Prophetic Prophecy regarding Amr bin Saeed bin Aas

Muwaiyah appointed Amr bin Saeed bin Aas, who was known for his arrogance, as the governor of Mecca, and he is that same tyrant whose nose started to bleed on the pulpit of the Holy Prophet (p.b.u.h.). Ibn e Qutaiba and others narrated from Abu Huraira that he said: I heard the Holy Prophet (p.b.u.h.) say: “One of the tyrant rulers of the Umayyad dynasty will be such that his nose will start bleeding on my pulpit and the blood will drop on the pulpit as well”.

Abu Obaida writes in the book ‘Mathalib’ and Abu Jafar narrates in ‘Tareekh’ that when Amr bin Saeed bin Aas was the governor of Medina, a letter came for him from Obaidullah bin Ziyad in which he greeted him for the martyrdom of Imam e Hussain (a.s.). He read the letter for the people from the pulpit and said: “O Mohammad! This act was the revenge of your actions in the Battle of Badr.” At that time, a group of men belonging to the ‘Ansaar’ denounced his remark.[1]