His father Mo’awiya always saw the dogs...

His father Mo’awiya always saw the dogs, monkeys, hawks and tigers of his son Yazeed, noticed his wines and corruptions, knew his horrible deeds, saw his playfulness with the beauties, knew his meanness and malice and knew well that he could not be entrusted with anything at all. After all that how could Mo’awiya raise Yazeed to the high position of the caliphate of the Messenger of Allah, make him the ruler, the imam of the Muslims and make him control the necks of the umma?!

By doing that Mo’awiya had cheated the umma whereas the Prophet (S) had said: “If a ruler, who rules some of the Muslims, cheats them, Allah will throw him into Hell.” [^7] The Prophet (S) had also said: “Whoever manages some affairs of the Muslims and appoints someone out of favoritism to rule over them, Allah will curse him, will not forgive him and will put him into Hell.” [^8] The Prophet (S) had also said: “If one, whom Allah has entrusted with His people, does not manage their affairs sincerely, he will never enter into Paradise.” His corruption in Yemen Once Mo’awiya had sent Bisr bin Arta’a to Yemen in the year forty A.H.

to ravage there. The wali of Yemen at that time was Ubaydollah bin Abbas, who had been appointed by Imam ‘Ali (as) who was the caliph of the Muslims then. The people of Yemen were loyal and sincere to Imam ‘Ali (as). Bisr bin Arta’a subjected the people of Yemen to severe torment. He killed their men and captured their women by the order of Mo’awiya.

Refer to the books of history that have recorded the events of that year to see the horrible crimes that have committed by Bisr and his men; they have killed the old men, slain the sucklings, plundered the monies and captured the women. Bisr had captured the women of Hamadan, who were sincere to Ahlul Bayt (as), and taken them to the market with naked legs. Whoever of them had had bigger legs (thighs) had been sold with high price.

They were the first Muslim women that had been taken as captives in Islam. [^9] I do not know whether these doings were more horrible and painful or his doing to the two children of Ubaydollah bin Abbas the wali of Yemen then. Ubaydollah fled from Bisr and entrusted his children to Ubaydollah bin Abd al-Mudan al-Harithy, who was the grandfather of the children (their mother’s father). Bisr killed the man among the thousands of the best Muslims he had killed in that event and killed his son too.