Srinagar, Sep 30: Hundreds of devotees on Friday offered Khoje Digar special mass prayers of Asr to mark the Urs of Khwaja Naqshband Sahib (RA) at his shrine at Khwaja Bazar area of Downtown here.
The devotees offered prayers on the road stretch from Nowhatta to Khanyar. The shrine management committee had laid the prayer mats on the road to avoid inconvenience to the people.
Khoje Digar is offered on 3rd of Rabi-ul-Awal every year, which also marks the commemoration of the annual Urs of the saint of Naqashbandi Sahib (RA).
Soon after the prayers, Imam and Khateeb of the shrinerecited the Awraad-e-Asriya, a booklet comprising verses of repentance and faith. The Sufi saint used to recite along with his hundreds’ of disciples 700 years ago at Bukhara in Uzbekistan.
He also threw light on the life of Naqashband Sahib (RA).
In his sermon, the Imam said that the Uswa-e-Hasana (the way of living) of Prophet Muhammad (SAW) has been and will continue to be the best path to follow and walk upon, not only for Muslims but entire mankind.
He said great Sufi saints like Naqashband Sahib (RA) were the blessed and chosen ones by Almighty Allah to spread the teachings of the revered Prophet Muhammad (SAW) among people who dedicated their life to it. (KNT)
