The Martyr - Hazrat Sahibzada Abdul Latif — Page 82
The Martyr—Hazrat Sahibzada Abdul Latif Shaheed ra 82 money and other things from the common people. He saw that the maulvis would unnecessarily argue and fight everyone and would issue false fatwas. He saw that the shaikhan would merely carry large rosary prayer beads. Hazrat Sahibzada ra thought to himself, “I inherited the dress of the ruling class from our ances- tors and Allah has himself given me the dress of the maulvis. Now I should look at the shaikhan. They are a widespread people and are found everywhere. ” He continued, “When I saw that various types of people come to me, I started to deal with the Shaikhan people with tenderness and love. ” Whenever they would come, Hazrat Sahibzada ra would host them and, at the same time, start discussing the Quran and hadith. Then a maulvi of the Shaikhan suggested that Hazrat Sahibzada ra should visit the Maulvi of Mantarki who is the mu’azzin of Swat District. He said, “He is a kind maulvi with a lot of influence. ” So Hazrat Sahibzada ra decided to pay him a visit. Students of the Maulvi of Mantarki were spread out in the town and they honored Hazrat Sahibzada ra greatly and were happy to see that an individual of such a high caliber has come to learn from their own saint. The reason Hazrat Sahibzada ra had gone was to figure out whether this maulvi’s teachings were similar to teachings of the other maulvis of the shaikhan or if was he a pious individual. Hazrat Sahibzada ra finally reached the Maulvi. A lot of different people had also come to Mantarki with him. The shaikhan used to give a lot of teachings contradictory to the Quran and hadith. There were approximately 150 such teach- ings, one of them being that it is forbidden to have pattay, or, in other words, hair on one’s head. Another one was that it is haram to smell niswar [snuff tobacco] and the land where a niswar tree