পৃষ্ঠা 49: প্রথম অধ্যায়: দূরবর্তী আলামতসমূহ যা ইতিমধ্যে প্রকাশ পেয়ে অতিক্রান্ত হয়েছে

Mention of the Desolation of Madinah after the Battle of al-Harrah and what has been narrated concerning it

And he (Marwan) appointed his son 'Abd al-Malik as his successor, who took his place. The rule of the Levant (al-Sham), Egypt, and North Africa (al-Maghrib) was established for him, while Ibn al-Zubayr ruled over Yemen, the Hijaz, Iraq, and the East. However, al-Mukhtar ibn Abi 'Ubayd seized control of Kufa, calling people to the Mahdi from the Ahl al-Bayt and asserting that he was Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah. He remained in power for about two years until Mus'ab ibn al-Zubayr, the governor of Basra on behalf of his brother 'Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr, marched against him, besieging him until he was killed in the month of Ramadan in the year sixty-seven.

Thus, the governance of all Iraq was consolidated under Ibn al-Zubayr, and that situation continued until the year seventy-one. Then 'Abd al-Malik marched against Mus'ab ibn al-Zubayr and fought him until he killed him in the month of Jumada of that year, taking control of all Iraq, leaving Ibn al-Zubayr with only the Hijaz and Yemen.

Thereupon, 'Abd al-Malik dispatched against him the wretched al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf al-Thaqafi, who besieged him in the year seventy-two until 'Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr was killed in Jumada al-Ula of the year seventy-three. The total duration of Ibn al-Zubayr's rule was nine years and some months.

Then the people united under 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, followed by his son al-Walid, then his other son Sulayman, then 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz, then his other son Yazid, and then his other son Hisham.

All of these were the sons of 'Abd al-Malik, except for 'Umar, who was the son of his brother 'Abd al-'Aziz.

Then after Hisham, his nephew al-Walid ibn Yazid assumed power, but his cousin Yazid ibn al-Walid revolted against him and killed him. Subsequently, Marwan al-Himar ibn Muhammad ibn Marwan revolted against him.

And when he died, his brother Ibrahim assumed leadership, but Marwan overcame him, and their affairs fell into disarray until Banu al-'Abbas (the Abbasids) seized power and slaughtered them most ruthlessly.

To Allah belongs the command before and after.

And among them: the desolation of Madinah after the Battle of al-Harrah:

Ibn Shabbah narrated from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him): "The people of Madinah will certainly be driven out of Madinah when it is in its most flourishing state, half ripe dates and half fresh dates." It was asked: "Who will drive them out?" He said: "The evil rulers."

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