Ibn Ziyad’s Dreadful End

No matter how lazy Satan makes you feel, read this article from the beginning to the end with the intention of earning reward. اِنْ شَــآءَالـلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ, your heart will thrive with the admiration of the blessed Ahl-e-Bayt (the households of the Beloved and Blessed Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم).

Excellence of reciting Salat-‘Alan-Nabi صَلَّی اللّٰہ تعالٰی علیہ واٰلہٖ وسلَّم

The Prophet of mankind, the Peace of our heart and mind, the most Generous and Kind صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said:
               "O people! Without doubt, the one to attain salvation quickly on the Day of Judgement from its horrors and accountability will be the one amongst you who will have recited Salat upon me in abundance in the world ".
         (Firdaus -ul-Akhbar, Page 375, vol. 5, Hadith 8210)

          Ibn Ziyad’s dreadful end

Yazeed’s accomplices who massacred the Ahl-e-Bayt رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُم suffered a dreadful end. After Yazeed, the most brutal criminal was the governor of Kufa ‘Ubaydullah Ibn Ziyad. It was he who ordered to torture Sayyiduna Imam Husayn رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ and his blessed Ahl-e-Bayt رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُم. After just 6 years, on the same day i.e. the 10th of Muharram, 67 AH (by the strategic revenge conducted by Mukhtar Saqafi) Ibn Ziyad was brutally murdered at the hands of the army of Ibraheem Bin Maalik on the banks of the River Euphrates. The soldiers cut off his head and presented it to Ibraheem who then sent it to Mukhtar in Kufa.
            (Sawanih Karbala, Page 123)

Jab sar-e-mahshar woh puchayn
          gey bula kay samnay
Kya jawab-e-jurm do gey tum
           Khuda   kay  samnay

     Snake in the nose of Ibn Ziyad

The governor house in Kufa was adorned for celebrations and the head of Ziyad was exhibited on the same place where the blessed head of Sayyiduna Imam Husayn رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ was placed six years back. There was nobody to cry for this ill-fated person; instead people celebrated his death.
             (Sawanih Karbala, Page 123)
           It is narrated in a Sahih (authentic) Hadees reported by ‘Imarah Bin ‘Umayr that
         "when the head of ‘Ubaydullah Ibn Ziyad along with those of his accomplices was placed down, he went towards  them. Suddenly everyone started screaming, ‘It’s come. It’s come.’ He saw that a snake was coming. It slithered above and between all the heads and finally approached the dirty head of Ibn Ziyad. It entered the nostril, stayed for a while and then left. Everyone started screaming again, ‘It’s come, it’s come.’ Same thing happened two or three times".
          (Sunan-ut-Tirmizi, vol. 5, Page 431, Hadees 3805)
                Ibn Ziyad, Ibn Sa’d, Shimr, Qays Ibn Ash’as Kandi, Kholi Ibn Yazeed, Sanaan Ibn Anas Nakh’i, ‘Abdullah Ibn Qays, Yazeed Bin Maalik and the remaining damned people who were involved or contributed in martyrdom of Sayyiduna Imam Husayn رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُُ all faced horrible ending and horses were made to trample over their corpses. 
            (Sawanih Karbala, Page 158)

  Kab talak tum hukumat pay itrao
                           gey
  Kab tak aakhir gharibon ko tarpao
                           gey
Zalimon! Ba’d marnay kay pachtao
                           gey
Tum Jahannam kay haqdar ho jao
                           gey

Wrong doings culminate in bad end

Mukhtar Saqafi wiped all the Yazeedis off the face of the earth. The oppressors were unaware that the holy blood of the martyrs  would ultimately lead to their destruction and the Yazeedi kingdom would be shattered to pieces and that all the people who were involved in the murder of the blessed Imam (رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ) would be killed brutally. There would be the same bank of the River Euphrates; the same day of ‘Aashura; the similar group of oppressors; and the horses of Mukhtar would trample over them. Their majority would not benefit them. Their hands and feet would be cut; houses would be robbed; they would be hung; corpses would rot and everyone in the world would hate them; people would rejoice and celebrate their deaths. In war, they would be in thousands but they would become cowards and would run away like eunuchs. Like dogs and mice they would find it difficult to save themselves. Wherever they would be found, they would be massacred instantly. They would be hated and condemned in the world and on the Day of Judgment.
            (Sawanih Karbala, Page 125)

    Daykhay hayn yeh din apnay hi
           hathaun ki ba-dawlat
Sach hay kay buray kaam ka anjam
                     bura hay

Hafiz Muhammad Ehsan Bashir, 1st year MBBS, Nishtar Medical College, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.