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Ubaydullah ibn Ziyad

Cited in 4 segments across 1 recording · 2020 · person/person:ubaydullah-ibn-ziyad

Citing segments

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16 Oct 2020video Who were the Shia who invited Husayn to Kufa? The Shia who invited Husayn to Kufa were a political faction favouring Ali, not today's sect; a force of perhaps a couple of hundred under Umar ibn Sa'd intercepted him at Karbala. Lessonposition checkedKarbalaHusayn ibn AliAli ibn Abi TalibUmar ibn Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas machine4 min 35 s1:50on YouTube
16 Oct 2020video What kind of ruler was Yazid? Mufti Abu Layth calls Muawiya's choice of Yazid a grave mistake: Yazid was a Muslim but a disappointment who attacked Madinah and installed the tyrant Ubaydullah ibn Ziyad in Kufa. Lessonposition checkedYazid ibn Mu'awiyaMu'awiya ibn Abi SufyanAbdullah ibn UmarIbn Abbas machine5 min 40 s35:11on YouTube
16 Oct 2020video Why did the army at Karbala not let Husayn go back? After Muslim ibn Aqil was killed, Husayn's party was intercepted and the men martyred; Mufti Abu Layth thinks the army may have refused to let him go because some of its own clans had invited him. Lessonposition checkedKarbalaHusayn ibn AliMuslim ibn AqilHani (ibn Urwa) machine5 min 10 s45:10on YouTube
16 Oct 2020video Who was really responsible for the killing of Husayn at Karbala? Mufti Abu Layth blames first the Shia who invited Husayn, then Ubaydullah ibn Ziyad as the active agent, and Yazid as the passive one. Lessonposition checkedKarbalaHusayn ibn AliUbaydullah ibn ZiyadYazid ibn Mu'awiya machine1 min 53 s1:00:00on YouTube