The Martyr - Hazrat Sahibzada Abdul Latif — Page 96
The Martyr—Hazrat Sahibzada Abdul Latif Shaheed ra 96 I will happily fix it. ” Then Hazrat Sahibzada ra informed him of all of the defects. At another instance, a beggar became involved in a court case against a judge. The Governor appointed Hazrat Sahibzada ra to preside over the case. When the beggar presented himself on the appointed date, he expressed humility and was anxious that Hazrat Sahibzada ra may decide the case in favor of the judge. Hazrat Sahibzada ra became overwhelmed with passion and said to him, “Even if a poor Hindu man was in a court case against the Governor, I would not be biased towards one party or the other. ” At that instance, a governor and a Hindu both happened to be in the courtroom hearing all of this, while waiting for their case to be heard. The Governor became worried and quickly settled his affairs with the Hindu. Once, Hazrat Sahibzada ra was sitting in court, when a per- son was brought in to be punished. When the individual arrived, the governor ordered that he be made to lie down and be beaten with canes. Usually, the perpetrator would continuously be struck to the brink of death. When the punishment was being meted out to the man, Hazrat Sahibzada ra thought to himself that the Governor is angry and will not stop the punishment and the crim- inal will not be able to tolerate much more because he is old and feeble. So, Hazrat Sahibzada ra wrapped a piece of cloth around his hands and placed his hands on the man’s body so that the canes would hit his hands to save the old man from the blows. When the Governor saw this, he ordered his son to go outside and finish the remainder of the punishment so that Hazrat Sahibzada ra would not witness it. The son took the criminal outside and released him because, in his eyes, Hazrat Sahibzada ra had already forgiven him.