| News Details |
| Reshmol Day observed at Anantnag,Kashmir | | Anantnag,March 26 (Scoop News) –Reshmol Day was today observed with fervor and enthusiasm at Dak Bungalow, Khanabal today.
People from different walks of life participated to pay home to the Saint Baba Hyder Reshi.
Various religious scholars also spoke on the occasion about the contribution of the saint in propagating the Reshi culture.
It was also given out during the deliberations that Baba Hyder Reshi who was born in village Dantar of Anantnag district had great miracles even during his childhood and had spent his life in complete in celibacy.
The great saint had been disciple of Hazrat Sheikh Hamza Makhdoom (RA) from who received religious education and spiritual inspirations.
Speaking on the occasion, Deputy Commissioner, Anantnag, Dr. Farooq Ahmad Lone emphasized the significance of Sufi traditions and said that such traditions have been playing an important role in maintaining brotherhood and communal harmony.
Dr. Lone also told that the district is bestowed with large number of shrines of these pious souls adding that the tomb of Baba Hyder Reshi popularly known as Resh Mol is visited by both Muslims and Hindus in large number.
It may be mentioned that the tomb of Baba Hyder Reshi popularly known as Harda Reshi or Reshi Molu, the saint at whose anniversary local people of the area abstain from flesh eating for one week, is visited by both Muslims and Hindus alike. The shrine is one of the famous places frequented by people from all over the valley. It is Situated in Mohalla Reshi Sahib in Anantnag Town. The body of the saint is enshrined alongwith 21 of his disciples in the tomb.
Born on 29th Rajab, 909 Hijri ( 17-1-1504) A.D. in village Dandar of Tehsil Anantnag in the house of Sheikh Abdulla a blacksmith by profession, Baba Hyder Rehsi is said to have performed graet miracles in his very childhood. He used a look after cultivation, tend cattle, and spent his life in complete celibacy. His spiritual guode had been Hazrat Sheikh Hamza Makhdoom Sahib, a great saint of Kashmir whose shrine is situated on the hill of Hari Parbat located in Srinagar city. From him, he is said to have received religious education and spiritual inspiration.
Baba Reshi came into prominence when the then ruler of Kashmir Ali Shah Chak and the prince Yousuf Shah Chak started paying courtesy calls on him. The one time graet scholar and chief Qazi of Kashmir Baba Dawood Khaki also used to visist him. Rehsi Saheb possessed graet spiritual powers and abstained throughout his life from eating meat and onions. Some of the miracles attributed to him are given below:
An eighty tear old devotee of the saint Ab.Rahim Badal who was a rich man had no issue and had given up all hopes to have one. One day he visited the saint asked for what was apparently impossible. The saint offered an apple to his devotee. After nine months a male child was born in his house who was named Mohd Sharief. However, the child’s mother died. The child refused to suckle any other breast. When brought before him, the saint put his own finger into the child’s mouth which he at once started sucking. The child in his own adulthood attained spiritual enlightment and later joined as one of the disciples of the saint. The saint is said to have passed away in 976 Hijri ( 1568 A.D.) at the age of 67 years in deep meditation. The relic has been passed from Khalifa Hazrat Ali to Shiekh Shahad-ud-din Sohrawardi and afterwards it is said to have been presented to Baba Reshi by Hazrat Makhdoom Sahib when the former accepted him as his spiritual guide. There is also a rosery and a walking stick of the saint preserved in the shrine of Reshi Sahib.... |
| |
|
|
Share this Story |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|