Shrine of Baba shukuruddin rehmatullahealayh on hilltop
The shrine of Hazrat Baba Shakoor ud din RA at spiritual sharikot hill top at watlub sopore is a spiritual marvel.
From the available sources provided to my by the shrine management I came to know that this great wali kamil had taken birth during the reign of sultan Qutub Din.From his baby hood Hazrat Baba shakoor ud din wali RA was charactered,truthfull and had a great love for Allah and his prophet,peace be upon him.He spent his time in prayers and reciting The Quran.As The saint grew up he began to work in the field.
Once his mother was carrying food for him in a big basket.On the way she met two pious who told her for whom she was carrying too much food.The mother replied that for her son who was working in the fields.The two pious gave a Quranic verse Bismillah to the woman and asked her to say her son that before eating food recite the Quranic verse before eating food.They also told her to reduce the size of the basket every day.The mother of Hazrat Baba shakur ud din wali did the same.A lot of changes began to appear in Baba shakoor ud din RA.This was indeed the begining of his spiritual journey.Once he asked his mother about the incident .The mother narrated the whole episode.Then Baba shukoor ud din asked his mother where she met these pious men.The mother pointed towords the south.On hearing this Baba started his spiritual journey and reached to Char i sharief.There he met the founder of our indigenous Rishi movement,Hazrat e Alam dar e kadhmir,Shiekh ul aalam.Hazrat e Baba shakur ud wali RA narrated the whole episode to the Hazrat e Alamdar e kashmir RA.Hazrat Aldmdar RA sent him to Ashmuqam to get benefited from the spiritual knowledge of Hazrat Zain ud din wali RA.He spent many years there to learn the mystic fibre.Latter on Hazrat Zain ud din Reshi RA dirrected him stay and mediate in the cave at the top of hill near watlab village of sopore.On the Bank of Once Asia´s largest fresh water lake “The wulur”.But today little more than a big pound.The wulur is dying unsung,unwept and unheard.
Latter on A noble and very pious Baba Reshi RA came to him and become his assistant.
He rendered meritorious service for him.Carried water on his shoulders for Hazrat Baba Shakur ud din RA.One day Hazrat Baba Shakoor ud din RA saw some wounds on his shoulders and got impressed by his greatness.
Baba payamud din reshi alias Baba reshi shrine at Tangmarg kashmir
Baba Shakoor ud din RA prayed for him.Threw the arrow and told Hazrat Baba Piyam ud din Reshi to RA to find it.Baba Piyam ud din Rehi RA reached Tangmerg ,where he found the arrow
Baba piyam ud din Reshi stayed at Tangmerg and gifted a decorated wooden Door to His Murshid,Hazrat Baba shakoor ud din RA with his spiritual power bestowed upon him by Rub e jaleel.The door got fitted itself.and is still there. .The villagers replaced the place of the door but on the next day they found it their original place.
A lot of Maricles are attributed with him .once a hindu pandith,who was a goverment employ came to him.He had taken a loan and was unable to liquidate it.Hazrat Baba Shakur ud din blessed him and told him Trust in Allah.Every thing will be okay.When the pandith reached home he found all his family memers happy.Because the government had sent him a letter to join the office and collect some amount from the government .
A cow used to visit every day Hazrat Baba Shakur ud din RA.whom the saint used to take milk.Once the owner of the cow fallowed the cow and rwached to the cave of Baba shakur ud din RA.where he felt astonished on seeing the saint milking his cow bcz the cow had not given birth to any calf for last few years.He demanded the calves.Hazrat Baba Shakur ud din RA told him to go back to home and have Faith in Allah,The most merciful and the most compassionate .The owner of the cow reached home and found many calves in his cow shed.The news of this Maricle spread like a wild fire.People began to visit Hazrat Baba Shukur udin RA in crowds to get the blessings of this great Wali kamil of Rub i jaleel.Even now the shrine is thronged by the people of different castes,Creeds and colours.
It is said that In 1996 a girl from Malangom Bandipora,whose one hand was not functioning,touched the mystical door her hand became normal.there are a lot of such Maricles attributed to this great wali kamil,I learnt from the people aswell as from the literature provided to me by the shrine management .It is said that in 870 Hijri this great wali kamil dug a grave for himself and jumped into it.The grave automatically got covered.
The urs pak of this great wali kamil is celebrated on 27th of
Jamid u sani,islamic month.every year.The people in large visit the shrine with lot of hopes and wishes.A voice of tanks is some times heard near the shrine.Probably that is why He is known as “Top andaaz i kashmir.
Saw a lot of old women tying wishing rags with the ceiling .
Innumerable wishing rags were there.Hardly matching any votive rag matches with the other.From shummering cloth to dull fabric.Devotees use varities of textile to make rags easily distinguishable.Few even use polythene.The new rags overlaping the old ones.Some votive rags are even tied to door handles and window locks. I saw an old woman ,she was confident that all her wishes would be granted because of the votive rag she tied on latticed wooden railing .
I am writing about the Aulia e kiram and Buzargan e deen in my columns.I researched and found that kashmir is not known as the “heaven”
or Janat e benazeer because of her natural beauty but because it is an abode of towering and high ranked spiritual and mystical powers .
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