in al-Matbainatus Sama'a (الإمتاع بالأربعين المتباينة السماع), Imam Ibn Hajr al Asqalani, Dar ul Kutb al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, 1997, Page 96]

Ibn Hajr also wrote :  "All Ahle Sunnah agree that Yazid was a fasiq (transgressor), fajir (debaucher) and a drunkard.  Al-Waqidi (748-822) recorded a narration : the people who had seen Yazid said 'Verily we opposed Yazid fearing Allah would rain stones down on us because Yazid considered  Nikah with mothers and sisters permissible and drank alcohol.  Ad-Dhahabi narrates that when Abdullah bin Kuzai returned from Damascus, he stated that Yazid performs Zina with his close female kins. We better start a movement to oppose Yazid otherwise stones may rain down on us. This is the reason Ibn Hajr Makki calls Yazid one of the most debased men in History."

 Ad-Dhahabi wrote about Yazid as follows:

وكان ناصبيا فظا غليظا جلفا يتناول المسكر ويفعل المنكر افتتح دولته بمقتل الشهيد الحسين واختتمها بواقعة الحرة فمقته الناس ولم يبارك في عمره وخرج عليه غير واحد بعد الحسين كأهل المدينة قاموا لله

Yazid was a disgusting Nasibi (those who hate Ahle bait). He drank wine and did evil. He started his kingdom with the killing of the Imam Hussain (رضئ اللہ تعالی عنہ) and ended it with the incident of al-Harra (siege of Madina which also makes him directly liable for La'nah as Sahih Ahadith prove). Hence the people hated him, he was not blessed in his life and many took up arms against him after Imam Hussain(رضئ اللہ تعالی عنہ) such as the people of Madina - they rose for the sake of Allah (سبحانہ و تعا لی)  ( Siyar al Alam an Nabula, Volume No. 4, Page No. 37-38 )

Jalaluddin Suyuti mentioned in his book ‘The History of the Rightly Guided Caliphs’ (Tareekh al-Khulufa ar-Rashideen); “Nawfal bin Abi al-Faraat said  ‘Once I was with Umar bin Abdul Aziz when a man said in his presence  ‘Yazid, the leader of the believers’. Umar bin Abdul Aziz said [in shock] ‘Did you call Yazid the Leader of the Believers'? Umar then ordered for the man to be lashed 20 times”.

Suyuti further writes that Yazid was involved in sacking Madina and killing a generation of the Companions, and in desecrating and robbing Madinah. After creating carnage in Madina in the incident of Harrah, the army of Yazid proceeded to Makkah to confront Hadhrat Abdullah Ibn Zubair (رضئ اللہ تعالی عنہ).  In Makka, the Army of Yazid committed unthinkable war crimes. Even Ka'abatullah was heavily damaged in Yazid's military operation.  

It is in Hadith - Prophet (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم)  said, whoever terrifies the people of Madinah, upon him is the curse of Allah (سبحانہ و تعا لی), that of His angels and that of all the people of the world. (Sahih Muslim).

Ibn Kathir wrote in his Tarikh under events of 63 AH (682 AD) as follows:

 

Abdullah Ibn Zubair (رضئ اللہ تعالی عنہ) said: فقال ابن الزبير يا هؤلاء قتل أصحابكم فانا لله وإنا إليه راجعون  (O'People, your companions have been killed. Inna lillahi wa inna elaihi raji'oon).  

وقد أخطأ يزيد خطأ فاحشا فى قوله لمسلم بن عقبة أن يبيح المدينة ثلاثة أيام وهذا خطأ كبير فاحش مع ما انضم إلى ذلك من قتل خلق من الصحابة وأبنائهم وقد تقدم أنه قتل الحسين وأصحابه على يدى عبيد الله بن زياد وقد وقع فى هذه الثلاثة أيام من المفاسد العظيمة فى المدينة النبوية مالا يحد ولا يوصف مما لا يعلمه إلا الله عز وجل وقد أراد بارسال مسلم بن عقبة توطيد سلطانه وملكه ودوام أيامه من غير منازع فعاقبه الله بنقيض قصده وحال بينه وبين ما يشتهيه فقصمه الله قاصم الجبابرة وأخذه أخذ عزيز مقتدر وكذلك أخذ ربك إذا أخذ القرى وهى ظالمة إن أخذه أليم شديد

Yazid committed a mistake and that too a disgusting one by ordering Muslim bin Uqba to make Madina "mubah" (Free for all) for three days.  This was his biggest and ugliest blunder. Many Sahaba and their children were slaughtered.  As it has been mentioned earlier that Yazid made Ubaidullah Ibn Ziyad kill the grandson of Rasulullah (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم), Imam Hussain (رضئ اللہ تعالی عنہ) and his companions (in Karbala). In a swift three days rampage in Madina, heinous crimes were committed about which nobody knows except Allah. Yazid wanted to secure his Governance by sending Muslim bin Uqbah, but Allah did against his wishes and punished him. Verily Allah killed him likewise. Allah made grip over the oppressing towns, no doubt His grip is painful and strict". (Al Bidayah Wal Nihayah, Vol 8 Page 283) 

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Now lets see that what was the hadith of constantinople and what is the truth we comes to know from History.

Hadith of the Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him and his Family:

"Lataftahanna al-Qustantiniyya wa lani`ma al-amiru amiruha wa lani`ma

al-jayshu dhalika al-jaysh."

"Verily you shall conquer Constantinople. What a wonderful leader will her

leader be, and what a wonderful army will that army be!"

Narrated from Bishr al-Khath`ami or al-Ghanawi by:

Ahmad, al-Musnad 14:331 #18859 [sahih chain according to Hamza al-Zayn]

al-Hakim, al-Mustadrak 4:421-422 [sahih according to him and al-Dhahabi

concurred]

al-Tabarani, al-Mu`jam al-Kabir 2:38 #1216 [sahih chain according to

al-Haythami 6:218-219]

al-Bukhari, al-Tarikh al-Kabir 2:81 and al-Saghir 1:306

Ibn `Abd al-Barr, al-Isti`ab 8:170 [hasan chain according to him]

al-Suyuti, al-Jami` al-Saghir [sahih according to him]

Muhammad Al-Fateh was the Conqueror of Constantinople. Constantinople is a city connecting the Mediterranean with the Black Sea, and Asia with Europe. It was considered the best global trade center in the medieval ages. About it, Napoleon said: “If the world was one kingdom, there would be no better city befitting to be its capital than Constantinople.” Because of its strategic location and the hadith of Rasul Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam), Muslims tried to conquer the city for over 800 years, through 10 attempts. The first was by Othman Bin Affan (radi Allahu anhu), the second and third by Moawiya Bin Abi Sufiyan, the fourth by Sulaiman Bin Abdul-Malik and the fifth by Harun Al-Rashid. There were several other attempts, until Muhammad Al-Fateh conquered it. To conquer it he accomplished the incredible feat of dragging 70 naval ships for 5 km over land on greased tree trunks in one night, landing in the sea right in front of the city walls by dawn. 

May ALLAH Almighty helps us to find the truth and to research that what our history is and what we are told today by some so called scholars....

Aur Jab Hum Ne Farishtoun Ko Hukum Dia Ke Aadam

Ko Sajda Karo Toh Sab Ne Sajda Kia Magar Iblees Ne

Na Kia. Wo Jinnat Main Se Tha Toh Apne Parwardigar

Ke Hukum Se Bahar Ho Gaya. Kia Tum Us Ko Aur Us Ki

Aulad Ko Mere Siwa Dost Banate Ho. Halanke Wo

Tumhare Dushaman Hain Aur Shaitaan Ki Dosti Zalimoun Ke Liye Khuda Ki Dosti Ka Bura Badal Hai.

[ Surah e Al Kahf : Ayaat No. 50 ]