be pleased with us?

Here are the reasons why Imam Ḥusayn refused to pledge allegiance to the loathsome Yazīd:

Altering the Sunnah

The beloved Prophetصَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم  said: اَوَّلُ مَنْ یُبَدِّلُ سُنَّتِی رَجُلٌ مِّنْ بَنِیْ اُمَیَّۃَ یُقَالُ لَہٗ یَزِیْدُ “The first person to change my Sunnah will be a man from Banī Umayyah, and his name will be Yazīd.”^[1]

Dear Islamic brothers! We have learnt that Yazīd was an individual who changed and opposed the Sunnah. This ignoble man did not follow the example of the Prophet, and he encouraged others to do the same. If we are devotees of Imam Ḥusayn رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ, we must detest the wicked character and actions of Yazīd, adopt the Sunnah and propagate it too.

Virtues of the Sunnah

1.   The beloved Prophetصَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم  said:  مَنْ اَحَبَّ سُنَّتِی فَقَدْ اَحَبَّنِی وَمَنْ اَحَبَّنِی كَانَ مَعِیَ فِی الْجَنَّةِ  “Whoever loves my Sunnah loves me, and whoever loves me will be in Paradise with me.”^[2]

2.   One day, the Prophetصَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم  said the following three times, “May the mercy of Allah be upon my deputies.”

Someone asked, “Who are your deputies, O Messenger of Allah?”

The Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم answered, “Those who love my Sunnah and teach it to the slaves of Allah.”^[3]