The Martyr - Hazrat Sahibzada Abdul Latif — Page 61
Part II—Hazrat Sahibzada Shaheed’s Travel to Qadian 61 decided that his body should be taken and buried in Hazrat Sahibzada’s ra village. Consequently, he secretly moved Hazrat Sahibzada’s ra body and buried it in his village and made a sim- ple grave for him. However Khan Ajab Khan Sahib, the tax col- lector, said that Hazrat Sahibzada’s ra grave should be made in a more elegant manner. Perhaps the aforementioned tax collector also helped in this regard, but the students of Hazrat Sahibzada ra made a new grave for him in Syedgah. When some time passed and his gravesite became popular, people started to come from far and wide to visit the site. Then, it was reported to the King that this man’s body, which had been stoned, was brought here and a grand gravesite has been made for him. People from far off places have started to visit it and make religious offerings at his gravesite. Ameer Nasrullah Khan, the brother of the Ameer, gave an order to the Governor of Khost to extract the remains of Hazrat Sahibzada ra and throw them in a river or burn them. He also ordered that whoever originally removed his body should be pun- ished. When the Governor of Khost received the order, he sent a government worker who took out the remaining bones from the body. Some say that the bones were thrown in a river and others say that they were buried in another cemetery. Meeru, the person who moved the body to Syedgah, had his face blackened and was made to ride a donkey all around the village. People would say, “Look, this is that man who removed the body of the kafir who was stoned. Look at the punishment he has gotten. ” In any case, Allah saved Hazrat Sahibzada’s ra grave from becoming a place of innovation and shirk. May Allah send tre- mendous blessings upon him and may Allah always keep him in the shadow of his throne. Ameen, Thumma Ameen.