54. THE STORY OF THE PERSIAN INVOLVEMENT IN YEMEN
Ibn Hisham said, “Then Wahriz died and Kisra appointed Wahriz’s son, Al-Marzuban as governor of Yemen. Then Al-Marzuban died and so Kisra appointed Marzuban’s son, At-Tainujan as governor. After At-Tainujan died, he (kisra) appointed Tainujan’s son. Then he deposed him from the governorate of Yemen and appointed Badhan as its governor. During his era, the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) was sent.” Ibn Hisham said, “It was conveyed to me on the authority of Az-Zuhri that he said, Khosrau wrote to Badhan informing him that a man from Quraish had appeared in Makkah, claiming that he was a Prophet and he ordered him to proceed there and tell him to repent. If he refused, he told Badhan to send his head to him. Badhan sent a messenger to the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) with Kisra’s letter. The Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) wrote to him, saying, “Verily, Allah has promised me that Kisra will be killed on such-and-such a day, in such-and-such a month.’ When the letter reached Badhan, he paused to think and then he said, “If he is a Prophet, then what he says will come to pass.” Then Allah killed Kisra on the day specified by the Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him).” ibn Hisham said, “(He was killed) by the hand of his son, Sheerawaih.” I say: Some said that his sons all took part in his murder. This Kisra’s name was Abraweez, son of Hurmuz, son of Anushirwan, son of Qubaz; and he is the defeater of Rome mentioned in Allah’s Words: {Alif-Lam-Meem. The Romans have been defeated in the nearer land (Syria, Iraq, Jordan, and Palestine).} (Soorah Ar-Room 30:1-3)
As-Suhaili said, “His murder occurred on the night of Tuesday, the tenth of Jumad Al-Oola, in the Year 9 A.H. It is said that when the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) wrote to him, he invited him to embrace Islam, but Kisra was enraged and tore up the letter. He then wrote to his representative in Yemen with the aforementioned orders. And Allah knows better. In some narrations, it was stated that the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) said to Badhan’s messenger, “Verily, my Lord has killed your lord this night.” And it transpired that the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) had spoken truthfully; he had been killed on that very night by his sons because of his injustice and wrongdoings, having previously been a just ruler. After they had deposed him, they replaced him with his son, Sheerawaih; but he only remained alive for six months or less, after the death of his father. Regarding this incident, Khalid Ibn Hiqq Ash-Shaibani said:
And remember when Kisra was cut up,
By his sons with their swords,
As a piece of meat is dismembered,
For every person there is an appointed time.
Az-Zuhri said, “When Badhan was informed of this, he sent word to the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) that he and those with him had embraced Islam. The messengers said, “To whom do we belong, O, Messenger of Allah?” He said, “You are from us and you belong to us, Ahl Al-Bait. Az-Zuhri said, “And for that reason the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) said, “Salman is from us, Ahl Al-Bait.”
I say: It is apparent that this was after the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) migrated to Al-Madinah, which is why he sent governors to Yemen to teach the people goodness and call them to Allah, the Almighty, the All-Powerful. First, he sent Khalid Ibn Al-Waleed (May Allah be pleased with him) and ‘Ali Ibn Abi Talib (May Allah be pleased with him), then he sent after them Abu Moosa Al-Ash‘ari (May Allah be pleased with him) and Mu‘adh Ibn Jabal (May Allah be pleased with him), and Yemen and its people embraced the Religion of Islam. Then Badhan died and after him, Shahr, son of Badhan, took his place. It was he who was murdered by Al-Aswad Al-‘Ansi, when he claimed to be a prophet and he took his wife, as we shall explain, if Allah wills. He also ousted all of the vicegerents appointed by the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him). But after he had been killed, Islamic rule returned to Yemen. Ibn Hisham said, “And it was he who was referred to by Sateeh when he said, “A pure Prophet, who will receive Revelation from the Supreme (Allah).” And it was he who was referred to by Shiqq in his words: “Nay, it will be cut off by a Messenger sent (by Allah); he will bring truth and dispense with justice to the people of religion and virtue and the rule shall remain among his people until the Day of Decision.”
By Ibn Katheer
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