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Introduction
There is difference of Opinion on Yazeed bin Muawiyah some considered him AMEER UL MOMINEEN like Ibn Katheer in Al Bidaya wal Nihayah mentioned that Yazeed was Ameer ul Momineen and then he narrated some narrations, some narrations are going for him and some narrations are against him, on the other hand the likes of Jala ud din Suyuti cursed him. Because those who praised him say that he never killed Hussain ra on the other hand those who accuse him say that he killed Hussain ra
Few Opinions of Scholars
Hafiz Ibn Hajar asked from his teacher
سئل شيخنا رحمه الله عن لعن يزيد بن معاوية وماذا يترتب على من يحبه ويرفع من شأنه فأجاب أما اللعن فنقل فيه الطبري المعروف بالكيا الهراسي الخلاف في المذاهب الأربعة في الجواز وعدمه فاختار الجواز ونقل الغزالي الخلاف واختار المنع
I asked my shaykh Rahimullah regarding cursing Yazeed bin Muawiyah and about loving him, he replied Tabari (rah) quoted four schools of thought (regarding cursing or loving yazeed) and they differed in it, and his(Tabari) final verdict was it is permitted (to curse), But (Imam) Ghazali (rah) went against this stance and choosed the prohibiton (to curse yazeed).[الإمتاع بالأربعين المتباينة السماع 1/96]
Source of the book: http://islamport.com/w/ajz/Web/1773/82.htm
Imam 'Illish al-Maliki (Allah have mercy on him) said, quoting Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani (Allah have mercy on him)
"It is not permitted to denigrate Mu'awiya, because he was a major Companion. It is not permitted to curse Yazid nor to declare him an unbeliever, for he is one of the believers ['Illish, Fath al-'Aliyy al-Malik, 2.353 quoted by sufi website sunni path]
and Note that These people who try to talk in detail regarding Yazeed specially in Pakistan and India, they also believe that dream of the pious is evidence, what about this dream?
Ibne Kathir mentioned.
وقال ابن عساكر: حدثنا أبو الفضل محمد بن محمد بن الفضل بن المظفر العبدي قاضي البحرين من لفظه وكتبه لي بخطه - قال: رأيت يزيد بن معاوية في النوم فقلت له: أنت قتلت الحسين؟
فقال: لا!
فقلت له: هل غفر الله لك؟
قال: نعم، وأدخلني الجنة.
.Ibne Athakir said: Abul Fadhal Muhammad bin Fadhal bin al-Muzaffar al-Abdi who is judge in Behrain told me in the letter. He saw Yazeed bin Muawiyah in the dream. I asked him: Did you kill hussain? Yazeed said No. I asked: Allah saved you (from the punishment)? He said "Yes" Allah sent me in the paradise.
[Al Bidaya wal Nihaya vol 16 page no: 299 under the Tarjuma of Yazeed bin Muawiyah]
Note that we don't believe on dreams other thn Prophets, it can be wrong and it can be right, So the best is to remain silent on this issue.
See also: http://www.systemoflife.com/articles/aqeedah/281-dreams-are-not-evidence-in-religion
Specially for a lay person, The issue of Yazeed is pointless to talk, The more he see the difference of opinions regarding him, the more he is confused
Imam al-Bayhaqi said
Allah Most High has said: Successful are the believers, who are humble in their prayers, and who turn away from pointless talk,[23:1-3] and: Those who do not bear witness to what is false, but when they pass by pointless talk, pass by with dignity,[25:72] and: When they hear pointless talk, they turn away from it. [28:55]
"Pointless talk" [laghw] is speech which is futile and irrelevant, and bears no relation to any true purpose. It brings no benefit to the one who utters it, and may well bring him misfortune instead.
Ali (r) related that the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said, "It is part of a man's sound practice of Islam that he leave alone that which is of no concern to him." [At-Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah]
Dhu'l-Nun said, "Whoever loves Allah lives truly, and whoever inclines to anything else damages his mind. A foolish man comes and goes, paying attention to what is nothing, while the intelligent man inspects his own thoughts scrupulously."[Imam Al-Bayhaqi, The Seventy-Seven Branches of Faith [Summarized], Turning Away From Pointless Talk] http://islaam.com/Article.aspx?id=238
