The Incident of Karbala: Revealing the True Facts of Yazeed and the Events that Followed
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| Author | Madrasah Ta’leemuddeen |
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| Language | English |
| Published | 2016 |
| Publisher | Createspace Independent Pub |
| Pages | 228 |
The book The Incident of Karbala: Revealing the True Facts of Yazeed and the Events That Followed, explains the incidents and events that occurred during the reign of Yazeed as well as to reveal the mainstream view of the various eras of Islam regarding Yazeed.
About the book[edit | edit source]
This book published in Createspace Independent Pub (5 November 2016), has 228 pages and best sellers rank of 1,119,131 in Books.
The present book examines the true facts about Yazeed.
Abstract of chapters[edit | edit source]
Chapter 1 - Historical Events Before the Appointment of Yazeed[edit | edit source]
This chapter examines a few pertinent historical events that occurred in the Islamic world before the appointment of Yazeed. At that time, there was a problem about whether Yazid was worthy and capable of managing the affairs of khilaafat or not, and appointing an unworthy person to the post of khilaafat would lead to corruption and fitnah spreading in the Ummah. Doubts about the worthiness of Yazid's caliphate became a reality before the world when Yazeed became responsible for the killing of thousands at Harrah and in the sacred Haram of Makkah Mukarramah.
Chapter 2 - Historical Events After the Appointment of Yazeed[edit | edit source]
This chapter examines a few pertinent historical events that occurred in the Islamic world after the appointment of Yazeed.
Chapter 3 - The Incident of Karbala[edit | edit source]
This chapter tries to explain the events which led to the killing of Hazrat Husain to him together with explaining the manner in which Hazrat Husain was killed. Hazrat Muhammad bin Ali bin Husain was requested to describe the details of the events as if one was witnessing the scenes unfold before him.
Chapter 4 - The Incident of Harrah and Makkah Mukarramah[edit | edit source]
This chapter is about the brutal killings and massacre of Sahaabah Mand Taabi’een at Harrah and Makkah Mukarramah. The extent of bloodshed and killing in the Mubaarak city of Rasulullah was such that many women of Sahaabah Mand Taabi’een were widowed and their children orphaned.
Chapter 5 - The Views of the SahaabahM, Taabi’een Xand Luminaries of the Different Eras of Islam[edit | edit source]
This chapter presents the views of the Sahaabah, Taabi’een and luminaries of the different eras of Islam regarding the true position of Yazeed in Deen. The Sahaabah are Hazrat Abdullah bin Zubair, Hazrat Abu Hurairah, the Taabi’een. The Taabi’een are the Son of Yazeed, Hazrat Sa’eed bin Musayyib, Hazrat Umar bin Abdul Azeez, and Hazat Hasan Basri. The author also provides the readers the views of the Fuqahaa and Muhadditheen of the different eras and the views of ulama of the recent past.
Chapter 6 - The Hadeeth of Constantinople[edit | edit source]
This chapter is about the Hadeeth of Constantinople and many answers that have been proffered by the Muhadditheen regarding Rasulullah giving glad tidings for the army which conquered Constantinople and Yazeed being found in that army. The author presents the various shawaahid which support this Hadeeth. He believes that in today’s times, we can only judge people based on their apparent condition. As for their inner condition, that we entrust to Allah Ta’ala.
Chapter 7 - The View of the Ulama in Regard to Cursing Yazeed[edit | edit source]
This chapter examines the views of the Ulama in regard to cursing Yazeed. The author believes that the permissibility of cursing Yazeed and its prohibition is based on historical reports and facts. Cursing him is neither Fardh, nor Waajib, nor Sunnah, nor Mustahab. Cursing him is merely permissible. On the other hand, if supposing he does not deserve to be cursed, then for one to be engaged in a sin (of cursing him) is not permissible. Hence the best thing is that one remains silent. According to Moulana Saleemullah Khan, the Ulama have three views with regard to cursing Yazeed:
- It is permissible to curse Yazeed.
- It is not permissible to curse Yazeed.
- We will remain silent and refrain from cursing him (i.e. though he committed many wrongs and evils and we are not pleased with his wrongs, we will nevertheless remain silent and refrain from cursing him).
However, the majority of the Ulama have preferred the third view (i.e. they remained silent and refrained from cursing him despite being displeased with his wrongs).