Bits of History
Do people think or calculate that they are going to be left alone just to pronounce the verbal words of Imaan, without being exposed to a fitnah? (Surah Al-Ankabut verse 2)
After Al-Imam Al-Husein (radi Allahu anhu) went through the gallant opposition in Karbala during Ashura and gained the ultimate privilege, there was another opposition figure in Makkah and Al-Medinah, and that was Abdullah ibn Az-Zubair (radi Allahu anhu). Yazid, sends a military commander,Muslim ibn Uqbah to ibn Zubair and say "Look, the only thing we ask of you is to accept the legitimacy of Yazid." At the time, ibn Az-Zubair was in Makkah. He said "No." They said, "If need be, we'll bring the army to Makkah and we'll do what we have to do- and if that means we're going to have to kill you, we're going to have to kill you."Ibn Az-Zubair said "We are in the vicinity of the Haram in Makkah, Al-Balad Al-Haram and around the Ka'ba and you want to use force in this sacred area. Even birds and pigeons are safe in this inviolable area." They said "Safe?!" Then they took out their arrows and there were pigeons that were flying around and they were saying, while ibn Az-Zubair was watching "OK pigeon, if you don't recognize the legitimacy of Yazid, here goes my arrow." Then, they'd release an arrow and kill a pigeon. They did this continuously.They sent that armed force of several thousand to Al-Medinah, and tell the people "We give you three days to reconsider your position and if you don't reconsider, terrible and horrible things are going to happen." They killed 700 Tabieen and they killed three from the Sahaba of Rasulillah.They violated the virginity or around 1,000 Muslim women. They had another 1,000 women who became pregnant from them. There were another 1,000 orphans who were born after this raid on Al-Medinah who had no fathers. After a few weeks or so, Yazid dies and then, another ruler by the name of Abdul Malik comes and he continues this policy. Also, this Uqbah also dies. He sends another few thousand men under arms to invade and, in their own words, "to flush out Makkah of ibn Az-Zubair and his followers." They used Al-Manjaneek to lob or throw these rocks, and they put inflammable material on it, so that when it lands, it burns whatever the intended target was. What was their intended target? The Ka'ba. They kill ibn Az-Zubair.
After Al-Imam Al-Husein (radi Allahu anhu) went through the gallant opposition in Karbala during Ashura and gained the ultimate privilege, there was another opposition figure in Makkah and Al-Medinah, and that was Abdullah ibn Az-Zubair (radi Allahu anhu). Yazid, sends a military commander,Muslim ibn Uqbah to ibn Zubair and say "Look, the only thing we ask of you is to accept the legitimacy of Yazid." At the time, ibn Az-Zubair was in Makkah. He said "No." They said, "If need be, we'll bring the army to Makkah and we'll do what we have to do- and if that means we're going to have to kill you, we're going to have to kill you."Ibn Az-Zubair said "We are in the vicinity of the Haram in Makkah, Al-Balad Al-Haram and around the Ka'ba and you want to use force in this sacred area. Even birds and pigeons are safe in this inviolable area." They said "Safe?!" Then they took out their arrows and there were pigeons that were flying around and they were saying, while ibn Az-Zubair was watching "OK pigeon, if you don't recognize the legitimacy of Yazid, here goes my arrow." Then, they'd release an arrow and kill a pigeon. They did this continuously.They sent that armed force of several thousand to Al-Medinah, and tell the people "We give you three days to reconsider your position and if you don't reconsider, terrible and horrible things are going to happen." They killed 700 Tabieen and they killed three from the Sahaba of Rasulillah.They violated the virginity or around 1,000 Muslim women. They had another 1,000 women who became pregnant from them. There were another 1,000 orphans who were born after this raid on Al-Medinah who had no fathers. After a few weeks or so, Yazid dies and then, another ruler by the name of Abdul Malik comes and he continues this policy. Also, this Uqbah also dies. He sends another few thousand men under arms to invade and, in their own words, "to flush out Makkah of ibn Az-Zubair and his followers." They used Al-Manjaneek to lob or throw these rocks, and they put inflammable material on it, so that when it lands, it burns whatever the intended target was. What was their intended target? The Ka'ba. They kill ibn Az-Zubair.
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