Loyalty of Zuljana

Abi Mikhnaf has narrated from Jaludi that he said:

When Imam Husain (a) fell down from the saddle, his horse began to circle him. If any rider tried to approach the Imam, he was thrown down by the Imam’s horse and trampled upon. So much so: the horse of Imam Husain (a) killed forty opponents in this manner. Then it smeared its forehead with the blood of the Imam and turned to the tents. When he reached the camp he neighed loudly and beat the hooves on the ground as if he was informing the Imam’s people about the latter’s martyrdom.

Manaqib Aale Abi Talib, Vol. 4, Pg. 58 quoted from Maqtal Abi Mikhnaf.

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