Hazrat Mian Rehmat Sain
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Hazrat Mian Rehmat Sain was a Sufi saint.
He was born in 1787 A.D in Gurdaspur
District. His father's name was Mian Khair Din Chauhan
. He was just two years old when his father left his hometown in search of employment along with his wife and three sons and came to Tehsil Shakargarh
in Narowal
District. Staying there some days and then in the famous town of Chawinda
doing labour work for almost one and a half years, his father left for Gujranwala
. His father joined Ghulam Farid, a potter, as an employee. His father continued this job for three years and learnt the art of pottery, then left the job and started his own pottery business. His father died after just four years in 1798 A.D. Just one year later his mother also died. Both of his brothers started masonry labour and then started taking construction contracts. In 1805 they left Gujranwala and settled in Pindi Bhattian
.
As Mian Rahmat was the youngest and the beloved brother and avoided labour, he started stealing and robbery with the help of local criminals when he was just 19. His brothers tried to advise him but he did not stop, so both of them left him alone for the state of Kalowal in the Town of Ichharwal. Here they also continued their same profession. Mian Rehmat stayed in Pindi Bhattian with criminals for almost 6 years and then left for Ichharwal in 1816 A.D.
Living in Ichharwal he fell in love with the daughter of a landlord. He kept asking her family for permission to marry her but they did not accept. When he annoyed the parents of that girl, they made a complaint to the ruler of state, Sardar Kaley Khan Khokhar. The Sardar called Mian Rehmat and asked his will. Knowing his will, the Sardar put a condition in front of him that if he brought the camel of Maharaja Ranjit Singh
, who had just arrived in Jhang
after conquering the fort of Chiniot
and owned camels of excellent breed, his desire would be granted. Sardar was thinking that Ranjit Singh would kill him if Mian Rehmat tried to steal the camel, as Ranjit Singh was known for his cruelty.
So Mian Rehmat left for Jhang. Before he had reached Jhang, Maharaja Ranjit Singh along with his military had left Jhang to conquer the fort of Shorkot
. He chased Maharaja's army and found them near Ahmedpur Sial
where they were resting. Finding the opportunity when camels and horses were tied up, he untied a camel and ran away.
Knowing this incident Ranjit Singh's army started chasing Mian Rehmat. Meanwhile he reached near the shrine of Hazrat Sakhi Sultan Bahoo and army just reached there. He tied the camel, entered the shrine and hid himself under the fabric which covered the grave. Ranjit Singh's army tried hard but could not find him.
When the army left he saw that the camel's gender had been changed from feminine to masculine and the army had gone unsuccessful. His mind was abruptly changed. He repented
to God, gave up all his crimes and become a faqeer of Sultanul Arifeen Hazrat Sultan Bahoo. He stayed there for ten years and a day according to his Murshid's order he left the place and started travelling towards Sargodha alongside river Jehlum. When he reached Thatta Noon, he started writing the Tragedy of Karbala
sitting under a Shisham tree.
An English canal system officer, H. S. Hewis, was surveying the area for a new canal. He saw Mian Rehmat through his surveying machine, sitting under the tree and writing something. He sent one of his constables to ask him to leave, as they were digging the canal, but Mian Rehmat refused. Mr. Hewis came himself and rudely asked him to leave the place as it was being surveyed to dig the canal. Mian Rehmat replied that the war of Karbala
was being staged in front of him and he was compiling it. Mr. Hewis asked where it was, so Mian Rehmat created a victory sign with the index and middle finger of his right hand and asked him to look between. When Mr. Hewis looked, he saw the war, so he apologised and diverted the canal, and also allotted Mian Rehmat twenty acres of land at that spot.
Passing twelve years of his life in travelling he again came to the shrine of Hazrat Sultan Bahoo. His murshid ordered him to leave for his hometown and live there. So, he reached Ichharwal and stayed there. He got married at the age of 90 years. He had six sons named Masoom Ali, Mian Sher Muhammad, Mian Sultan Bakhsh, Mian Muhammad Ali, Mian Wali Muhammad and Mian Noor Hussain. His eldest son Masoom Ali died in childhood. He also had a daughter Sher Bibi who was married to the caretaker of Hazrat Sultan bahoo's shrine Hazrat Noor Muhammad. He spent his whole life in the grief of Hazrat Imam Husain A.S. When his son Wali Muhammad died he stopped weeping, people asked why don't you weep now, he replied how can I pollute these eyes that have wept in the grief of Fatima Zehra
S.A.'s son.
He died 1329 Hijra (1908 A.D.) at the age of 121 years. He was buried in Ichharwal Town. His eldest son Mian Sher Muhammad constructed, and became the caretaker of, his shrine. His shrine is famous as Khui Mian Rehmat (Well of Mian Rehmat). After the death of Mian Sher Muhammad his eldest son Ghulam Hussain became the caretaker and now the son of Mian Ghulam Hussain, Mian Ghulam Abbas is caretaker.
Hazrat Mian Rahmat prosed the tragedy of Karbala in the Punjabi
language's Jhangochi
dialect but this tremendous work of poetry could never be published as it contains some realities of Islamic history which may arouse differences between Islamic sects. A family of his mureeds living in ChaK 137 S.B in Tehsil Sillanwali
district Sargodha
has the complete set of his handwritten poetry books.
An Urdu Book written by By Dr. Irshad Ahmed
He was born in 1787 A.D in Gurdaspur
Gurdaspur
Gurdaspur is a city in the state of Punjab, situated in the northwest part of the Republic of India. It is located in the center of and is the administrative head of Gurdaspur District. It was the location of a fort which was famous for the siege it sustained in 1712 from the Mughals...
District. His father's name was Mian Khair Din Chauhan
Chauhan
Chauhan, Chouhan or Chohan , , - is a clan who ruled parts of northern India in the Middle Ages. The clan is most famous for Rajput King Maharaja Prithviraj Chauhan...
. He was just two years old when his father left his hometown in search of employment along with his wife and three sons and came to Tehsil Shakargarh
Shakargarh
Shakargarh , the headquarters of Shakargarh Tehsil, is a city in the north-east of Narowal District, Punjab, Pakistan. It borders Jammu to the North and Sialkot to the west The city is located at 32°16'0N 75°10'0E and is situated at the west bank of the Ravi River.-Demographics:The total area of...
in Narowal
Narowal
Narowal is a city in the northeast of the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city is the capital of Narowal District and tehsil. It is situated on the banks of Ravi River about 4–5 km from the Indian border.-Etymology:...
District. Staying there some days and then in the famous town of Chawinda
Chawinda
Chawinda is a town of the tehsil Pasrur of Sialkot District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located at 32°23'08.05" N 74°42'43.94" E with an altitude of 165 metres . It is known as "the Graveyard of Tanks" because of the large number of tanks destroyed in Battle of Chawinda during 1965...
doing labour work for almost one and a half years, his father left for Gujranwala
Gujranwala
Gujranwala is a industrial city in the north-east of the Punjab province. It is the sixth largest city in Pakistan with a population of approximately 2,661,360 as on 24 June 2011...
. His father joined Ghulam Farid, a potter, as an employee. His father continued this job for three years and learnt the art of pottery, then left the job and started his own pottery business. His father died after just four years in 1798 A.D. Just one year later his mother also died. Both of his brothers started masonry labour and then started taking construction contracts. In 1805 they left Gujranwala and settled in Pindi Bhattian
Pindi Bhattian
Pindi Bhattian is an administrative sub-division Pindi Bhattian Tehsil and an historic city of Hafizabad District. It is the city of Bhatti family. Dulla Bhatti was the famous person of Pindi Bhattian....
.
As Mian Rahmat was the youngest and the beloved brother and avoided labour, he started stealing and robbery with the help of local criminals when he was just 19. His brothers tried to advise him but he did not stop, so both of them left him alone for the state of Kalowal in the Town of Ichharwal. Here they also continued their same profession. Mian Rehmat stayed in Pindi Bhattian with criminals for almost 6 years and then left for Ichharwal in 1816 A.D.
Living in Ichharwal he fell in love with the daughter of a landlord. He kept asking her family for permission to marry her but they did not accept. When he annoyed the parents of that girl, they made a complaint to the ruler of state, Sardar Kaley Khan Khokhar. The Sardar called Mian Rehmat and asked his will. Knowing his will, the Sardar put a condition in front of him that if he brought the camel of Maharaja Ranjit Singh
Ranjit Singh
Maharaja Ranjit Singh Ji was the first Maharaja of the Sikh Empire.-Early life:...
, who had just arrived in Jhang
Jhang
- Demographics :According to 1981 census of Pakistan population of Jhang was 1,970,944 with the 434,495 housing units in Jhang. In 1998 census, population of Jhang was 2,834,545, whose annually growth rate was 2.16%. Male population was 1,474,099 and female population was 1,360,446...
after conquering the fort of Chiniot
Chiniot
Chiniot is a city and administration headquarter of Chiniot District, in the state of Punjab, Pakistan. Located between the heart of river Chenab with the heads of small rocky hills, it is known for its wooden furniture architecture which has a great attraction in all over the world.- Name and...
and owned camels of excellent breed, his desire would be granted. Sardar was thinking that Ranjit Singh would kill him if Mian Rehmat tried to steal the camel, as Ranjit Singh was known for his cruelty.
So Mian Rehmat left for Jhang. Before he had reached Jhang, Maharaja Ranjit Singh along with his military had left Jhang to conquer the fort of Shorkot
Shorkot
Shorkot is a city in the Jhang District of Punjab, Pakistan. It is located at 30°50'0N 72°4'0E with an altitude of 131 metres and lies in the centre of the district, serving as the headquarters of Shorkot Tehsil. The Sarfraz Rafiqi Airbase, the third largest in Pakistan, is located here...
. He chased Maharaja's army and found them near Ahmedpur Sial
Ahmedpur Sial
Ahmedpur Sial is a small town Jhang District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city is the headquarters of Ahmedpur Sial Tehsil which an administrative subdivision of the district. Its population in 1998 was 13,131....
where they were resting. Finding the opportunity when camels and horses were tied up, he untied a camel and ran away.
Knowing this incident Ranjit Singh's army started chasing Mian Rehmat. Meanwhile he reached near the shrine of Hazrat Sakhi Sultan Bahoo and army just reached there. He tied the camel, entered the shrine and hid himself under the fabric which covered the grave. Ranjit Singh's army tried hard but could not find him.
When the army left he saw that the camel's gender had been changed from feminine to masculine and the army had gone unsuccessful. His mind was abruptly changed. He repented
Repentance in Islam
The word Tawbah in Arabic literally means 'to return'. In an Islamic context, it refers to the act of leaving what God has prohibited and returning to what He has commanded. The subject of repentance is one which concerns all people who believe in God, and is central to Islamic belief as well. It...
to God, gave up all his crimes and become a faqeer of Sultanul Arifeen Hazrat Sultan Bahoo. He stayed there for ten years and a day according to his Murshid's order he left the place and started travelling towards Sargodha alongside river Jehlum. When he reached Thatta Noon, he started writing the Tragedy of Karbala
Battle of Karbala
The Battle of Karbala took place on Muharram 10, in the year 61 of the Islamic calendar in Karbala, in present day Iraq. On one side of the highly uneven battle were a small group of supporters and relatives of Muhammad's grandson Husain ibn Ali, and on the other was a large military detachment...
sitting under a Shisham tree.
An English canal system officer, H. S. Hewis, was surveying the area for a new canal. He saw Mian Rehmat through his surveying machine, sitting under the tree and writing something. He sent one of his constables to ask him to leave, as they were digging the canal, but Mian Rehmat refused. Mr. Hewis came himself and rudely asked him to leave the place as it was being surveyed to dig the canal. Mian Rehmat replied that the war of Karbala
Karbala
Karbala is a city in Iraq, located about southwest of Baghdad. Karbala is the capital of Karbala Governorate, and has an estimated population of 572,300 people ....
was being staged in front of him and he was compiling it. Mr. Hewis asked where it was, so Mian Rehmat created a victory sign with the index and middle finger of his right hand and asked him to look between. When Mr. Hewis looked, he saw the war, so he apologised and diverted the canal, and also allotted Mian Rehmat twenty acres of land at that spot.
Passing twelve years of his life in travelling he again came to the shrine of Hazrat Sultan Bahoo. His murshid ordered him to leave for his hometown and live there. So, he reached Ichharwal and stayed there. He got married at the age of 90 years. He had six sons named Masoom Ali, Mian Sher Muhammad, Mian Sultan Bakhsh, Mian Muhammad Ali, Mian Wali Muhammad and Mian Noor Hussain. His eldest son Masoom Ali died in childhood. He also had a daughter Sher Bibi who was married to the caretaker of Hazrat Sultan bahoo's shrine Hazrat Noor Muhammad. He spent his whole life in the grief of Hazrat Imam Husain A.S. When his son Wali Muhammad died he stopped weeping, people asked why don't you weep now, he replied how can I pollute these eyes that have wept in the grief of Fatima Zehra
Fatimah
Fatimah was a daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad from his first wife Khadijah bint Khuwaylid. She is regarded by Muslims as an exemplar for men and women. She remained at her father's side through the difficulties suffered by him at the hands of the Quraysh of Mecca...
S.A.'s son.
He died 1329 Hijra (1908 A.D.) at the age of 121 years. He was buried in Ichharwal Town. His eldest son Mian Sher Muhammad constructed, and became the caretaker of, his shrine. His shrine is famous as Khui Mian Rehmat (Well of Mian Rehmat). After the death of Mian Sher Muhammad his eldest son Ghulam Hussain became the caretaker and now the son of Mian Ghulam Hussain, Mian Ghulam Abbas is caretaker.
Hazrat Mian Rahmat prosed the tragedy of Karbala in the Punjabi
Punjabi language
Punjabi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by inhabitants of the historical Punjab region . For Sikhs, the Punjabi language stands as the official language in which all ceremonies take place. In Pakistan, Punjabi is the most widely spoken language...
language's Jhangochi
Jhangochi
Jhangochi is the oldest and most conservative dialect of the Punjabi language. Jaangli,Jhangvi,Chenavri,Changvi and Rachnavi are alternate names of this dialect. It is spoken throughout a widespread area, starting from Khanewal and Jhang at both ends of Ravi River and Chenab River to Gujranwala...
dialect but this tremendous work of poetry could never be published as it contains some realities of Islamic history which may arouse differences between Islamic sects. A family of his mureeds living in ChaK 137 S.B in Tehsil Sillanwali
Sillanwali
Sillanwali is a town of Sargodha District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The town has recently been made tehsil headquarters with the creation of Sillanwali Tehsil...
district Sargodha
Sargodha
Sargodha is a city in the Sargodha District of Punjab province, Pakistan.Sargodha is located in the northwest of Pakistan. It is the eleventh largest city of Pakistan and also known as Pakistan's best citrus-producing area. It is an agricultural trade centre with various industries...
has the complete set of his handwritten poetry books.
Reference
Tareekh ChiniotChiniot
Chiniot is a city and administration headquarter of Chiniot District, in the state of Punjab, Pakistan. Located between the heart of river Chenab with the heads of small rocky hills, it is known for its wooden furniture architecture which has a great attraction in all over the world.- Name and...
An Urdu Book written by By Dr. Irshad Ahmed