WHEN HAZRAT HUSAYN DECIDED TO GO FROM MAKKAH TO KUFA WHERE...

WHEN HAZRAT HUSAYN DECIDED TO GO FROM MAKKAH TO KUFA WHERE THE PEOPLE WERE CONSTANTLY INVITING HIM FOR BAYT (OATH OF ALLEGIANCE) HIS CLOSE ASSOCIATES AND WELL-WISHERS LIKE ABDULLAH BIN UMAR, HAZRAT ABU SAEED KHUDRI, HAZRAT ABU DARDA, HAZART ABDULLAH BIN ABBASS, HAZART MUHAMMAD BIN ABU HANIFA ETC. TRIED TO PERSUADE HIM NOT TO UNDERTAKE THIS JOURNEY AS IT WAS FULL OF RJSKS AND HAZARADS.

THEY WERE HOWEVER, NOT SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR ATTEMPT AND HAZART HUSAYN PROCEEDED ON HIS MISSION OF REFORMATION CONCEIVED ON THE BASIS OF HIS OWN IJTEHAD. Mu'awiya planned the succession of Yazeed for seven years We read in Iqd al Fareed Volume 2 page 247 Dhikr Mu'awiya: "Mu'awiya spent seven years seeking to galvanise the people's minds towards giving bayya to Yazeed and he rewarded those that ascribed to his views.

He [Mu'awiya] tried to get closer to those that opposed this purpose [to intimidate them]". Mu'awiya appointed Mugheera bin Shuba to carry through his objective of intimidation As evidence we shall rely on the following texts of Ahl'ul Sunnah: Al Bidayah wa al Nihaya Volume 8 page 79 The events of 56 Hijri Tarrekh al Kamil Voilume 3 page 252 The events of 56 Hijri Tareekh Ibn Khaldun Volume 3 page 16 Tareekh al Khulafa page 205 Dhikr Mu'awiya Al Imama wa al Siyasa page 152 Nasa al Kafiya page 38 For the sake of brevity we shall cite al Bidaya "Mu'awiya made plans to remove Mugheera bin Shuba from his post of Governor of Kufa and replace him with Sa'eed bin Aas.

When Mugheera caught wind of his intention, he arrived in Damascus and said to Yazeed bin Mu'awiya 'Your father should appoint you as khalifah after him'. When Yazeed asked Mu'awiya if this was indeed the case, he replied 'Who said this to you?' He [Yazeed] said Mugheera bin Shuba. This recommendation pleased Mu'awiya immensely; he kept Mugheera in post, and ordered him to drum up support for giving bayya to Yazeed.

Upon his return to Kufa, Mugheera employed his trickery to secure the bayya for Yazeed". Mu'awiya set the wheels in motion and wanted people to give bayya to Yazeed. It is critical to note that in doing so Mu'awiya was breaching the terms of the treaty that had been reached with Imam Hassan (as), namely that Mu'awiya would NOT appoint a successor after him and that the succession to the khilafat would return to the Imams of the Shia i.e. Al-Hassan (as) and after him his successor Al-Hussain (as).