The Martyr - Hazrat Sahibzada Abdul Latif — Page 59
Part II—Hazrat Sahibzada Shaheed’s Travel to Qadian 59 to go. Finally, at that time my condition was such that even if I had ordered the Earth to seize these people it would have done so. I told the village leader, “Okay, go ahead and sit on the road and try to stop me, and if I do not cross by you then I am not my father’s son. ” After this last statement, the village leader recognized the state of being I was in and so he fell at my feet and said, “Do not pray for calamity against us in this state and please forgive us. ” I said to him, “I will only forgive you if you take me to the other side of this mountain right now. ” Thus, the village leader along with a few others took my family and me across the border and then they returned and we set forth. I had taken a few pieces of hair from Hazrat Sahibzada Shaheed ra with me as a sentimental token and presented them to the Promised Messiah as. He was delighted and put [Hazrat Sahibzada Shaheed’s ra] hair in a glass bottle and placed it in Bait-ud-Dua. Hazrat Sahibzada ra was a very learned and respectable man. The Ameer used to give him a yearly income of 1,100 rupees and, along with that, he owned a vast amount of land and was the chief in his region. In one moment, he sacrificed his reputation, dig- nity, prestige, riches, and wealth for the Promised Messiah as in the way of God. He even gave his own beloved life. The Promised Messiah as used to say with regards to him, “If I had not come, then, surely, he would have come in my place. ” The events surrounding his stoning occurred as follows. When he had served his time in prison, he was called in front of the reli- gious council. The Ameer ordered the religious clerics to ask him questions and to forbid him from asking any questions. He was asked an innumerable amount of questions. He responded to each one of them. In the end, he was asked what he thought of