Many Muslims have adopted a diplomatic and face-saving stand on cursing Yazid. At least where killing of the Prophet’s son (according to the Verse of Mubaahelah) Imam Husain (a.s.) is concerned, they advance a range of excuses exonerating Yazid of the crime. In a last-ditch attempt they claim that the matter is not very clear and assuming silence (as opposed to cursing) is a more prudent.
While these excuses are untenable and the subject matter of another article, the door on cursing Yazid will never shut as Imam Husain’s (a.s.) murder was not his only crime. As we have seen in this article, Harrah was another stigma on Yazid that cannot be washed away with the biggest ocean of excuses. Because even if these Muslims belittle Imam Husain’s (a.s.) status by considering his killing to be insignificant, do they dare to make the same concession regarding the violation of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.), his shrine, his city, his companions and other members of his nation?
Opinion of Sunni scholars
We have listed the view of renowned Sunni scholars on Yazid’s role in Harrah and merit in cursing him:
1)Ibne Kaseer, the renowned Ahle Sunnah scholar and student of Ibne Taymiyyah in Al Bidaayah wa al Nihaayah (Urdu), vol 8 pg 1,146, records:
Yazid committed a major sin by ordering Muslim b. Utbah to make Medinah permissible (Mubaah) for three days. This was a most horrible mistake. Many companions and their children were slaughtered. We have already mentioned that he had Ubaidullah b. Ziyaad kill the grandson of the Prophet (s.a.w.a.) Husain and his companions and in those three days numerous heinous acts were perpetrated in Medinah about which nobody knows except Allah. Yazid wanted to secure his governance but Allah did against his wishes and punished him. Surely Allah killed him likewise. Allah established His grip over the oppressor’s towns, no doubt His grip is intense.
Likewise, Ibne Kaseer writes in Al Bidaayah wa al Nihaayah (Urdu), vol 8 pg 1,146:
While these excuses are untenable and the subject matter of another article, the door on cursing Yazid will never shut as Imam Husain’s (a.s.) murder was not his only crime. As we have seen in this article, Harrah was another stigma on Yazid that cannot be washed away with the biggest ocean of excuses. Because even if these Muslims belittle Imam Husain’s (a.s.) status by considering his killing to be insignificant, do they dare to make the same concession regarding the violation of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.), his shrine, his city, his companions and other members of his nation?
Opinion of Sunni scholars
We have listed the view of renowned Sunni scholars on Yazid’s role in Harrah and merit in cursing him:
1)Ibne Kaseer, the renowned Ahle Sunnah scholar and student of Ibne Taymiyyah in Al Bidaayah wa al Nihaayah (Urdu), vol 8 pg 1,146, records:
Yazid committed a major sin by ordering Muslim b. Utbah to make Medinah permissible (Mubaah) for three days. This was a most horrible mistake. Many companions and their children were slaughtered. We have already mentioned that he had Ubaidullah b. Ziyaad kill the grandson of the Prophet (s.a.w.a.) Husain and his companions and in those three days numerous heinous acts were perpetrated in Medinah about which nobody knows except Allah. Yazid wanted to secure his governance but Allah did against his wishes and punished him. Surely Allah killed him likewise. Allah established His grip over the oppressor’s towns, no doubt His grip is intense.
Likewise, Ibne Kaseer writes in Al Bidaayah wa al Nihaayah (Urdu), vol 8 pg 1,146:
Prophet (s.a.w.a.) said whoever perpetuated injustice and frightened the residents of Medinah, the curse of Allah, His Angels and all people is on such a person.
2) Amro b. Bahr al-Laysi (exp. 255 H) deemed Yazid to be an accursed. Popularly known as Al-Jaahiz, he stated in his book Al-Risaalah al-Haadiyah al-Ashar, pg 398:
2) Amro b. Bahr al-Laysi (exp. 255 H) deemed Yazid to be an accursed. Popularly known as Al-Jaahiz, he stated in his book Al-Risaalah al-Haadiyah al-Ashar, pg 398:
The evil deed which Yazid committed by killing Hussain and took the daughters of Allah’s messenger as slaves and hit the lips of Husain’s (head) with the stick and scared the people of Medinah and destroyed the Kaabah, shows that he (Yazid) was rough, stone-hearted, Naasibi, possessed bad thoughts, venom, hatred, hypocrite, was out of the pale of faith, a transgressor and an accursed, and who ever forbid cursing the accursed is himself an accursed person.
Yazid’s role in Harrah and in terrorizing its citizens is more evident than the midday sun. This makes him worthy of being cursed till the Day of Judgement. No excuse and pretext is acceptable.
And for those who continue to resist cursing him even after this, there is the book of Sibt ibne Jauzi titled appropriately:
‘Al-Rad ala al-Mutassib al-Aneed al-Maane min Zamme Yazid’
which means:
‘Rebuttal to the stubborn fanatic who refrains from cursing Yazid’
Duty of the Muslims
Today, when visitors go to Medinah, they witness a spotless Masjidun Nabawi in all its splendour and glory. However, they must recollect the dreadful incident of Harrah. When they see the shrine of our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.a.), his pulpit, the strip between the shrine and the pulpit, the mosque flooring, the imposing walls, they must call to their minds the ruthless murder, rape and looting that the walls and flooring, the shrine and the pulpit have witnessed. They must remember Yazid who appointed Musrif on this mission and made all this possible.
Instead of glossing over this crime and other more heinous crimes Muslims must distance themselves from Yazid because those who are pleased with an action are like the perpetrators of the action. Instead of worrying about defending Yazid, these Muslims must be worried about their own hereafter. Why align oneself with an accursed person and assume the burden of his crimes when it is far easier and rational to criticize him and share no blame for his crimes and in this way please Allah and His Prophet (s.a.w.a.).
Yazid’s role in Harrah and in terrorizing its citizens is more evident than the midday sun. This makes him worthy of being cursed till the Day of Judgement. No excuse and pretext is acceptable.
And for those who continue to resist cursing him even after this, there is the book of Sibt ibne Jauzi titled appropriately:
‘Al-Rad ala al-Mutassib al-Aneed al-Maane min Zamme Yazid’
which means:
‘Rebuttal to the stubborn fanatic who refrains from cursing Yazid’
Duty of the Muslims
Today, when visitors go to Medinah, they witness a spotless Masjidun Nabawi in all its splendour and glory. However, they must recollect the dreadful incident of Harrah. When they see the shrine of our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.a.), his pulpit, the strip between the shrine and the pulpit, the mosque flooring, the imposing walls, they must call to their minds the ruthless murder, rape and looting that the walls and flooring, the shrine and the pulpit have witnessed. They must remember Yazid who appointed Musrif on this mission and made all this possible.
Instead of glossing over this crime and other more heinous crimes Muslims must distance themselves from Yazid because those who are pleased with an action are like the perpetrators of the action. Instead of worrying about defending Yazid, these Muslims must be worried about their own hereafter. Why align oneself with an accursed person and assume the burden of his crimes when it is far easier and rational to criticize him and share no blame for his crimes and in this way please Allah and His Prophet (s.a.w.a.).
I am a Muslim. Yazid is meant to be cursed as much as we can. He was a sinner. He put Ahl-e-bayt (The followers of Prophet Mohammad SAW) and his family into trouble and shed the blood of the innocent people to accept his cruel caliphate, and he killed the dearest grandson of Holy Prophet(SAW) deliberately!
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