Ra's al-Jalut said: We used to hear that the son of a prophet would be killed at Karbala. So whenever I passed through it, I would spur my horse and hurry on until I had gone beyond that place. Then, when Husayn was martyred, I began passing through it at my normal pace after that.
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب الحاء / 2814