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We are coming from such a person who has no regard for religion

 

Imam Abu Ja’afar Muhammad bin Jarir Al Tabari (May Allah shower His mercy on him), writes in Tarikh Tabari, Vol. 1, Pg No. 403:

 

Translation: They (the delegation of the people of Madina after returning from Yazid) said: We come from such a person, who has no regard for religion.  He drinks wine, plays tambourines, songstresses dance before him, he plays with dogs and listens to stories with thieves and rascals.  O people!  We make you a witness that we break our pledge given to him.  Then all the people of Madina broke their pledge.  People came to Hadhrat ‘Abdullah bin Hanzlah (May Allah be well pleased with him) and pledged their allegiance to him.

 

Imam Ibn Atheer (May Allah shower His Mercy on him) writes in Tarikh Kamil Vol. 3, Pg No. 337:

 

Translation: The great Successor (Taba‘ee) Hadhrat Hasan Basri (May Allah be well pleased with him) says about Yazid: He was a drunkard of the last degree.  He wore silk and played with tambourines.

 

He was so addicted to wine that he did not stop it even when he reached Madina in Hajj and started drinking there as well.

 

It is written in Tarikh Kamil, Vol. 3 Pg No. 465:

 

Translation: Yazid performed Hajj in the life of his father.  When he reached Madina Munawwarah, he started drinking wine.

 

Imam Ibn Katheer (May Allah shower His Mercy on him) writes in Bidayah Wan Nihayah, Vol. 6, Pg No. 262: