Hadith No: 1
Al-Dhahabi - Siyar A'lam al-Nubalā' - And Among the Younger Companions - Abdullah ibn Hanẓalah
Volume: (3) - Page Number: (324)
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- .... Al-Waqidi narrated with a chain of transmission, saying: When the people of al-Harrah rose up and expelled the Umayyads from the city, they pledged allegiance to Ibn al-Ghaseel unto death. He said: "O people, by Allah, we did not rise up until we feared that we would be struck by a man who marries mothers of children, daughters, and sisters, drinks wine, and neglects prayer, from the sky."

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Reference: Seyar A'laam al-Nobalaa Book 3

Hadith No: 2
Al-Dhahabi - Siyar A'lam al-Nubala - Among those who witnessed the time of Prophethood - Yazid ibn Muawiya
Volume: (4) - Page Number: (37)
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- .... And Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Masma' said: Yazid was intoxicated and stood up to dance, then fell on his head, causing it to split open and his brain to be exposed.
- .... I say: He was strong, courageous, possessing judgment, resolve, acumen, and eloquence, and he had good poetry. He was a naqshabi (open enemy of the Ahl al-Bayt), coarse, rough, and uncouth, partaking in intoxicants and committing indecencies. He began his rule with the murder of the martyr Al-Husayn and ended it with the Incident of Al-Harra, so the people despised him, and no blessings were marked in his life.

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Reference: Seyar A'laam al-Nobalaa Book 4

Hadith No: 3
Al-Dhahabi - Siyar Alam al-Nubala - Volume 30 - Abd al-Mughith
Part: (21) - Page Number: (160)
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- .... He was narrated from by: Sheikh al-Muwafiq, Al-Hafiz Abd al-Ghuni, Hammad ibn Sidhiq, al-Baha Abd al-Rahman, Al-Hafiz Muhammad ibn al-Dubaythi, and a group who stated that he authored a part on the virtues of Yazid, in which he presented wonders and remarkable accounts; if he had not authored it, it would have been better.

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Reference: Seyar A'laam al-Nobalaa Book 21

Hadith No: 4
Al-Dhahabi - Mizan al-I'tidal fi Naqd al-Rijal
Letter Yaa - 9754: Yazid ibn Muawiyah ibn Abi Sufyan al-Umawi
Volume: (4) - Page Number: (440)
9754 - Yazid ibn Muawiyah ibn Abi Sufyan al-Umawi narrated from his father, and his son Khalid and Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, who is criticized regarding his integrity, is not considered suitable to narrate from. Ahmad ibn Hanbal said: It is not appropriate for him to narrate from.

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Reference: Meezaan al Aietedal fi Naqd al Rijal Book 4

Hadith No: 5
Al-Dhahabi - Tarikh al-Islam wa Wafat al-Mashayikh wal-A'lam - Volume 5: Years 61-80
Seventh Generation - Events of the Year Sixty-Three - The Story of al-Harrah
Part: (5) - Page Number: (27)
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- .... They gathered around Abdullah ibn Hanzalah and he pledged allegiance to them unto death. He said: "O people, fear Allah, for by Allah, we did not rise against Yazid until we feared that we would be struck with stones from the sky. He is a man who marries mothers of children, daughters, and sisters, drinks alcohol, and neglects prayer."

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Reference: Taarikh al islaam wa wafyaat al mushaheer wal a'alaam Book 5