The Martyr - Hazrat Sahibzada Abdul Latif — Page 95
Part III—Introduction 95 it would have been better if the British ruled over them. This is because you do not give heed to the Shari’ah, nor do you pay heed to any laws. ” Hazrat Sahibzada ra would sometimes say, “God has revealed many things to me. Once, during the night, I was going for prayer when my foot slipped in the mud and I fell. As a result, I felt nau- seous and got worried. Immediately after this, the following words came out of my mouth: Darwesh [Holy men] do not worry in the slightest degree even when rocks rain on them. Whenever Hazrat Sahibzada ra would travel with governors and other government officials, he would take his own money with him. Rulers would insist that he eat their food, but he would completely abstain and wanted nothing from their money. These rulers would take things forcefully from their subjects. Once, a governor forcefully insisted that Hazrat Sahibzada ra drink tea with him and said, “The Hindus happily and willfully give us tea. We do not take it forcefully. So you can drink tea with us every now and then. ” Once, the Governor had a house built and asked Hazrat Sahibzada ra to point out any defects, since he was also knowledge- able in architecture. Hazrat Sahibzada ra stayed quiet for a short while and then said, “What should I say? If I do point out the defects then you will forcefully have a carpenter correct them. If I do not tell you any defect then you will continue to insist that I tell you a flaw (in that area they would grab a labor worker and make him work without pay). At the time, there were many car- penters around and one of them was outside listening to the con- versation. He entered and said, “Please do point out a defect and