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Habba Seab Hathlango RA; The mystic of our bygone era.Khursheed Dar(Pohrupeth Langate)
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Habba Seab Hathlango RA; The mystic of our bygone era.Khursheed Dar(Pohrupeth Langate)
Posted: August 21, 2022 by kashmirsufis in AWLIYAE KASHMIR
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Habib ullah Lone popularly known as Hazrat Habb saeb Hatlangoo RA was a towering mystic of his times.Hathlangoo
previously known as Hasmatpora is a village in Zaingair Sopore of Baramulla district in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.This village is at a distance of 8 km from sub-district headquarter Sopore and 22 km from district headquarters Baramulla. It is one of the largest villages in Zaingair .
The Hathlangoo village has Janwara Village in the South, Magraypora in the North, Botingoo in the Northwest, Malmapanpora in the West and the wulur in the east.This village is famous for a towering mystic Hazrat Habba Saeb RA.
The name of this village ‘hatlangoo”is a Kashmiri word made of two words:”Hath means (hundred) and Langoo means (branches).The author of this column came to know that there was a chinar tree in the village which had hundred branches and then the elders of the village used this as a secondary name for the village.That chinar tree is still present in the cementery of the village.
Billions of thanks to Mr. Bashir Ahmad Mir lecturer english from Goripora,Sopore for accompainying me to Hatlangoo and helping me to gather the information about this mystic.
The locals as wells as the grand children of this high ranked mystic have no knowlwdge of his early life and birth year.
Although Professor Abdul Gani Bhat has mentioned his association with Habb saeb Hathlango RA in his book “Beyond Me”in a picturesque way ,yet he too has not mentioned his birth year .
From available family sources the author of this column came to know that hazrat Habba saeb Hathlangoo RA was a simple man who did not show off his saintliness.His father namely Mohammad Ismael lone was a saintly person and his mother Zeb ded was a virtous woman.
Nothing is known about his eduation and schooling. Habba saeb RA worked as laborer. After day’work Habb saeb used to visit a faqeer namely sul saeb.One evening Sul saeb gave him a mystic touch and he lost his consciousness then slowly his senses restored.He started walking barefooted .His parents began to worry, and started to look for his treatment. First, Hazrat Habb Saeb was almost chained he broke the chains .Later he was treated by doctors. But nothing helped. All doctors labelled him as a hopeless case. One day his father took him to the blessed darbar of a great saint Hazrat Qadir saeb Hiri RA of Kupwara .Hazrat Qadir saeb Hiri RA told his father to leave Habba Saeb to the mercy of Allah.
In this way Habb Saeb Hathlango RA became a wandering “Darvash’ thus began his mystical journey.
From the available oral sources this author came to know that Habba saeb RA did not ever marry but passed his life in the love of Allah through meditation and mystic experience. To those who came to him, he was guide, philosopher and friend. His ‘mureeds’ were both muslims and pandiths . He had adopted a girl namely Taj ded.
A number of “karamaats ‘are attributed to this mystic which are beyond explaination .His grandson Haji Ali Mohammad Lone narrated few such “Karamaats” to the author of this column.
“One day a woman from Logri pora Sopore came to him along with her two sons.Hazrat Habba saeb RA pointed towords his younger son that he will sow maize crop and the elder one will extract teeth.This prophecy came true after decades when the elder son of that woman beacame a dentist and the younger one became district gricultural officer”.
Once flood waters created panic in the area, the people visited Hazrat Habba Saeb and plead him to pray to Allah,the most compassionate and the most mercifull, Habba saeb went into the flood water and drank three sips of flood water looked towords the sky and prayed to Allah , the Beneficent , meanwhile the flood stopped.
As per family sources Habba saeb used to respond the call of his family members from miles away.
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One “Karamaat” is narrated by Dr.Rafeeq Masoodi sahib,formar ADG Doordarshan.”One day a girl suffering from chicken pox was brought to Habba saeb’s darbaar.Habba saeb RA applied some thing on her face and she recovered in his presence.Dr.Rafeeq Masoodi Sahib narrated an intresting incident to this author.
” My College teacher namely Professor Habibullah Wani took me to this mystic,I was deeply moved by his spiritual self.
Then I used to visit this mystic frequently.My subject stream was tough at Govt.Degree college Sopore.I had opted Hindi as one of my subjects.But I was not good in Hindi.One day I accompained Professor Habibullah wani to Habba saeb RA ,I still remember ,I told Habba Saeb,main doctor banna chehta hu’ but hindi is one of my subjects.On hearing this Habba saeb raised his index finger high in the air.I didn’t understand this.Then Professor Habibullah wani told me that this means you will touch the heights of the sky.I realised this when I did my PG in Hindi in the prestigous Jawharlal Nehru University Delhi .I am still astonished how Hindi subject changed my future”.
One more “karamat” of this mystic is narated by Dr.Mohammad Amin Para sahib;” 1n 1975 his father’s hands were not functioning properly in Habb saeb’s blessed darbar the hands of his father recovered by the grace of Allah.
Habba saeb RA had sharpened some fingers of his hands with his a knife.
Whenever there was a calamity in the area of Zeenagir, people used to visit Habba Saeb’s darbar for for prayers and blessings .The saintly personality of this mystic is beyond explaination.
Habba saeb lived a simple life. He used to wear a long kurta or “pheren”.People through out length and bredith used to visit him and get his blessings.
The author of this column felt astonished to see simple wooden hut of this mystic still in good condition.
Habba Saeb’s grass mats,grass pillows,earthern pot and many other such things are still found there.
Thanks to his grand son Haji Ali Mohammad Lone and his family for their hospitability and love to the author of this column.Thanks to Waseem Nasir Wani, a brilliant student of Hathlango,for love and concern.
Habba saeb left for heavenly abode on 22th of December 1982.The annual Urs Of Hazrat Habba saeb RA is celebrated on 22th December every year.Lovers and devotees through out length and bredith of the valley assemble in the shrine and recite “Aurad e Fateha “and “Darood o salasm “with exuberant gesture.One may watch beggers,the poor snd the rich men,women,children and elders sharing the same plate.
The shrine of this Habb saeb Hathlangoo RA at Hathlangoo zaingair Sopore witness a huge rush of devotees round the year.
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The author researchs on anonymous sufi shrines and sufi poets of Kashmir and can be reached at khursheed.dar33@gmail.com
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