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The Holy Imam Hussain ('a) is quoted as having said on the day of
Ashurah:
"Wilt thou my dear Zuljanah kneel down a little to enable me to roll
myself down to the ground? I know thou hast also been hungry and thirsty
along with me. Pardon me my dear Zuljanah, for Hussain is helpless. May
the Lord bless thee."
The faithful animal, which was itself hungry, thirsty and wounded,
spread its legs in such a way that the godly soul, one of the most
brilliant stars of the heaven of divinity, slid himself down. Ref.
“Hussain, The Saviour Of Islam”, by S.V. Mir Ahmed Ali, pg. 186-187.
Now the Holy Prophet (‘s) himself narrated the sad event of Karbala to
his companions. He himself wept and made others weep. It is essential to
express practical sympathy towards the Holy Prophet (‘s), to console
him and to follow the Sunnah of Azadari. So those who criticize this
noble custom of our Holy Prophet (‘s) are cowards and idolatry closes
their eyes, which prove the facts. This tradition has been repeatedly
affirmed in many narrations of the Holy Imams (‘a).
Scientific minded people and the pretending philosophers can question
the possibility of how a horse of Zuljanah’s age could perform the duty
in Kerbala in the state of hunger and thirst. As the maximum life of a
horse is thirty years, how could Murtajiz in Karbala perform his duty in
his old age?
Murtajiz was bought on 9AH when he was 4 yrs old, so according to this
estimate, he must have been 55yrs old on the day of Ashura. So even if
such an old horse was still to live to that age, he must be quite
useless for this duty. We can reply to that question by proposing that
it is sheer folly to compare the age limit of the present day with that
of 1300yrs ago because formerly human beings used to enjoy a life span
of 300 - 400 yrs while the average age of human life at the present is
less than 100yrs.
The second reason to consider is that the Arab historian Damesna quotes
Jahiz in his Hayatul Haywaan that the lifespan of an Arab horse is as
long as ninety years and its youth extends up to forty years. Therefore,
according to master horse men the year of a horse’s life is of eighteen
months, thus sixty solar years count as forty years in horse’s life and
thus in 61AH the age of Zuljanah, according to the lunar calendar, must
be 55 years. This makes Zuljanah quite young. This argument will
convince those who do not believe in religion and who are in search of
scientific answers.
But for the believers they know and believe that the divine leaders also
have power to work in miracles, so even a dead horse can become alive
again. Indeed Zuljanah has been given such an excellent merit that his
name will always remain fresh in this world.
His remembrance is still commemorated by bringing out a commemoration of
him in Muharram in many cities and villages of the Indo - Pakistan
subcontinent. According to God's wishes, Zuljanah was in Karbala so we
take out processions of Juloos representing Ashoora to spread the
message of Imam Hussain ('a). Following the traditions of carrying Alam
flags and banners, we also keep Zuljanah in the processions.
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