ASK FOR ALLAH'S PROTECTION AGAINST THE RULE OF LADS

There is a Hadith in Musnad Imam Ahmed. (Hadith No: 3800)

Translation: It has been narrated on the authority of Hadhrat Abu Hurairah (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him) relates that the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said: Ask for Allah's protection, against the start of the decade of 70 and against the against the rule of lads."

The interpreter of Sahih Bukhari and the author of Fath Ul Bari, Hafidh Ahmed bin Hajar Asqalani (May Allah SWT shower His Mercy on him), mentions another Hadith on the authority of "Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaiba, and writes: The Hadith of Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaiba says that Hadhrat Abu Hurairah (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him) even while passing through markets, used to pray, 'O Allah SWT, let me not reach 60 A.H. and the rule of lads.'"

Hafidh Ibn Hajar Asqalani (May Allah SWT shower His Mercy on him) writes after mentioning this Hadith: In this Hadith, it is indicated that the first youngster would become a ruler in 60 A.H. Accordingly this is what happened.

Yazid bin Mua'awiyah occupied the seat in this year, stayed there till 64 A.H. and died.

The interpreter of Sahih Bukhari, Imam Badruddin ''Aini Hanafi (May Allah SWT shower His Mercy on him) specifies what is meant by "the first kid to rule" in Umdat ul Qari/ Vol 16, Pg No. 333. he writes: "The first kid to rule was Yazid."

It is mentioned in the Hadith, which mention the tribulations close to the Qiyamah,

Translation: "Then those who invite towards misguidance will arrive." In the interpretation of this Hadith, Hadhrat Shah Waliullah (May Allah SWT shower His Mercy on him) writes in Hujjatullah il Baligha,. Vol 2, Pg No. 213; Mabhasthul Fitan: In Syria, the one who invited towards misguidance is Yazid and in Iraq. Mukhtar."

The Pride of the Hadith-masters, Abul Hasanaat Syed Abdullah Shah Naqshbandi Mujaddidi Qadri (May Allah SWT shower His Mercy on him) mentions the opinion of Hadhrat Mazhar (May Allah SWT shower His Mercy on him) on the authority of Mirqaat: By lads, it is meant those who were after the first 4 rightly-guided Caliphs, (Khulafa Rashidun), i.e. Yazid, Abdul Malik bin Marwan etc."

In a very short period of time, he (Yazid) spread extraordinary decay in the Ummah. He destroyed Madina Munawwarah (from where the world was granted peace); in Makkah Mukarramah, (which has been declared by Allah SWT as a city of peace), he set up cannons and rained stones on the Ka'aba. He denied water to the Ahle Bait for 3 days in the battle of Karbala. He insulted the Ahle Bait. He persecuted the family of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) to no end. He martyred the associates of the Ahle Bait and he martyred Imam Hussain (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him).