Al-Hajjaj b. Yusuf al-Thaqafi: Difference between revisions

According to Mas'udi, one day al-Hajjaj told 'Abd Allah b. Hani (a close companion of al-Hajjaj who had an ugly face) that your tribe has no virtue. Ibn Hani began to enumerate the virtues of his tribe. After each of these virtues, al-Hajjaj said: "Yes (it is a virtue)". Ibn Hani said: "all people from my tribe have cursed [[Abu Turab]] (that is, Imam 'Ali (a)). Moreover, they also curse his two sons and their mother (that is, [[Fatima al-Zahra (a)]]). Al-Hajjaj said: "I swear to God! This is a virtue."

There are other things attributed to al-Hajjaj that are worthy of reflection, including his disrespect of [[the Prophet (s)]] and the sacred city of [[Medina]], postponing the [[prayer]], taking the Umayyad [[caliph]] to be superior to angels, prophets and the Prophet Muhammad (a), and him saying that it is a more important obligation for him to be obeyed than for God to be obeyed.