On one of his meetings with Sain Mira, Dr Hakim took his old friend Mian Najamuddin Khan who was inspiring to be the first local Director General Survey of Pakistan replacing the British whose term of service was coming to an end. Rumi became his disciple and blindly followed his ‘Murshid’ (Spiritual Guide). Both Dr Hakim and Allama Iqbal were disciples of the Maulana Jalal ud Din Rumi the 13th century mystic poet from Konya, who was overcome by the spirituality of Shamas Tabriz a ‘Wandering Dervish’ whom he came across while engrossed in his usual studies.Īfter the very first meeting Rumi was so overwhelmed that he wrote, “He captivated me but liberated my soul.” For the scholar it was a new dimension that he could not attain through years of reading and writing. While he considered himself to be at the theoretical end of Sufism, he thought that Sain was on the practical side. Read More: Spiritual Pakistan’s penchant for hash Disciples of Maulana Jalal ud Din Rumi
Dr Khalifa Abdul Hakim my mothers uncle and a great scholar of Sufism also visited Sain Mira on his way to Murree for his summer break. We came back finished our packing but my father was delayed with the court hearing and our departure was called off. My mother insisted that we were to leave that afternoon by Tezgam and had bought the tickets as well but he insisted that the train had left. Once we went to see him for a farewell visit before returning to Lahore, he kept saying your train has left. Like Sain Mirchu he too had a soft fuse for worldly nonsense but was not violent. Last I met Sain Mira was in 1974-75 time frame but my memories with him are fresh as ever. In these circles, I proved to be an asset for my mother so she usually took me along. On hearing my name they would usually ask me to sit near them in the front row. In Sufi circles the name ‘Farid’ carries a lot of weight age. Read More: What happens in the brain during a spiritual experience? Sain Mirchu and Sain Mira As a child I was not very comfortable with Sain Mirchu but Sain Mira was friendly.
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She knew how to behave with them, gave them respect and never pushed for answers, it was more of a consultation. Whenever we visited Rawalpindi, she would visit Sain Mirchu and after him Sain Mira, I usually accompanied her. While Sundays are holy for the Christians, Saturdays for the Jews and Fridays for the Muslims as they are required to offer Juma prayers, the Sufi’s revere Thursdays ( Jumairat ) which is celebrated in a big way with ‘Qawali’ or ‘Mehfi-e-Samma’ as it is called. Most Thursdays we visited the Shrine of Data Sahib which was not far from where we lived. My late mother because of her Persian roots had strong Sufi leanings. Read More: Feroze Khan quits showbiz industry for Islam after spiritual awakening Personal experience with the Sain’s The stories differ some revealed that because of his violence he was shifted outside the town in the forest area away from the population where he lived in isolation and then perished to be be buried here, while others believe that he himself decided to move away as he was unhappy with his changed surroundings. In either case it was a long awaited reunion, as a student of Sufism I was thrilled to stand at his shrine and offer fate-ha for his soul. I inquired how did Sain Mirchu land in this part of the outskirts of the city as he had disappeared from the Banni area. The Mazar is impressive, they have ‘Qawali’ every Thursday together with a daily ‘Langar’ (food distribution). While Data Sahib was a scholar, his book Kashf ul Mahjoob is considered to be one of the most outstanding books ever written about the realm of metaphysics, the Sain’s of Rawalpindi were more of Dervish who roamed around the area. Whlie Ali Usman Al- Hajveri also known as Hazrat Data Gunj Buksh is the Patron Saint of Lahore, Hazrat Bari Imam Sarkar has that status for Rawalpindi/ Islamabad area. Read More: Marketing Spirituality The Sain’s of Rawalpindi The Sufi traditions of Rawalpindi are different from Lahore.
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I asked the driver to turn towards it as it was the first time after the sixties that I had heard/read about him. My eyes caught a sign that read, ‘Mazar of Sain Mirchu’. On my last trip to Islamabad, I rediscovered Sain Mirchu as I was driving towards the Airport. His place was then taken by a milder Sain Mira who was accommodated in the open courtyard of a house in the same area.
The Sufi’s use the term ‘Ruhposh’ for this disappearance. He lived and roamed in the streets, intermingled with the people but one day he disappeared.
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