- Yazid bin Muawiya
Subject: Understanding Iman (Intermediate)
Track: History of Islam
Yazid Ibn Muawiya Ibn Abu Sufyan (يزيد بن معاوية بن أبي سفيان) was born on July 20, 647 (25 H) to Maysun Bint Bajdal al-Kulaibi an-Nasrania, a Jacobite Christian from Kalb tribe in Syria. Yazid is a controversial figure in the History of Islam under whose rule Imam Hussain (رضئ اللہ تعالی عنہ), his family members and 72 associates were massacred in Karbala. Yazid also killed thousands of Sahabah, Taba’een and Muslims in Makka and Madina in the incidence of Hurra when the Prophet’s (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم) mosque was ransacked and Ka’ba was burnt.This course provides information about the role of Yazid bin Muawiya in Islamic history.