Hazrat Sahibzadah Abdul-Lateef (ra)

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Hazrat Sahibzadah Abdul-Lateef 70 a shackle weighing about seventeen pounds. In such a manner he was imprisoned. During Hazrat Sahibzadah Abdul-Lateef ’s imprisonment, nobody was allowed to visit him. He remained engaged in the remembrance of Allah and continuously recited the Holy Quran. The prison was so brutal that anyone would pre- fer death to living there. The room was guarded day and night. These guards said that they heard the recitation of the Holy Quran day and night from his room. Here also, all the guards consid- ered him to be a revered personality and held him in high regard. The prison guards were amazed at how he miraculously met his basic needs despite all the restrictions. He somehow sent a message back home to send him some provisions during this