Yazid in the light of the Hadith

The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) has described all the tribulations, which will occur till 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 he has been explicitly mentioned, that the first person in the Ummah to change the Sunnah and to destroy the Deen will be a person from Bani Ummayyah called Yazid.

 

The Imams of the science of Hadith, Imam Abu Bakr bin Abi Shaiba (May Allah shower His Mercy on him) has written this in his "Musannaf," Imam Abu Ya'ala has written in his "Musnad," Imam Ahmed bin Hussain Baihaqi (May Allah shower His Mercy on him) has written in his "Dalaail e Nabuwwa,"  Imam Ibn Hajar Asqalani (May Allah shower His Mercy on him) has written in his "Al Matalib al A'aliya," Imam Shahabuddin 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 Muhaddith 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 narration in his Musnad Vol 2, Pg No. 71:

Translation of Hadith: It has been 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 Ummah will be maintained with justice, till a person from Bani Ummayyah will first to cast a crack in the religion.  He will be called Yazid.

 

All the narrators of this Hadith are honest and reliable.

 

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 Muhaddith Imam Shahabuddin Ahmed bin Hajar Haitami in As Sawaaiq Al Muhriqa, Pg no. 132.  He has recorded another Hadith in this regard in the same book on Pg No. 132.

 

Hadhrat Abu Darda (May Allah be well pleased with him) relates: I heard the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) say:

 

Translation of Hadith: The first person to change My Sunnah will be a person from Bani 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 Nabuwwah lil Baihaqi- Abwab Ghazwa Tabuk, Hadith No.2802

Matalib al A'aliyah, Kitabul Futooh, Hadith No.4584.