Was Yazeed's khilafah rightful?

Abu Sulaiman al Nasibi in his article on Mu'awiya had tirelessly sought to canvass for his Imam Yazeed's right to rule by stating:
Ansar.org states:

Many Companions gave him the allegiance as well. Al-Hafedh Abdulghani Al-Maqdisay says: "His (Yazeed's) caliphate is rightful, sixty of the companions of the prophet peace be upon him gave him the allegiance. Ibn`Umar was one of them." 

[Qayd Al-Shareed min Akhbar Yazeed, by Ibn Khaldoun, p.70]

The concept of ijma is null and void since Allah (swt)'s opposition to the bayya to Yazeed can be proven from the Qur'an

We read in Surah Baqarah verse 124 (Yusuf 'Ali transliteration):

"And remember that Abraham was tried by his Lord with certain commands, which he fulfilled: He said: "I will make thee an Imam to the Nations." He pleaded: "And also (Imams) from my offspring!" He answered: "But My Promise is not within the reach of evil-doers."

We will rely on the following classical Sunni tafseer's to understand how the leading Sunni Ulema interpreted this verse.


    Tafseer Khazan, volume 1 page 89
    Ma'lam al Tazeel, Volume 1 page 89
    Fathul Qadeer, Volume 1 page 140
    Tafseer Madarak al Tazeel, Volume 1 page 84
    Tafseer Durre Manthur, Volume 1 page 118
    Tafseer Jama al Mubeen, Volume 1 page 118
    Tafseer Gharaib al Qu'an, Volume 1 page 439
    Tafseer Ibn Katheer, Volume 1 page 167
    Ahkam al Quran, Volume 1 page 69
    Tafseer al Kabeer, Volume 1 page 494


In Tafseer Khazan, volume 1 page 89 we read as follows:

"Allah (swt) said to Ibrahim (as) that we have made the condition of Imamate to be the same as that of Prophethood, that he who amongst your descendants is Dhaalim cannot attain it".

The verse clearly guarantees Imamate to be administered, but NOT to those that are unjust. The Ahl'ul Sunnah Ulema in their tafseers have defined Dhalimoon (pronoun of the noun Dhaalim) as kufr and fisq (transgression). Both of these traits were inherent in Abu Sulaiman's Imam Yazeed ibn Mu'awiya.

The opinions of Ahl'ul Sunnah on the kufr and fisq of Yazeed
As evidence we are relying on the following texts of Ahl'ul Sunnah:


    Al Bidayah wa al Nihaya(Urdu), Volume 8 pages 1146, 1147 & 1165
    Siyar A'lam Al-Nubala, Volume 4 pages 37-38
    Al Sawaiq al Muhriqa, page 131
    Tat-heer al Janaan, page 115
    Sharh Fiqh Akbar, page 73
    Fatawa Azeezi, page 80 Dhikr Yazeed
    Nuzlul Abrar, page 97 Dhikr Yazeed
    Yanabi al Mawadah, Volume 2 page 325 Part 60
    Al Nasaa al Kaafiya, page 120
    Tareekh Ibn Khaldun, Volume 1 page 179
    Sharh Aqaid Nasfee, page 113 Dhikr Yazeed
    Tareekh Kamil, Volume 3 pages, 152, 153 and 156 and 450 events of 52 Hijri
    Al Imama wa al Siayasa, page 165
    Iqd al Fareed, Voume 2 page 258 Dhikr Yazeed
    Tareekh Abu al Fida, Volume 1 page 186 Dkihr al Khabar Mu'awiya
    Al Akbar al Tawaal, page 268 Dhikr Yazeed
    Tareekh Tabari, Volume 7 page 146
    Rasail, page 129 by Abu Bakr Jauzi
    Maqatil Husayn, page 172 Ch 9
    Tadkhira Khawwas, page 164
    Shadraat al-Dhahab, Volume 1 page 69 events of 61 Hijri
    Tareekh al Khulafa, page 204 Dhikr Mu'awiya
    Al Khabar al Awal, page 61 Dhikr Hukumith Ibn Ziyad
    Tareekh Khamees, oage 300 Dhikr Yazeed
    Hayaat al Haywaan, Volume 2 page 196
    Tareekh Islam, Volume 2 page 356 events of 63 Hijri
    Ahsan aur Meezan, Volume 5 page 284
    Tafseer Mazhari, Volume 5 page 61 Surah Ibraheem part 13
    Muruj al Dhahab, Volume 3 page 78 Dhikr Yazeed
    Tauhfa Ithna Ashari, page 6 Chapter 1
    Mutalib al Seul, Volume 2 page 26 Dhikr Husayn
    Nur al Absar, page 139 Dhikr Husayn
    Sharh Maqassid, Volume 2 page 309 Part 6
    Al Tabaqat al Kabir, Volume 5 page 96
    Mustadrak al Hakim, Volume 3 page 522
    Tareekh Ibn Asakir, page 275
    Meezan al Itidal, Volume 4 page 440
    Wafa al Wafa, Volume 1 page 127
    Tabthaseer wa al Sharaf, page 265 Dhikr Yazeed
    Mujma al Buldan, Volume 2 page 253 Dkikr Harra
    Fatah ul Bari, Volume 13 page 70 Dhikr Yazeed
    Irshad al Sari, Volume 10 pages 171 and 199 Bab ul Fitan
    Sirush Shahadatayn, page 26 Dhikr Shahadat Imam Hasan
    Minhaj al Sunnah, page 239 Dhikr Yazeed
    Takmeel al Iman, page 178
    Shaheed Karbala, pages 11-12 by Mufti Muhammad Shaafi
    Sharh Muwatta Imam Malik, Volume 5 page 435 by Shaykh Muhammad Zakaria
    Tareekh Milat, page 55 Part 3 by Qadhi Zaynul Abideen
    Tarrekh Islam, Volume 2 page 56 by Akbar Najeeb Abadhi
    Bahar Shariat, Volume 1 page 76
    Hidayaat al Shi'a, Volume 1 page 95 by Allamah Rasheed Ahmad Gangohi
    Isthaklah ai Yazeed, page 312 by Maulanan Lal Shah Bukhari
    Fitna Kharijee, Volume 1 page 267 by Qadhi Madhar Husayn
    Muktubaat Shaykh ul Islam, Volume 1 page 267 by Maulana Husayn Hamdani
    Sharh Shifa, Volume 1 page 694 by Mulla 'Ali Qari al Hanafi
    Siraj Muneer Sharh Jama Sagheer, Volume 3 page 382
    Hujutul Balagha, page 507
    Qasim al Ulum, page 221
    Nabraas ala Sharh Aqaid, page 553
    Asaaf al Raghbayn, page 210
    Yazeed bin Mu'awiya, page 30 by Ibn Taymeeya
    Maktubaat, page 203 by Qadhi Thanaullah Panee Patee
    Al Shabeeya, page 60 by Barelvi
    Al Mafooz, page 114 Barelvi
    Ahsaan alwa, page 52 by Barelvi
    Ahkam Shariat, Volume 2 page 88 Barelvi
    Fatawi, Volume 5 page 51 by AA Thanvi
    Fatawa Rasheediya, Volume 1 page 7
    Skahyk ul Islam by Muhammad Qaim Nantovi Volume 1 page 258
    Imam Pak aur Yazeed paleed, by M Shaafi page 33
    Tabat Ibn Sa'd, page 283 Dhikr Ma'aqil bin Sanan
    Mirqaat Sharh Mishkaat, Volume 1 page 120
    Umdah tul Qari, Volume 11 page 334
    Fatawa Azeezi, Volume 1 page 21
    Izalat al Ghaneen, Volume 1 page 368 by Maulana Haydher 'Ali
    Muttalib al Saul, page 26
    Nur al Absar page 139
    Neel al Auwtar Volume 7 page 181 Dhikr Jihad
    Tahdheeb by Abu Shakur Shaami page 15
    Al Samra, page 317 by ibn Shareef Shaami
    Mujmua al Zadhaar, page 241
    Khilafat Mu'awiya, aur Yazeed page 378 Dhikr Yazeed
    Muruj al Nubuwat, Volume 1 page 126
    Ahkam al Quran, Volume 3 page 119
    Tareekh Ibn Asakir, Volume 5 page 107
    Tafseer Ruh al Ma'ani, page 72 Surah Muhammad


The Nasibi author's insistence that Yazeed was not a drunkard


Before we unveil the evil character of Yazeed, let us first cite the daring claim of Nasibi author:

Ansar.org stated:
It is also a lie that Yazeed was an alcohol drinking person.


The author has then used the alleged comments of Muhammad bin al-Hanafiyah to prove that Yazeed was a pious person. We will discuss the alleged tradition seperately in another chapter. Let us begin the actual 'appraisal' of Yazeed we find in Sunni books:

Ibn Kathir's comments on Yazeed

Interesting the very same text al Bidaya from where Abu Sulaiman had sought to extol the virtues of his Imam Yazeed, also contains comments of Ibn Kathir proving that he was indeed a drunkard. Ibn Kathir is the Wahabi's biggest historian and a student of Ibn Taymiyya himself. As far as Wahabis are concerned, his words are written in gold. Yet Ibn Kathir himself writes in 'al Bidayah' Volume 8 page 1169 "Dhikr Yazeed bin Muawiya":

"Traditions inform us that Yazeed loved worldly vices, would drink, listen to music, kept the company of boys with no facial hair [civil expression for paedophilia with boys, a form of homosexuality], played drums, kept dogs [civil expression for bestiality], making frogs, bears and monkeys fight. Every morning he would be intoxicated and would bind monkeys to a horse saddle and make the horse run".

 Al Bidayah Wal Nihayah (Urdu), Vol 8 Page 1169, Nafees Academy Karachi

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