The Martyr - Hazrat Sahibzada Abdul Latif — Page 51
Part II—Hazrat Sahibzada Shaheed’s Travel to Qadian 51 service of His religion. You should make no such plans lest they commit excesses against me in this house. Hazrat Sahibzada ra was held in Khost because the Governor was afraid that if he were to directly take him to Kabul then on the way, Hazrat Sahibzada’s ra followers may attack them and may free him. But after waiting two or three weeks, he realized that Hazrat Sahibzada ra was himself discouraging others from this confronta- tion, and so he sent him to Kabul with only a few horsemen. It is related from these horsemen that—and God knows best how truthful this account may be—when they were on their way to Kabul, they lost track of Hazrat Sahibzada ra twice under their guard. When they looked again, they found him sitting there just as before and then he said to them, “You know that you are not taking me against my will, right? I am going of my own accord. ” Then, it is related that they escorted him with extreme caution and respect to Kabul. When they arrived at Kabul, they presented him to Habeebullah Khan’s brother, Ameer Nasrullah Khan who, without any exchange of words, ordered that all his belongings be confiscated. Thus, Hazrat Sahibzada’s ra belongings, food, and horse were seized from him. A directive was then enforced to have him transferred to the Arg prison. This is where high-ranking people were usually imprisoned. There he was put under great discomfort. Despite the hardships that he endured during this prison stay, those who saw him at the time narrate that he would constantly spend his time remembering Allah and reciting the Holy Quran. He spent three to four months in prison. Once, somehow, he sent word that he wanted a bit of money