karbala-ml_ridhwan_kajee

cause disunity in the Ummah, one of which was the standing up
of another person or party against the caliph.
Those that were unhappy with the appointment of Yazîd, their
unhappiness was based on the fact that they felt themselves or
some else more deserving of the position, which without doubt
was correct since they were indeed more pious than Yazîd. The
standing up of this group however occurred after the pledge of
allegiance had been taken by the majority, thus just as Hadhrat
Ali had fought against those who had stood up against him,
so too was the case with Yazîd. In fighting against the
opposition however, Yazîd never issued any command that the
Ahle-Bait be dishonored or oppressed.
Damiri (Shafee’) has quoted in Hayaatul-Hayawaan that when
the blessed head of Hadhrat Husein was brought in front of
Yazîd and when he heard the details of what had occurred at
Karbala, he burst out crying and stated that there was no real
need to have Hadhrat Husein killed and that had he, Yazîd,
been present at the battle, he would have surely pardoned
Hadhrat Husein. At that juncture Yazîd even cursed
Ubeidullah ibn Ziyaad for what he had allowed to happen.
The author thereafter, after quoting various narrations from the Tarikh
of Ibn Jareer which show the good conduct that Yazîd displayed with
the Ahle-Bait, explained that the virtues mentioned by Rasulullâh for
the first army that shall set out on sea for Jihaad and the first army that
shall lay an attack on the city of Constantinople should surely also apply
for Yazîd since he was part of these two armies. Rasulullâh had
promised Jannah and forgiveness for the participants of these two
armies.
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