Hazrat Syed Asrar-Uddin Qadri

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On one side of the town of Kishtwar stands the mausoleum of Hazrat Syed Farid Uddin Qadri (RA) and on the other lies buried his son, Syed Asrar Uddin (RA). Both attract large numbers of people from the entire state of Jammu and Kashmir. Syed Asrar Uddin (RA) holds a unique place among the saints of Kashmir. He was a descendant of Hazrat Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani (RA) of Baghdad. His mother also descended from the great saint of Baghdad and was a pious and God fearing lady. He inherited the affinity towards spirituality from his forefathers.

He was a born saint and began to show miracles at an early age. Yar Muhammad writes about him thus: "A son was born and started talking. His hallo grew like the full moon, showed miracles, brought deeds to life, made walls move and foretold. The name of the prince was Asrar Uddin." He was destined to get what he received but just exhibited prior to the specific time. Of the miracles continuing by word of mouth, are bringing to life the lone dead son of a Hindu, to grant eyesight to the born blinds, to make the wall move, and to relieve people of deadly diseases. His father Hazrat Farid Uddin (RA) did not like his activities and prayed to God for his early death. Having been annoyed by the excessive showing of miracles by Syed Asrar Uddin (RA), Farid Uddin (RA) called his son, offered him water in a bowl and asked him to drink it. Asrar Uddin (RA) declined. On being told that it was his father's wish, he took the cup, covered the head with a sheet, drank it, and died. Najam Uddin records it as having happened on 25 Shaban, 1097 Hijri. Syed Asrar Uddin's (RA) grave lies on the other side of Kishtwar town facing Chogan which is the widest and flourishing meadow of the Kishtwar region where people from every caste and creed, flock to pay their respects to the great departed mystic saint.