Ubaid Allah and his
father Ziyad both were illegitimate by birth having been born out of sin.
Muawiya accepted Ziyad as his brother. Ubaid Allah’s mother was Marjana hence
he was called “Ibne Marjana”. Both Ubaid Allah and Ziyad were brutal and
merciless murderers. Hence Muawiya and Yazid utilized their brutal skills to
consolidate their rule.
Ubaid Allah was the governor of Basra and later given the
charge of Kufa as well. The Kufans had already paid allegiance to Imam Husayn
(a.s.) at the Hazrat Muslim bin Aqil’s hands. The crafty Ubaid Allah entered Kufa in disguise and the Kufans were
deceived but as soon as he reached the Governor House, he showed his true
colors of brutality and bribe. He threatened the Kufans with dire
consequences if they did not pay allegiance to Yazid. He started search for Hazrat
Muslim bin Aqil and sent a spy as a Shia to deliver money to him. Although Hazrat Muslim bin Aqil fought bravely with hundreds of troops but attained martyrdom. He showed the brutality and asked the
troops to throw his body from the top of a building.
He promised the governorship of Rye to Umar ibn Sa’ad but
later conditioned it to first fighting with Imam Huasyn (a.s.). Later, he sent
Shimr ZilJaushan (l.a.) as a stand by, if Umar ibn Sa’ad refuses to fight then
Shimr was to be given the charge of the army. On Ubaid Allah’s orders, the camps were removed from near the river and
the supply of water was stopped from Muharram 7. Ibne Marjana is completely
responsible for the massacre of the Noble Messenger (s.a.w.a.s.)’s family at
Karbala and ordered to imprison the sacred family and sent to Kufa on camels without
seats.
When the daughters of
the Noble Messenger (s.a.w.a.s.) were brought to Ubaid Allah, he said, “Allah
be praised for He disgraced and executed your family and displayed that what
you said was nothing but a lie.”
Sayyida Zaynab (s.a.)
said, “Allah be praised for He blessed our family with His Prophet, who was of
our family and Purified us. No one would be disgraced but those who are
transgressors and would not lie but a wicked person, which is others rather
than us. Ubaid Allah said, “Did you see how Allah dealt with your family?”Sayyidah
Zaynab (s.a.) replied, “I saw nothing but beauty! Allah ordained them to be
killed and they obeyed and hurried after their tombs, and soon Allah will
gather you and them (on the Day of Judgment), and they will complain of you to
Allah. Now look forward to seeing who wins the claim. May your mother mourn
your death, O son of Marjana.”
After the death of Yazid, Ubaid Allah fled to Syria. Amir
Mukhtar Saqafi rose against the Umayyads and their faithful Ubaid Allah was
sent to fight Amir Mukhtar’s heroic bands who wanted to avenge Imam Husayn
(a.s.) brutal massacre. Amir Mukhtar sent a strong contingent of 12,000
soldiers to Mosul under the command of Ibrahim bin Malik Ashtar. He saw some of
the assassins of Imam Husayn (a.s.) like; Shees bin Rabiee, Shimr Ziljaushan,
Umar ibn Sa’ad. He allowed them to go to Kufa and once in a house, they were
planning to attack Amir Mukhtar’s forces, they along with others were arrested
and killed and some of them were made captive. Again, Ibrahim bin Malik Ashtar
went in search of accursed Ubaid Allah. Both the armies faced each other but
soon Umayyads made a bid to escape. But
Ibrahim encouraged his soldiers saying, “O partisans of truth and helpers of
religion, kill these children of Shaitan.” Then attacking accursed Ubaid Allah,
he said, “He is the same who restricted water to Imam Husayn and misbehaved
with family of prophet hood and Imamate, made them captive and dragged in the
streets of Kufa and Syria.” His words had the desired effect and his forces
devastated the Umayyads. Ibrahim killed Ubaid Allah himself and sent his head
to Amir Mukhtar.
It is also reported
that a drop of blood from the sacred severed head of Imam Husayn (a.s.) was
fallen on the accursed Ubaid Allah’s thigh and penetrated through his body. The
wound was never healed and continued to smell very bad and to cover-up for the unpleasant
smell of the wound, he always wore musk. This was worldly curse for him!
Sources used: WIKIPEDIA, The
Fate of the Killers of Imam Hussain -Ahle Sunnat (ahle- jannat.WordPress)
Al-Murtaza.com,
Revolvy.com, WikiShia.net
No comments:
Post a Comment