Re: Messengers of Allah versus So Called Imams
Hazrat abu Bakr's selecting Umar (RA) did not introduce monarchy in Islam.
Correct!
The tradition of monarchy in the Islamic khilafah was started by Ali ra, who transferred his power to Hasan ra. But Hasan ra was wiser than his father, that's why Rasoolullah s.a.w called Hasan 'Saiyid' in a hadith of Bukhari. Because Hasan ra didn't go for confrontation and fight among Muslims. He sacrificed his claim of khilafah, gave his pledge to Muawiyah ra.
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Umar (RA) was the person for whom Prophet had said ' If there could be a prophet after me, it would be Umar'. Umar (RA) period witnessed victories of Palestine and Makran. What does period of Yazid gave to Muslims?
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There's no comparison of Yazid to Umar ra. But you should give credit to Yazid, he didn't let people kill each other the way they did under 5 years of Ali ra. Had Yazid not suppressed the rebellion of the people of Madinah (Hirra), there would have been more chaos and civil war. It's possible Yazid kept worldly desires and benefits in view, or maybe he just wanted to avoid the fitnah of civil war.
Now use the same logic for Ali ra. How much Jihad did he do in his 5 years? How many Byztantine states came under Islam? Let's not talk about the killings of 150,000 Muslims under Ali ra (He was the aggressor in all wars by the way).
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Was that the statesmanship of Muwawiya (RA) that resulted slaughter of family of Prophet? He himself might be a best statesman of his era, but appointing Yazid as Khalifa of Muslim Umma was based on his personal likings that proved fatal to Muslims not only in the form of events like Karbala and Hirra, but also a permanent divide in Muslim Ummah.
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Well, the lives of Muslims and the unity of Islamic empire is more important than grandson of the Prophet s.a.w. There's no special place of the grandson of the Prophet s.a.w in Islam. Husain ra is not a messenger of Allah or khalifah of Muslims. He could be wrong too. And he was definitely wrong as he rebelled against the Khalifah Yazid. According to many hadiths of Bukhari a person who rebels against the khalifah is to be condemned.
Blood of Husain ra is not holier and not more precious than that of 150,000 Muslims who were killed in the civil war under Ali ra. Some people say Yazid didn't want to kill Husain ra. But let's say he did want to kill Husain ra then perhaps he wanted to avoid any civil war that would be started by Husain ra. It's also possible that Yazid wanted blood of Husain ra for worldly gains and not religious reasons. Whatever the fact is, Allah knows the truth, but one thing is established that the action of Husain ra by going against Yazid was totally wrong. There's no space for such things in Islam. We don't rebel against our khulafa. Greater companions like Abdullah ibn Umar ra gave their pledge to Yazid. Husain ra was not holier than those Sahabah.
had a much bigger mission. If they had got stuck in worldly desires who’d have spread the religion in the whole world? Hazrat Ali was baab ilm, and thats what his family did, spread the message… I dont condone the actions of Yazid, but his torture prompted them to migrate and hence spread Islam where ever they went.