Hazrat Bibi Pak Daman

 

The main shrine

Bibi Pak Daman Urdu: بی بی پاکدامن Bībī Pāk Dāman is a mausoleum of Ruqayyah bint Ali located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. 

 Legend has it that he kept the tombs of six women in the house of Muhammad Ahl Al-Bayt. Ruqayyah bint Ali ibn Abu Talib was the daughter of Muhammad's cousin and son-in-law of Ali ibn Abu Talib.

The graves

  Ruqayah bint Ali was the sister of Al-Abbas ibn Ali and the wife of Muslim ibn Aqeel the third Shi'ite messenger of Imam Husayn ibn Ali to Kufah. 

Others are said to be Muslim sisters and daughters of Ibn Aqil. It is said that the women arrived here after the battle of Karbala on the tenth day of Muharram in 61 AH October 10, AD 680. 

Bibi Pak Daman, meaning "pure lady", is the name of six women believed to be interacting with the temple, although it is also accidentally used extensively to refer to the person of Ruqayyah bint Ali alone.

 They were among the women who brought Islam to South Asia, preaching and participating in missionary work in the surrounding areas of Lahore.

Some scholars consider Ruqayah to be the daughter of Sayid Ahmed Tokhta 12th century. Bibi Paak Daaman is located between Garhi Shahu and the Railway Station. 

The easiest way to get to Bibi Paak Daaman is from Empress Road and from there, take the small road that faces the Police Lines and turn left first. The Pakistani government recently considered approving the expansion of Bibi Pak Daman's shrine.

The temple is visited by both Shiites and Sunnis. In the Islamic month of Jumada al-Thani, the three-day urs of Bibi Pak Daman are celebrated from 7 to 9 p.m. 

Our ritual is often a Sunni story and the Shiites visit the shrine in Muharram and Safar. Many Shiites also visit during the urs. 

The street and the temple complex are always filled with dedicated people all day from all over Pakistan. On the night before Urs, the sanctuary was very crowded. 

People from all over the continent, especially from the Punjab and Sindh provinces, came to the shrine to pay homage and make a wish they believed would come true.

 The narrow lane that leads to the shrine has shops on both sides containing items related to Muharram. Imam Ali, Imam Hassan, Imam Hussain, and books on the history of Karbala, Khak-e-Shifa soil of Karbala, and Noah's CDs elegies are available in stores. 

The urs ceremony celebrates a ritual in which dedicated women bring water to wash their graves in Bibi's temple.

 The Tourism Development Corporation of Punjab Limited TDCP, the Punjab Government has placed this sanctuary on the list of popular tourist sanctuaries.