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Yazid in light of the Hadith and history

 

The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) has described all the tribulations and unrests, which will occur until the Day of Judgment.  He (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) had warned the Ummah about Yazid as well.  Many Hadith have been reported in this connection.  In some Hadith, Yazid has only been indicated and in some it has been clearly mentioned that the first person in the Ummah to change the Sunnah and to destroy the edifice of religion will be a person from the clan of Ummayyah called Yazid.

 

The great Imams of the science of Hadith have recorded these Hadith in their books.

 

Imam Abu Bakr bin Abi Shaiba (May Allah shower His mercy on him) has recorded these Hadith in his "Musannaf,"

 

Imam Abu Ya’ala in his "Musnad,"

 

Imam Ahmed bin Hussain Baihaqui (May Allah shower His mercy on him) in his "Dalaail e Nubuwwa," 

 

Imam Ibn Hajar ‘Asqalani (May Allah shower His mercy on him) in his "Al Matalib ul A’aliya,"

 

Imam Shihabuddin Ahmed bin Hajar Haitami (May Allah shower His mercy on him) in As Sawaaiq Al Muhriqa,

 

Imam Ibn Katheer (May Allah shower His mercy on him) in "Bidayah Wan Nihayah,"

 

and Imam Jalaluddin Suyuti (May Allah shower His mercy on him) in "Tarikh Al Khulafa."

 

The great Hadith-expert of the 3rd century Hijri, Imam Abu Ya’ala (May Allah shower His mercy on him) has recorded a Hadith along with its chain of authority in his Musnad Vol. 2, Pg No. 71:

 

Translation:  It is narrated on the authority of Hadhrat Abu ‘Ubaidah bin Jarrah (May Allah be well pleased with him) that the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said: The affairs of my Ummah will be maintained with justice.  A person from the clan of Ummayyah will be the first to cast a crack in it.  He will be called Yazid.  All the narrators of this Hadith are honest and reliable.  (Musnad Abu Ya’ala, Tarikh Ul Khulafa, Pg No. 166)

 

Abul Fida Ismail bin Umar, famous as Ibn Katheer has recorded this Hadith in Bidayah Wan Nihayah, Vol. 6, Pg no. 256.

 

The aforementioned Hadith has also been recorded by the great Hadith-expert Imam Shihabuddin Ahmed bin Hajar Haitami Makki in As Sawaaiq Al Muhriqa, Pg no. 132.  He has recorded another Hadith in this regard in the same book on Pg No. 132.

 

Translation:  Hadhrat Abu Darda (May Allah be well pleased with him) relates: I heard the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) say: The first person to change my Sunnah will be a person from the clan of Ummayyah who will be called Yazid.

 

Imam Ibn Katheer (May Allah shower His mercy on him) has recorded the same Hadith in Bidayah Wan Nihayah, Vol. 6, Pg No. 256 on the authority of Hadhrat Abuzar Ghifari (May Allah be well pleased with him).  In that narration, the words: "who will be called Yazid," are not related.  This Hadith is also present in the following books:

 

Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaiba, Vol. 8, Pg No. 341. Hadith no. 145

 

Dalaail Un Nubuwwah Lil Baihaqi, Hadith No.2802

 

Matalib ul A’aliyah, Kitabul Futooh, Hadith No.4584.