Hadith 58

the fortress of Al-Mosul. You will pass by a man seated, and you will sit with him. Then you will ask him to be quenched, so he will quench you and ask you about your concern. Inform him and call him to, for he will become a Muslim, and wipe with your hand upon his hips, for Allah-azwj would Wipe whatever is with him, and he will get up standing, and follow you. And you will pass by a blind man on the middle of the road. You shall ask him to be quenched, so he will quench you and ask you about your concern. So, inform him and call him to, for he will become a Muslim, and wipe your hand upon his eyes, for Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic will Return his sight. He will follow you, and these two will be burying you in the soil. Then the cavalry will pursue you. So, when you come to be nearby to the fortress in such and such place, the cavalry would be tired of you. Then descend from your horse and pass to the cave, for a mischief-maker from the Jinn and the humans will participate in shedding your blood’. He did what Amir Al-Momineen-asws had said. He (the narrator) said, ‘When he ended up to the fortress, he said to the two men, ‘Ascend and look, can you see anything? ’ They said, ‘We see a cavalry coming over’. He descended from his horse and entered the cave and stripped off his horse. When he entered the cave, a black snake hiding in it, struck him. And the cavalry came. When they saw his horse stripped, they said, ‘This is his horse, and he is nearby’. And the men searched for him, and they found him in the cave. So, every time they struck their hands to anything from his body, the flesh followed them (came off). They took his head and came with it to Muawiya. He installed it upon a spear, and it was the first head to be installed in ’’. [91]