How Yazeed ibn Muʻaawiyah and ʻUbaydullaah ibn Ziyaad died

22-2-2016 | IslamWeb

Question:

How did Yazeed bin Muʻaawiyah die? How did ʻUbaydullaah ibn Ziyaad die?
Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah and that Muhammad sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allaah exalt his mention ) is His slave and Messenger.

As for Yazeed ibn Muʻaawiyah, Ibn Al-Atheer may Allaah have mercy upon him mentioned the cause of his death in his book Al-Kaamil among the deaths of the key Muslim figures that occured in 64 AH. He may Allaah have mercy upon him wrote, "The death of Yazeed ibn Muʻaawiyah was reported to have taken place in that year. He was injured in the side of his face by a stone thrown by a catapult. He fell ill for some days and then passed away." [Al-Kaamil]

As for ʻUbaydullaah ibn Ziyaad, Ibn Al-Jawzi may Allaah have mercy upon them mentioned the cause of his death in his book Al-Muntathim:

"Among the events that took place in 67 AH was the death of ʻUbaydullaah ibn Ziyaad. Ibraheem ibn Al-Ashtar led his army to fight against ʻUbaydullaah ibn Ziyaad and the two armies met near al-Mawsil (Mosul). The battle was fierce and both parties lost a great number of men. Ibn Al-Ashtar said, 'I killed a man and I smelled the scent of musk from him under a banner by the river; so go find who he was.' It turned out to be ʻUbaydullaah ibn Ziyaad. Ibn Al-Ashtar hit him with his sword, splitting him into two halves." [Al-Muntathim]

Allaah knows best.

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