LAL SHAHBAZ QALANDAR

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AL SHAHBAZ QALANDAR.

Syed Muhammad usman marwandi.

A virtual picture
of hazrat lal qalandar R.A

Inside view of shrine

Shrine of hazrat shahSha qalandar

Popularily known as lal Shahbaz qalandar

Lal(ruby_colored )
Shahbaz _ to denot a noble and divine spirit
Qalandar- (as he was wandering holy man
Lal shahbaz was a sufi scholar.
Sindhi: لعل شھباز قلندر‎)
He live in this world from
1177-1274
Son of. Ibrahim Kabiruddin
Present in sehwan sindh pakistan .
Was born in maiwand (afghaAfghan)

A contemporary of Rumi, he travelled around the Muslim world and settled in Sehwan, Sindh .

Was a sufi saint and religious poet of present-day
Pakistan and afghaAfghan .

He is reverced and respected by both Muslims and Hindus in the region since he deliver the sermon religious tolerance between the faith .

The spiritual song Dam dam mast qalandar
Based on original version 13th century .

He visit all Muslim world

In Multan

He met Bahaud-din Zakariya of the Suhrawardiyya ,Baba Fariduddin Ganjshakar of the Chishtiyya and Syed Jalaluddin Bukhari.

The friendship of these four became legendary, they were known as the Chahar Yar (In Persian the four friends) According to some historians, the four friends visited various parts of Sindh, Punjab (in present-day Pakistan) and southern part of India.

Shahbaz became a profound scholar of religions, fluent in many languages including

Pashto,

Persian,

Turkish,

Arabic,

Sindhi,

and Sanskrit.

After death hindus within sindh

Calling jhullelal .

A story from My grandmother .

Once upon a time when

Lal shahbaz qalandar migrat and settle in the sehwan sindh

At that time

A devil man was cutting the head of people and toothbrushing with the blood of perosn

Every one dread,fear or scared of that person

He didn't leave either chilld or old aged

That news lal shahbaz qalandar listen and he

Huf , angry and rampage and walk to that person, where the person was living jhullelal reached and take a wooden stick and rotate it

The whole colony rotate within wooden stick

He rotate whole the colony mean the entire homes enclosed in earth .

And that wooden stick rotate still present there in sehwan

Or some one sayiny the story like this

When I asked one of my parents why it is said to go Bodla Bahar first and then go to the shrine of Lal Qalander Shahbaz, I have been told that there is a long story behind it.

2-Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar had two disciples, Boodla Bahaar and Sachal Sarmast. Legend have it that Boodla Bahaar had a very long beard with which he used to clean up the place of Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar.

Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar asked Sachal Sarmast and Bodla Bahar to preach inside the city and their duty was to go stand in every nook and corner and say “Ali Haq” (Imam-Ali (A.S.) ibn-e-Abi-Talib (A.S.) is the ultimate Truth).

One day the king of the “fort” (now Ulta Qila) ordered his soldiers to bring him the man (Boodla Bahaar) who says “Ali Haq”. Once Boodla Bahaar was arrested he was presented to the king, he asked Boodla Bahaar stop saying “Ali Haq” Boodla Bahaar answered “Ali Haq” and I will not stop.

King got angry and asked his soldiers to kill Boodla Bahaar and make mince of his meat and then distribute it and throw it away.

There is a saying that when Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar used to call Boodla Bahaar he replied “Aya Sarkar” (I am coming my Lord!). When Boodla Bahaar didn’t return for a long time Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar inquired and found out what happened to him. He called “Boodla Bahaar” and whereever the meat of Boodla Bahaar was it replied “Aya Sarkar” (Coming My Lord!) and the meat gathered and turned back into a living Boodla Bahaar.

Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar sent him again to preach these people and the same thing happened again.

Hence after the third time he gave his “Mutahir” (A strong baseball bat type stick) to Boodla Bahaar and told him to turn it upside down while looking at the Fort and as Boodla Bahaar turned it, the whole fort was turned upside down (this is clear from the fort’s remains). Later on, someone asked Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar why didn’t he do it himself, Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar replied ‘I was holding on to the earth as if I haven’t stopped it, the whole earth would have turned upside down.’

3- Lal Shahbaz Qalander is said to have been challenged on the way by a famous ascetic to bathe in a tub of burning oil. He went through it and received no injury or burning marks on his body. Thus, he had earned the title of “Lal” as the ascetic said to him

“Thou are indeed the Lal of Lal”.
It means Lal Shahbaz Qalander was a pure Sufi soul tested by the fire.

Many people say that he was called “Lal” after his usual red attire and “Shahbaz” to denote a noble and divine spirit and “Qalander” as he was a wandering holy man.

On this Urs, streets are crowded with Qalander’s devotees and pilgrims, this Urs isn’t any different from the previous years although on 16 February 2017, suicide bombing took place inside the shrine, where pilgrims were performing a Sufi ritual after the evening prayers. At least 90 people were killed and over 300 injured.

The next morning, the shrine’s caretaker continued the daily tradition of ringing the shrine’s bell at 3:30 am, and said that he would not be intimidated by terrorists.
The shrine’s dhamaal or meditative dance ceremony resumed in the evening following the attack. Dozens men and women performed this hypnotic ritual beating drums, waving their arms and swirling as they danced. A few days later, several leading Pakistani artists and performers took part in a dhamaal at the shrine as a defiant response to radical Islamists.

The fused and fluent culture of Lal Shahbaz Qalander’s tomb embraces worship, spiritualism, poetry, and quite prominently, music in the form of Dhamaal.

Worshippers believe that they stand by the values of harmony, tolerance and love.
Jhulelal is in the hearts of people, sound of the drum and the beat of the feet will never stop.

How to visit lal shahbaz qalandar.

1)by train
From karachi kant-hyderabad
To Sehwan
Only one train that stop at the sehwan

The bolan Mail

This the stops, and time shedule of bolan mail
Online booking is awailaava
Visit any omni shopt or pakrail.gov.pk

By coach buses

Visit any near branch all the coaches stop at the near city of sehwan sharif(lal shahbaz qalandar shrime )

1) Dow express

2) royal city

3) faisal movers

3) if you travel own self.

From sadar karachi

It requires three to four houres by bike or car or any other vehicle

Shared route
From Saddar to Shrine Of Hazrat Lal

Shahbaz Qalandar via Karachi - Hyderabad Motorway and Indus Hwy/N-55.

3 hr 55 min (285 km)
3 hr 50 min in current traffic

1. Head northwest on Dr Daud Pota Rd toward Clarke St/Shahrah-e-Iraq
2. Turn left onto Commissariat Rd/Kiyani Shaheed Rd
3. Turn right onto Aga Khan III Rd (Garden Road)
4. Turn right onto Nishtar Rd
5. Turn right onto Yellow St
6. Keep right to continue toward Lyari Expy
7. Keep left to continue toward Lyari Expy
8. Continue onto Lyari Expy
9. Merge onto Karachi - Hyderabad Motorway
10. Turn right
11. Merge onto Karachi - Hyderabad Motorway
12. Take the exit toward Indus Hwy/N-55
13. Merge onto Indus Hwy/N-55
14. Turn right at Jahaz Chowk onto Station Rd
15. Turn right onto Hyderabad Rd
16. Turn left to stay on Hyderabad Rd
17. Arrive at location: Shrine Of Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar

http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Saddar&daddr=Shrine