The Muslims who Fired at the Holy Kaaba!

After the massacre in Medina, Yazid’s army continued towards Mecca to suppress Ibn Zubayr’s rebellion, despite the army leader, Muslim ibn Uqbah, dying on the way due to an illness. Yazid’s army outnumbered Ibn Zubayr’s army, and surrounded Mecca for a few months. They attacked Ibn Zubayr’s army, who had sought refuge in the vicinity of the Ka’ba by shooting fire balls which burned the Ka’ba. This event proved that Yazid would go to any extent to eliminate his opponents, and highlighted the importance of Imam Hossein’s decision to leave Mecca towards Karbala to keep the honor of the Ka’ba and avoid bloodshed within it. During this period, Yazid’s army received the news of Yazid’s death , and they finally returned to Syria. During his short reign of only three years and eight months, Yazid committed three outrageous crimes, the tragedy of Karbala, the massacre of Medina, and the burning of the Holy Ka’ba.