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Hajjaj bin Yusuf was a Hafiz of the Quran. He used to recite 10 Surahs in one rak'ah of Tahajjud, lead congregational prayers and shun alcohol and fornication, but he was extremely cruel. When he died, it was a very instructive death.
Hazrat Saeed bin Jubair, who was a Tabi'i elder, one day while sitting on the pulpit uttered these words: "Hajjaj is a cruel person."
When Hajjaj came to know that you thought so about me, he called you to the court and asked.
Have you said such things about me?? So you said yes, you are indeed a cruel person. Hearing this, Hajjaj's complexion turned red with anger and orders were issued to kill him. When they started taking him out of the court to be killed, he smiled.
Hajjaj felt disgusted and asked him why are you smiling. He replied, "I am smiling at your foolishness and at the lenience that Allah is giving you."
Hajjaj then ordered that he be slaughtered in front of me. When the dagger was placed on his neck, he turned his face towards the Qiblah and said:
O Allah, my face is towards You, I am pleased with Your pleasure. This Hajjaj is neither the master of death nor of life.
When Hajjaj heard this, he said: Turn his face towards the Qiblah. When he turned away from the Qiblah, he said: O Allah, wherever you turn, you are present everywhere. Your rule is everywhere, east and west. I pray that my killing will be his last injustice, and that he will not impose it on anyone after me.
When these words were uttered from his tongue, he was killed at the same time and so much blood flowed that the palace was wet. A wise servant said that so much blood flows only when someone smiles happily and is pleased with the pleasure of Allah.
Everyone is familiar with the name of Hajjaj bin Yusuf. Abdul Malik appointed Hajjaj as the deputy of Mecca, Medina, Taif and Yemen, and after the death of his brother Bishr, he sent him to Iraq from where he entered Kufa. Hajjaj's activities continued in these areas for twenty years. He achieved great victories while sitting in Kufa.
During his reign, Muslim fighters reached China. Hajjaj bin Yusuf taught the Arabs the Holy Quran. Allah Almighty blessed him with great eloquence, eloquence and courage. Hajjaj was a Hafiz of the Quran. He avoided drinking alcohol and immorality. He was a devotee of jihad and eager for conquests. But all his good deeds were overshadowed by one evil, and what was that evil? "Oppression"
Hajjaj was very cruel, he had taken the form of a bloodthirsty beast in his life. On one hand, Musa bin Nusair and Muhammad bin Qasim were beheading the infidels, and on the other hand, he himself was playing Holi with the blood of the servants of Allah, saints and scholars. Hajjaj killed one hundred and twenty thousand people, in his prisons there would be eighty thousand prisoners at a time every day, of which thirty thousand were women. The last one he killed was the great Tabi'i and ascetic and pious man Hazrat Saeed bin Jubair (may Allah be pleased with him).
After killing them, Hajjaj became terrified, he became a psychopath. Whenever Hajjaj slept, Hazrat Saeed bin Jubair would come to him in his dream, grab his skirt and say, "O enemy of Allah, why did you kill me? What did I do to you?" In response, Hajjaj would say, "What happened to me and Saeed?"
