A New Campaign to Absolve Yazeed of the Responsibility of the Martyrdom of Hussain Has Been Intensified
By
New Age Islam Staff Writer
29 July
2023
Some Ulema
Give Arguments in Favour of Yazeed
Main
Points:
1. Yazeed was the caliphate at the time
of the battle of Karbala.
2. Ibn Ziyad was the governor of Kufa.
1. 3.72 members of the prophet’s family
faced Yazid's army at the banks of Euphrates.
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On the 10th
day of Muharram in 60 A.H. the family of the prophet pbuh led by his grandson Hazrat
Hussain faced Yazeed's army in Karbala at the banks of the river Euphrates,
Furat in Arabic meaning that which quenches the thirst. The irony is that it
was prevented from quenching the thirst of the prophet's holy family. Before
the arrival of Hazrat Husain a.s. to Karbala, the governor of Kufa was Noman
bin Bashir, a Sahabi (the prophet's companion) and was naturally sympathetic to
the Ahlul Bayt ( prophet's family). The caliph Yazeed knew it well that as long
as Noman bin Bashir was the governor, his plan of executing Hazrat Hussain
would not be possible. So he removed Noman bin Bashir and appointed Ibn Ziyad
as the governor of Kufa. The family of Hazrat Husain a.h. comprised 40 women
and children and 32 men. They had arrived at Karbala on horses and camels.
On 10th of
Muharram, when Yazeed was convinced that Hazrat Hussain a.h. would succumb to
pressure tactics and would not accept him as the caliph, he was martyred along
with other male members of his family except Ali bin Husain alias Zainul
Abedin. This was not the end. Yazeed's army tied the women and children with
ropes and brought them on camels and horses like prisoners of war first to Kufa
and then to Damascus, the capital of Yazeed's caliphate. There they were lodged
in a dilapidated building near the palace of the caliph for three days. Then
the palace was decorated and announcement was made that the prisoners of war
will be produced before the caliph. The prophet's family members, mostly women
were produced in the court before Yazeed where Hazrat Hussain's severed head
was placed on a pedestal and Yazeed was smiling. Hazrat Zainab's speech before
Yazeed is recorded in the history of Islam, She warned Yazeed against showing
disrespect to Hazrat Hussain's head and the women of the holy family.
After that
the women and children were released and they travelled back to Karbala where
they mourned at the dead bodies still lying there and then travelled back to
Madina.
This is the
history of Karbala read and heard since 61 A.H. and Yazeed is cursed for the
martyrdom of Hazrat Husain a.h. and his family members. But in recent years a
campaign for giving Yazeed clean chit has been intensified. Even some maulvis
advised Muslims not curse Yazeed because in their view Yazeed was innocent.
They only hold Ibn Ziyad responsible and argue that Yazeed was not aware of
what happened on that fateful day.
This
campaign is run mainly by Deobandis or Wahhabis and the reasons for this is unknown.
If Hazrat Hussain a.s.'s assassination was not the plan of Yazeed, why did he
remove Noman bin Bashir and appoint Ibn Ziyad as the governor. A governor's
duty was to execute the orders of the caliph. He could not have assassinated a
very important personality like the grandson of the holy prophet pbuh without
Yazid's order. And if he had ordered the assassination of Hazrat Hussain a.h.
without the discretion of Yazid, Yazeed would not have ordered the bereaved
women to be brought to Damascus with hands tied with ropes. He would have
punished Ibn Ziyad and would have apologised not only to the women but also to
the entire Muslim community. Nothing of that sort happened. On the contrary
when the people of Madina revolted after the martyrdom of Hazrat Husain a.h.,
Yazeed's army invaded Madina and massacred Muslims and raped thousands of
women, according to Engineer Md Ali Mirza. These are the facts that have been
concealed from general Muslims for 1400 years only to give clean chit to
Yazeed. They do not also say how some senior holy companions were forced to pay
allegiance to Yazeed. They also present the argument that Yazeed was a Sahabi
and therefore he should be called Yazeed Rahmatullah Alaih but they forget that
the killer of the prophet's uncle Hazrat Hamza r.a. was also a Sahabi but the
prophet pbuh could not forget his deed even after he accepted Islam and told
him not show his face. Would then the prophet pbuh have tolerated Yazeed who
killed not only killed his grandson but all the male members of his family if
he were alive?
Why is this
happening that a man who was not a legitimate caliph in the first place and who
massacred the whole family of the prophet is being defended and given clean
chit but some ulema and historians of Islam? The reason is simple. Ulema in
every age have supported the rulers. With the rise of the Umayyad dynasty, the
ulema of the age sided with Banu Umayya for power and perks because they saw
that the lobby of Hazrat Ali r.a. was not powerful. These pro- Umayyad
ulema prepared literature glorifying and defending Banu Umayya. The arguments
that the present day ulema give in favour of Yazeed have actually been prepared
by the ulema of the Umayyad dynasty. They concealed harsh facts and made light
of the wrongdoings of Yazeed and his ilk. Do whatever these Yazeedi ulema can,
the Muslims know that Yazeed was behind the martyrdom of Hazrat Hussain a.s.
and his family members because he knew that his caliphate was illegitimate and
the Ahlul Bayt posed a threat to his political ambitions. The Muslims will
curse Yazeed, Ibn Ziyad and the Yazeedi ulema till the day of judgment. The
Yazeedi ulema will be raised with Yazeed and Ibn Ziyad on the Day of Judgment.
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