CAMPAIGN IN YEMEN
When the people of Yemen accepted Islam, the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, made Badhaan their ruler. Badhaan continued to be the ruler of Yemen until he died. After Badhaan’s death, the Prophet appointed his son, Sharhra, the head of San’aa’, and entrusted other towns of Yemen to some other leaders. MiTaadh Ibn Jabal. may Allah be pleased with him, used to move from one town to another in order to teach them Islam.
At this stage a false Prophet rose in Yemen. He was called Al-Aswad Al-‘ Ansi, who belonged to the clan of ‘ Ans. By dubious methods, Al-Aswad succeeded in winning a considerable number of followers. Within a short time, he became powerful enough to challenge Shahra, who remained faithful to Islam. In the confrontation that followed, Shahr was defeated and killed, and Al-Aswad captured power. He now crowned himself as the king of Yemen, and repudiated allegiance to Madeenah. He forcefully married the beautiful widow of Shahra, Azad by name. When the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, was informed of these news, he sent Wabar Ibn Yahnas with a letter to the people of San’aa’ asking them to defend their religion by confronting Al-Aswad and availing of every chance to kill him.
AL-ASwad AI-‘Ansi was a man of suspicious nature. He felt that in order to strengthen his position he must overthrow Feroz and Qays. Feroz and Qays soon fell out with Al-Aswad.
Azad, too, bitterly hated Al-‘Ansi. In a conspiracy spearheaded by Qays, Feroz and Azad, Al-Aswad was assassinated. In the morning, they gave Adhaan and celebrated their getting rid of the evil of Al-Aswad AI-Ansi. Thereafter, they agreed to entrust their affairs to Mu’aadh Ibn Jabal, who used to lead them in Salaah. The news reached Madeenah in the morning of the same day when the Prophet , peace and blessings be upon him, passed away.
When the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, died, the people of Yemen, incited by some of their leaders, again bolted away from Islam. Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, sent a word to those who remained steadfast on the path of Islam asking them to stand against the apostates until help and reinforcement come to them. Abu Bakr dispatched a huge force under the command of Al-Muhaajir Ibn Abi Umayyah, who got Sanaa’ back, and took the leaders of apostasy movement, Qays Ibn ‘ Abd Yaghooth and ‘ Amr Ibn Ma’d Yakrib, as captives.
Thereafter, AI-Muhaajir marched to Kindah at Hadramawt, which had also apostatized from Islam. There the forces of Al-Muhaajir and those of ‘ Ikrimah Ibn Abi Jahl joined together, and fought against Kindah (ill they defeated them, and took Al-Ash’ath Ibn Qays as captive. Then they sent to Abu Bakr As-Siddeecj, may Allah be pleased with him, Al-Madeenah to give him the glad tidings of the conquest.
(Source: Biographies of the Rightly Guided Caliphs.)
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