فَوَيْلٌ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمٍ أَلِيْمٍ
“So woe to those who were unjust because of the chastisement of a painful day.”1
Who was Khalid and what value he has, after the fact that he blindly
followed his carnal desires and his self deceived him and his lust misguided him
and he became intoxicated with the overpowering of his lust? As a result of
which, he trespassed on divine sanctities, defamed the sacred religion of Islam
and that same night slept with the wife of Malik whom he had killed.2
فَوَيْلٌ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمٍ أَلِيْمٍ
“This surely is indecent and hateful, and it is an evil way.”3
The killing of Malik was with this evil aim; and it was clear to all and not a
secret. Malik himself was aware of that and he mentioned this to his wife before
this incident:
“I would be killed because of you.”
Thus, Malik was killed in defense of his womenfolk and it is mentioned in
widely narrated traditional reports that:
“One, who is killed defending his womenfolk is a martyr.”4
And it is mentioned in authentic traditional reports:
“One, who is killed opposing injustice meted out to him, is a martyr.”5
This false excuse that Malik refused to pay Zakat would not make Khalid
escape the consequences of this crime. If a monotheist believer, who believes in
God and Prophet, refuses to pay Zakat, should he be declared as an apostate?
While he is not a denier of Zakat in fact? Should he be killed?
Whereas it is mentioned in authentic traditional reports from Prophet that
shedding blood of a person, who has recited the dual testimonies, except under
three instances: He has killed someone and retaliation is taken from him; in spite
of having a wife he commits fornication; or he has given up his faith and has left the circle of Muslims?6
What was this condition that insanity of lust deceived them and the call of
desires threw them into destruction? And they did not observe any pledge or
sanctity regarding any believer and did not restrain from committing any excess
and injustice.
Therefore, you will see Khalid that he killed a person like Malik and
committed that disobedience for obtaining his wife Umme Tamim. And you will
see another one that in order to gain the hand of Quttam, he martyred the chief of
the holy progeny, Ameerul Momineen (a.s.). And you will see another one7 that
he punishes some people from Bani Asad and seized a beautiful woman and his
companions awarded that woman to him and he commits fornication with her.
Then he narrates the story to Khalid and he says: I have gifted them to you –
as if these soldiers had gathered for committing fornication and destroying
sanctities of noble ladies. Thus, Khalid wrote about the issue to Umar and he
replied:
“Stone him to death.”8
And this Yazid bin Muawiyah, who employed fraud and deceit and sent fatal
poison to wife of Imam Hasan (a.s.), blossom of Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.), so
that she may eliminate him and after that he would marry her.9 Or this act was
committed by Muawiyah in order to fulfill his objective as would be explained
later.10
Behind these oppressors were people, who guarded their reputation through
fabricated excuses, like independent judgment (Ijtihad) And alas, if these two had
not been there! Almighty Allah knows what is in their hearts and what they make
apparent:
وَإِنْ حَكَمْتَ فَاحْكُمْ بَيْنَهُمْ بِالْقِسْطِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُقْسِطِينَ
“And if you judge, judge between them with equity; surely Allah loves those who judge equitably.”11