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As for Yazeed ibn Mu`awiyyah, the people differed concerning him, and they split into three groups, two extreme and one moderate.
One of them was that he was one of the Muslim rulers, who did good deeds and bad ones. He was not born until the caliphate of `Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him). He was not a Kafir, but it was due to him that the death of Husayn occurred, and what happened to the people of Al-Harrah. He was not a Sahaby, nor was he one of the `Awliya (pious people). This is the view held by Shaykh-ul-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah be merciful with him),[ııııı ııııııı] 3 / 409 ı 414) ı (4 / 443 ı 484 ı 506).the general opinion of most of the intelligent and knowledge people, and the view of Ahl-ul-Sunnah wal-Jama`ah.
As for cursing him, people are equally split on this into three groups: One that cursed him, another that loved him, and a third that neither cursed nor loved him. Shaykh-ul-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah be merciful with him) said, "This is what was reported from Imam Ahmad, his fair-minded followers, and other from the Muslim community. This moderate opinion is based on the fact that his Fisq (flagrant violation of Islamic law) was not established in a way that makes cursing him permissible, or that the specified Fasiq (one flagrantly violating Islamic law) is not entitled to be cursed, whether due to a prohibition or out of respect. It has been authentically reported in "Sahih Al-Bukhari", on the authority of `Umar - in the story about `Abdullah ibn Himar, who regularly drank Khamr (intoxicants) and was whipped for it by the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) - that when some of the Sahabah cursed him, the Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "Do not curse him, as he loves Allah and His Messenger." He (peace be upon him) also said, "Cursing a Mu'min is like killing them." (Agreed upon by Muslim and Al-Bukhari)These texts, as the other that include warnings are general, such as those concerning consuming orphans' wealth unlawfully, Zina (sexual intercourse outside marriage), and theft, are not to be taken as proof that the person concerned will be one of the dwellers in the Fire, due to the possibility of the absence of binding conditions for a predominating reason. This reason may be due to Tawbah (repentance to Allah), good deeds, expiating circumstances, an accepted intercession, or any other cause for expiation of sins. All the above reasons make it prohibited to curse him, but as for not loving Yazid, because he did not perform the good deeds that necessitate loving him, and accordingly, he was one of the Muslim rulers, but loving this type person is not lawful, because he performed actions that testified to his Fisq and injustice and these are evident from his biography and in the matters related to Husayn and the people of Al-Harrah.
May Allah grant us success! May peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and Companions!
Extract from the fatwa of The Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta'
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sajid_chauhan_81
01-06-2009 @ 5:56 AM
