Yazid b. Mu'awiya: Difference between revisions

After the death of Mu’awiya, Yazid became the ruler. He was the first person who reached caliphate by the appointment of his father in a hereditary manner contrary to the tradition of previous caliphs. According to historical sources, Yazid suppressed any objection during his rule. On the first day, he wrote a letter to the governor of Medina and informed him of the death of Mu’awiya and ordered him to force Husayn b. Ali (a), ‘Abd Allah b. ‘Umar, ‘Abd al-Rahman b. Abi Bakr and ‘Abd Allah b. Zubayr to give allegiance and to behead anyone who refused.

The short reign of Yazid was a period of great unrest, in which he tried to mercilessly extinguish any disagreeing current. Social and political freedom at his time was so limited. According to al-Mas'udi, The conducts of Yazid was the same as those of Pharaoh; rather, Pharaoh was more just than him among his people and more fair to the elite and masses. In the first year of his rule, he killed [[al-Husayn (a)]] and the [[Ahl al-Bayt (a)]] of the Prophet (s); in the second year, he disrespected the sanctuary of the [[Messenger of God (s)]] in [[Medina]], and made it permissible for his soldiers [to do what they wanted with its people]; and in the third year, he attacked [[Ka'ba]] and burned it.