The Martyr - Hazrat Sahibzada Abdul Latif — Page 55
Part II—Hazrat Sahibzada Shaheed’s Travel to Qadian 55 and was heavily wounded. When I woke up, I gathered that Hazrat Sahibzada ra approved of this deed. I then sought to devise a plan to get him out. I met with a member of a platoon who was a friend of Hazrat Sahibzada ra and a hawaldaar [a rank in the army]. I mentioned my intentions to him regarding Hazrat Sahibzada Shaheed ra. Upon hearing this, he began to cry and said, “I, too, thought of getting him out many times, but I could not muster the strength to carry it out. Now, since you have arrived, I will help you, God willing. ” I told him to gather as many people as he could and send them to meet at the site of the martyrdom at midnight, and that I would make preparations for the shroud, casket, scents and other burial arrangements. I then acquired a casket from a laborer and other items and took them to a graveyard nearby. It was God’s might that at the time I went to Kabul, cholera was rampant in the region and there were so many dead bodies that no one inquired into the affairs of each other. When I went there, one dead body after another would come and people would bury the deceased. No one questioned me and everyone was busy moving about hastily. No one thought to ask how I got there or if there was even anything inside the casket that I was carrying. Anyway, around midnight, I saw that none of the people that I had solicited help from had shown up. Despite their absence, I resolved that I would get him out regardless of the circumstance. Shortly thereafter, the platoon member arrived with a few peo- ple and I had also arrived at Hindu Sooza with the casket. After Hazrat Sahibzada ra had been martyred, the site was put under guard for three days. Afterwards, the town of Meegazeen was put in charge of ensuring that no one would carry Hazrat Sahibzada’s ra