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Yazid is considered an evil figure by many Muslims to the present day, [11] not only by the Shia, who hold that the ruling position rightly belonged to Husayn's father Ali and his descendants, including Husayn, whom Yazid killed to strip him of his right, [77] but also by many Sunnis, to whom he was an affront to Islamic values.
Yazid's nomination was contested by the sons of a few prominent companions of Muhammad, including Husayn, son of the fourth caliph Ali, and Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr, son of Zubayr ibn al-Awwam. Upon Mu'awiya's death in 680, Yazid demanded allegiance from Husayn and other dissidents. Husayn did not give allegiance and traveled to Mecca.
The terms became synonymous. Adi ibn Musafir praised Yazid, and also denied that Yazid had killed Hussein. Ibn Taymiyya had accused Sheikh Hasan of turning the respect for Yazid into an extreme reverence. [15] [16] [17] Ibn Taymiyya did not takfir the Adawiyya. [18] The term "Yazidi", was given to Adawis by Shias and some Sunnis.
Before his death in April 680, Mu'awiya cautioned Yazid that Husayn and Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr might challenge his rule and instructed him to defeat them if they did. Yazid was further advised to treat Husayn with caution and not to spill his blood, since he was the grandson of Muhammad. [39]
After the battle of Karbala the captured family of the prophet and the heads of those who were killed were taken to the Levant by the forces of Yazid. [4] On the first day of the month of Safar, [5] according to Turabi, they arrived in the Levant and the captured family and heads were taken into Yazid's presence. First, the identity of each ...
After nearby Medina, the other holy city of Islam, also rebelled against Yazid, the Umayyad ruler sent an army to subdue Arabia. The Umayyad army defeated the Medinans and took the city, but Mecca held out in a month-long siege, during which the Kaaba was damaged by fire. [1] The siege ended when news came of Yazid's sudden death.
A new book written by a former Army infantry officer is shedding light on Saddam Hussein's mysterious final months before his 2006 execution.
Darghama ibn Malik al-Taghlibi, a devotee of Muslim ibn Aqeel in Kufa, [citation needed] who joined Husayn after Muslim's death, and was killed along with him. Aaiz ibn Majma al Aazi, one of the six who along with Hur ibn Yazid e Riyahi had joined Husayn. Abis ibn Abi Shabib al-Shakiri, helped Muslim ibn Aqeel in Kufa, and was killed at Karbala.