The Martyr - Hazrat Sahibzada Abdul Latif — Page 10
The Martyr—Hazrat Sahibzada Abdul Latif Shaheed ra 10 Nooruddin ra. Just before returning to Afghanistan, Shahzada Sahib ra requested Hazrat Maulvi Sahib ra to teach him a few Ahadith from Bukhari. After much insistence, he learned a few pages of Bukhari from him. Later on, Shahzada Sahib ra would tell his students that he learned these few pages from Hazrat Maulvi Sahib ra so that he may be counted among his students because, after the Promised Messiah as, he would become the first caliph. After granting him permission to leave, the Promised Messiah as himself, and a few others, walked to the river of Batala—a distance of a mile and a half from Qadian — to bid him farewell. When it came time to part ways, Shahzada Sahib ra fell at the Promised Messiah’s as feet and implored that he pray for him. The Promised Messiah as responded, “Yes, I will pray for you but let go of my feet. ” Shahzada Sahib ra would not desist because of the grief of leaving his beloved. Upon seeing Shahzada Sahib’s ra persistence, the Promised Messiah as asserted, “The status of an order is higher than the status of respect. I order you to let go of my feet. ” At this Shahzada Sahib ra immediately let go of his feet. It appears from this encounter that God had informed Shahzada Sahib ra that this would be his final meeting with the Promised Messiah as, and that he may not get this opportunity again. During his trip home, a few of his students also accompa- nied him. Upon arriving in Lahore, Shahzada Sahib ra spent three or four days in a small house. He bought a few books and then travelled to Kohat by train. Throughout the entire journey, he was constantly reciting the Holy Quran. From Kohat, he hired a horse-carriage for the journey to Bannu. In the horse-carriage, he was still busy in the recitation of the Holy Quran. When it came time for Asr