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Yazeed Killed Imam Hussain (as)-Sunni Sources

Azam Tariq Nasibi stated:

"IT WOULD BE SEEN THERE FROM THAT YAZID HAD NO HANDS IN THE MURDER OF HAZRAT HUSAYN. MOST OF THE HISTORICAL ACCOUNTS ARE WRITTEN BY SHIAS AND AS SUCH HEAP ALL SORTS OF RUBBISH ON YAZID OUT OF SHEER CONTEMPT AND HATRED AND DEPICT HIM IN ALARMING COLOUR WHICH IS FAR FROM TRUTH AND REALITY. STILL SOME OF THE IGNORANT MUSLIMS ACCUSE HIM UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF SHIAS. THE FACT IS THAT WHEN THE NEWS OF HAZRAT HUSAYN'S MARTYRDOM REACHED YAZID, HE AND HIS FAMILY WEPT. YAZID EVEN SAID: "CURSE OF ALLAH BE ON UBAIDULLAH BIN ZIAD. BY ALLAH! IF HE HAD BEEN A RELATIVE OF HAZRAT HUSAYN HE WOULD HAVE NEVER KILLED HIM. I WOULD HAVE ACCEPTED THE SUBMISSION OF IRAQIS WITHOUT THE KILLING OF HAZRAT HUSAYN."

Here we shall cite the following reputable texts of Ahl'ul Sunnah, that confirm that Yazeed killed Imam Husayn (as):

  1. Maqatil Husayn al Khuwarzmi Volume 2 page 80 Chapter 9
  2. Ya Nabi al Mawadah page 223 Chapter 91
  3. Tareekh al Yaqoobi Volume 2 page 299 Dhikr Yazeed
  4. Matallib al Saul Volume 2 page 26
  5. Nur al Absar page 139
  6. Al Bidayah wa al Nihaya page 219 Dhikr 63 Hijri
  7. Tareekh Kamil Volume 4 page 69
  8. Tareekh Tabari page 408 Dhikr Ibn Ziyad
  9. Akhbar al Tawal page 384
  10. Tadkira tul Khawwas page 159
  11. Hayaat al Haywaan Volume 1 page 88
  12. Tareekh Khamees Volume 2 page 301
  13. Sawaiq al Muhriqa page 134
  14. Sharh Fiqh Akbar page 73
  15. Tauhfa Ithna Ashari page 6
  16. Ash Shiaath al Lamaat Volume 4 page 623 Bab Manaqib Quraysh
  17. Shazarat al Dhahab Volume 1 page 69 Dhikr 61 Hijri
  18. Murujh al Dhahab Volume 3 page 71 Dhikr Yazeed
  19. Tafseer Mazhari Volume 5 page 21 Part 13 Surah Ibrahim
  20. Aqaid al Islam pahe 232 ny Maulana Abdul Haqq Haqani
  21. Imam Pak aur Yazeed Paleed page 88
  22. Aqaid Nafsee page 113
  23. Sharh Maqasad Volume 2 page 309
  24. Nuzul al Ibrar page 97
  25. Irfan Shariat Volume 2 page 21
  26. Fatawi Maulana Abdul Hai page 79
  27. Shaheed ai Kerbala pages 11-12 by Mufti Muhammad Shaafi
  28. Irshad al Sari (Sharh Bukhari) Volume 10 page 1717 Bab ul Fitan
  29. Durre Maarif Volume 4 page 295 Dikr Zeyneb binte 'Ali
  30. Sharh al Muneer Sharh al Sagheer Volume 1 page80

We read in Irfan ai Shariat:

"Yazeed tore away a piece of Rasulullah's heart, starving him for three days and then killing him, together with his companions and then he ordered horses to trample his body after his martyrdom, his body was ripped to shreds. Hi head was then placed on a spear, this was a head that Rasulullah (s) would kiss. The head was exhibited at various places, people of the household were arrested and brought before the wicked Yazeed, cursed is he who does not deem such acts as atrocious".

Are all these men, together with the authorities cited at the start including the Grand Sheikh of the Wahabis Ibn Taymiyya, and his successor Ibn Kathir, all SHIAS or influenced by SHIAS??

There must be a medical syndrome for this behaviour....oh yes, it's called pathological liar [also known as Nasibi Syndrome]. Maybe your local Sheikh has symptoms of it.

Yazeed ordered his Governor Waleed kill Imam Hussain (as)


We read in Maqtal Hussain:
وكتب إليه في صحيفة كانها أذن فأرة : أما بعد فخذ حسينا وعبد الله بن عمر وعبد الله بن الزبير بالبيعة أخذاً شديداً ليست فيه رخصة حتى يبايعوا والسلام

Yazeed wrote: ‘Force Hussain, Abdullah ibn Umar, Abdullah ibn al-Zubair to give Baya and don’t spare them’

We also read:
فلما قرأ عليه كتاب يزيد استرجع وترحم عليه ، واستشاره الوليد في الامر وقال كيف ترى ان نصنع ؟ قال : فاني ارى ان تبعث الساعة إلى هؤلاء النفر فتدعوهم إلى البيعة والدخول في الطاعة فان فعلوا قبلت منهم وكففت عنهم ، وان ابوا قدمتهم فضربت اعناقهم

When he (Waleed) read Yazeed's letter for him (Marwan) and did consultation with him in that matter and said: ‘What do you think we shall do?’ He (Marwan) replied: ‘I see to send to them now and ask them to give baya and obey us, if they accept then we will let them go but if they reject you shall arrest them and strike off their heads’

Yazeed wrote to Ibn Ziyad telling him to kill Imam Hussain (as)


We read in Mataalib al Saul that:

"Ibn Ziyad wrote to Husayn 'I have received information that you have arrived in Kerbala, and Yazeed has told me not to kill you, provided you accept his authority and mine.'"

Imam Jalaluddin Suyuti records in Tarikh Khulfa:
فكتب يزيد إلى واليه بالعراق عبيد الله بن زياد بقتاله فوجه إليه جيشا أربعة آلاف عليهم عمر بن سعد بن أبي وقاص

“Yazeed wrote to his governor in Iraq Ubaidllah bin Ziyad ordering him to fight him (Hussain) therefore he (Ibn Ziad) sent an army consisting of four thousand people lead by Umar bin Saad bin Abi Waqas”

Imam Dhahabi records in Siar Alam al-Nubala, Volume 3 page 305:

Muhammad bin al-Dahak narrated from his father that he said: ‘When Hussain marched, Yazeed wrote to his governor Ibn Ziyad saying: ‘Hussain is marching to Kufa and he is a problem of your time not of other times, your state not of other states and you not for the other governors. At that time you might be free or be slaved.’ Therefore Ibn Ziad killed him and sent his head to him (Yazeed).

Ibn Ziyad's own admission that he killed Imam Husayn on the orders of Yazeed


We read in Tarikh Kamil, Volume 4 page 112:
وبعث إلى عبيد الله بن زياد يأمره بالمسير إلى المدينة ومحاصرة ابن الزبير بمكة، فقال: والله لا جمعتهما للفاسق، قتل ابن رسول الله وغزو الكعبة. ثم أرسل إليه يعتذر

"He (Yazeed) wrote to Ubaydullah Ibn Ziyad ordering him to march towards Madina and surround Ibn Zubayr in Makka. He (Ibn ziyad) replied: 'I can't give both these things to this Fasiq, after killing the grandson of Rasulullah (s), I'm not now going to assault the Kaaba'.

Notice how Azam Tariq says that Yazeed blamed Ibn Ziyad (his governor in Kufa at the time of the Battle of Karbala) for the killing of Husayn (as). Yet we see here that Ibn Ziyad two years AFTER Karbala is still in a position of authority in Yazeed's government and army. Had Yazeed sincerely wept for Husayn (as) then he would have dismissed and executed Ibn Ziyad for genocide. Indeed Yazeed kept Ibn Ziyad in a position of authority in Yazeed's government, and indeed Ibn Ziyad outlived Yazeed, until Shia rebels killed him during the insurrection of Al Mukhtar to avenge the blood of Imam Husayn (as).

Testimony of Ibn Abbas that Yazeed killed Imam Hussain (as)


We read in Tareekh Kamil:
فكتب إليه ابن عباس:...وقد قتلت حسيناً وفتيان عبد المطلب مصابيح الهدى ونجوم الأعلام غادرتهم خيولك بأمرك

Ibn Abbas replied to Yazeed’s letter stating: “… You killed Husayn as well as the youth from Banu Abdul Muttalib who were beacons of guidance and famed stars, your troops marched on them at your orders ."

The testimony of Abdullah Ibn Umar that Yazeed killed Imam Hussain (as)


We read in Maqatil al Husayn:

Ibn Umar wrote to Yazeed, 'Hasn't your heart gone black yet? You murdered the family of the Prophet?'

The Nawasib want to drag the Muslims to hell to face the charge of taking to their heart the man who hurt Muhammad (saws)'s soul more than any other.

Mu'awiya The Second's testimony that his father Yazeed killed Imam Hussain (as)


We read in Hayaat al Haywaan:

"When Yazeed was succeeded to the throne by his son Mu'awiya he said in his first sermon 'We are definite about Yazeed's wrongdoing, he killed the family of the Prophet, deemed alcohol halal, and brought pain to the Ka'aba."

This was the testimony of the succeeding khalifa, and Yazeed's own son, Mu'awiya The Second.

Yazeed's own admission that he killed the family of the Prophet (s)


We read in Sharh Fiqh Akbar:

"Following the murder of Husayn, Yazeed said 'I avenged the killing of my kaafir relatives in Badr through killing the family of the Prophet".

The testimony of Shah Abdul Aziz that Yazeed killed Imam Hussain (as)


We read in Tauhfa:

“When the cruel people of Syria and Iraq upon orders of impure Yazeed and due to the efforts of chief of hatred and fitnah Ibn Ziyad martyred Imam Hussain..”
 Tauhfa Ithna Ashari (Urdu), page 8 Published in Karachi

The testimony of Shah Abdul Haqq that Yazeed killed Imam Hussain (as)


We read in Ashiath al Lamaath:

"It is unusual that some say Yazeed did not kill Husayn when he instructed Ibn Ziyad to carry out the killing".

The testimony of Imam Dhahabi that Yazeed killed Imam Hussain (as)


Now let us cite words of a Sunni Imam whose words cannot be denied by any Nasibi. Imam Dhahabi in his authority work 'Tarikh Islam' Volume 5 page 30 states:
قلت: ولما فعل يزيد بأهل المدينة ما فعل، وقتل الحسين وإخوته وآله، وشرب يزيد الخمر، وارتكب أشياء منكرة، بغضه الناس، وخرج عليه غير واحد، ولم يبارك الله في عمره، فخرج عليه أبو بلال مرداس بن أدية الحنظلي

I say: 'When Yazeed did to the people of Madina what he did and killed al-Hussain and his brothers and progeny, and Yazeed drank alcohol, and performed abominable things, then the people hated him and rose up against him more than once. God didn't bless his life and Abu Bilal Mirdas bin Adya al-Hanzali rose against him.'

The testimony of Ibn Khaldun that Yazeed killed Imam Hussain (as)


Now let us cite the testimony of a scholar who despite his known Nasibi tendencies confirmed the fact that it was Yazeed who killed Imam Hussain (as). We read in Al-Muqadima by Ibn Khaldun, page 254:
فلا يجوز نصرة يزيد بقتال الحسين ، بل قتله من فعلات يزيد المؤكدة لفسقه ، والحسين فيها شهيد

“It is impermissible to support Yazeed in the matter of killing Hussain, nay (Hussain's) murder is Yazeed's deed that proves him to be a Fasiq and Hussain a martyr.”

The testimony of Ibn Hazm that Yazeed killed Imam Hussain (as)


Athough the 'Nasb' of Imam Ibn Hazm made him to call Yazeed 'Amir ul-Momineen' but despite that he did ackowledge all the evil deeds committed by his Amir al-Momineen:
ويزيد أمير المؤمنين؛ وكان قبيح الآثار في الإسلام؛ قتل أهل المدينة، وأفاضل الناس، وبقية الصحابة -رضي الله عنهم- يوم الحرة، في آخر دولته؛ وقتل الحسين -رضي الله عنه- وأهل بيته في أول دولته؛ وحاصر ابن الزبير -رضي الله عنه- في المسجد الحرام، واستخف بحرمة الكعبة والإسلام؛ فأماته الله في تلك الأيام

"Yazid Amir ul Momineen, was an evil doer in Islam. During the last days of his rule he massacred the people of Madina on the day of Hara. He killed the best of people and the remaining companions (ra). During the initial part of his rule, he killed Husain (ra) and his Ahle Bait. He surrounded Ibn Zubair in Masjid al-Haram. He violated the sanctity of Ka'ba and Islam. And during these days Allah killed him"
Jamharat Ansab al-Arab, page 112

The testimony of Ibn Kathir that Yazeed killed Imam Hussain (as)


Let us read the veiws of Ibn Kathir regarding the role of Yazeed in the murder of Imam Hussain. While dicussing the events of 63 H, He stated:
وقد تقدم أنه قتل الحسين وأصحابه على يدي عبيد الله بن زياد‏

"It is already mentioned that he (Yazeed) killed al-Hussain and his companions through Ubaidullah bin Zyad"
 Al Bidayah Wal Nihayah, Volume 8 page 243

The testimony of Qadhi Thanaullah that Yazeed killed Imam Hussain (as)


Qadhi Thanaullah Pani Pati Uthmani under the commentary of 24:55 records:

"It is possible that this verse refers to Yazeed bin Muawiyah. Yazeed had martyred the grandson of Holy Prophet (s) and his companions, those companions were actually the members of the Prophet's family.
 Tafseer Mazhari [Urdu], Volume 8 page 268

At another place he stated:

Yazeed and his associates did Kufr with the bounties of Allah. They deemed it their aim to have a grudge against the progeny of the Prophet (s) and murdered Hussain (ra) with oppression and Yazeed did Kufr with the religion of Prophet (s) to the extent that Yazeed recited the following couplets over the murder of Hussain (ra)

'Where are my ancestors, they should come and see that I have take revenge from the progeny of the Prophet and Bani Hashim'.

And the last prose is:

'I would not be from the progeny of Jandab had I not taken revenge from the progeny of Ahmad for whatever they had done.'
 Tafseer Mazhari [Arabic], Volume 5 page 271, commentary of 14:29

Testimony of Qadhi Saleh bin Mahdi al-Maqbali that Yazeed killed Imam Hussain (as)


Prominent Mujtahid of era namely Allamah Qadhi Saleh bin Mahdi al-Maqbali (d. 1108) who is much liked by Ahle Hadith/Salafies confirms in his authority work Al-Ilm Al-Shamikh Fi Ethaar Al-Haq Ala Alaba wal Mashaikh, page 367 that it was Yazeed who killed al-Hussain:

“And even more strange is a person who praises Yazeed who reverted from Islam, the one who insulted the honorable people of this Ummah, dishonoring the sanctity of Madina of Messenger (Sale Allah Aleh Wa Aalihi Wasalam), killed Hussain the son of the Prophet and his Ahlulbayt and humiliated them and he treated them in such a manner that even if the enemies of Islam, the Christians were to do the same acts, they might have been more reasonable.”
 Al-Ilm Al-Shamikh Fi Ethaar Al-Haq Ala Alaba wal Mashaikh, page 367

Yazeed's pride at killing Imam Hussain (as)


We read in al Bidayah Volume 8 page 204:

Ibn Asakir in his history book states…. When Husayn's head was brought before Yazeed, he recited the couplets of Ibn Zubayri: 'I wish my ancestors of Badr were here to see the fright of al-Khazraj (tribe) as the spears hit’.

Moreover we read:

Al-Qasim bin Bakhit said: 'When the head of Hussain was placed in front of Yazeed bin Mu'awyia, he started to hit his (Hussain's) teeth with his stick, then he (Yazeed) said: 'His (Hussain's) and my example is same as the saying of Hasain Ibn al-Hamaam al-Mari:
'These swords split the heads of those men who pose harm to us and they were very disobedient and oppressors''.'
 Al-Bidayah wal Nihayah, Volume 8 page 209

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