The people of Medina have expelled our clan out of Medina!

The people of Medina have expelled our clan out of Medina!”[^7] Some have pointed out that of all the kindred of the Umayyids, only the children of Uthmān b. 'Affān were not expelled from Medina.[^8] Some have also pointed out that the governor of Medina escaped to Syria overnight.[^9]56 Yazīd's Reaction against the People of Medina The letter written by Marwān b. Hakam and the Umayyids was delivered to Yazīd by Habīb b.

Kurra and upon reading the letter, Yazīd got agitated and asked Habīb: “Didn't the Umayyids and their relatives and slaves amount to a thousand people?” Habīb answered: “Yes; they were even over a thousand.” Yazīd asked: “So, why didn't they resist for a while?” The courier replied: “All the inhabitants were united against them, so they were unable to resist against such a great number of people.”[^10] At night time, while two guards were flanking him on his sides and he was holding a candle in his hand, Yazīd left the palace in a colorful outfit and with an angry face, walked to the mosque, climbed the pulpit, and cried out: “O People of Syria!

'Uthmān b. Muhammad, the governor of Medina, has written to me that the People of Medina have expelled the Umayyids from the town. I swear to God that if there were no greenery or prosperity, it would be more tolerable for me than to hear this news.”[^11]58 With these words, in fact, Yazīd declared his firm decision to send his forces to attack Medina. Yazīd wrote a letter to the people of Medina and ordered 'Uthmān b. Muhammad, the governor of Medina, to read it for them.

He sent the letter through Nu'mān b. Bashīr Ansārī and told him: “Most of the people of Medina are your relatives. Go to them and prevent them from opposition, for if they did not revolt on this matter, the people will not dare to oppose me.” Nu'mān went to his relatives in Medina and ordered them to obey and warned them against revolt and sedition, but they didn't listen to him.[^12] Not only that, in reply, they said to Nu'mān: “O Nu'mān!

Yazīd is not a Muslim, because he drinks wine day and night; he does not offer obligatory prayers, he practices debauchery, and he deems as permissible shedding the blood of the descendents of the Prophet (s); and you know that no other Caliph has not done what Yazīd has been doing. He does not deserve to be the leader of Muslim community.”[^13]60 As soon as 'Uthmān b. Muhammad timidly read Yazīd's letter to the people of Medina, 'Abd Allāh b.