TODAY IN SIKH HISTORY: Shaheedi Bhai Mani Singh Ji
Shaheed Bhai Mani Singh Ji was a scholar, a Sikh and a great martyr. Bhai Mani Singh steered the destiny of Sikh religion at a very critical stage in the history. His great martyrdom has become a part of the daily Sikh Ardas (Jina singha singhaniya ne dharam het sees dittay, Bandh Bandh Katvaye…)
Bhai Mani Singh Ji was custodian of Sri Harmandir Sahib in the days when the Mughal emperor Zakariya Khan ruled Punjab and was bent on exterminating the Sikhs. No Sikh was allowed to utter the word “Guru” and there was a price on the head of every Sikh. Bhai Mani Singh had the courage to invite the Sikhs to celebrate “Bandi Chor Divas” at Sri Harmandir Sahib in those critical times.In the year 1737, Bhai Mani Singh got permission from Zakariya Khan to celebrate Bandi Chor Divas at Darbar Sahib for an agreed tax amount of 5000 rupees. Bhai Mani Singh expected to accumulate the money from donations from the Sikhs coming to celebrate Bandi Chor Divas. But he came to know about Zakariya Khan’s plot to kill the Sikhs who were coming to attend the celebration, so Bhai Mani Singh sent message to the Sikhs warning them not to turn up for the celebration. As a result the tax could not be paid to Zakariya Khan and he ordered the execution of Bhai Mani Singh at Lahore.
When Bhai Mani Singh was brought to Lahore, Zakariya Khan asked Bhai Mani Singh that if he wants to stay alive he should convert to Islam. But Bhai Mani Singh denied and Zakariya Khan ordered to execute him joint by joint. When the executor started to cut into Bhai Ji’s wrist, he said to the executor that you are not obeying your master’s order to cut me joint by joint and my joints start with my fingers. The executioner and the crowd were awestruck.
Bhai Mani Singh recited Sukhmani Sahib while he was being executed joint by joint. Shaheed Bhai Mani Singh was one of the most devoted Sikhs of his times and a great martyr who never compromised anything for his faith.
ਸ਼ਹੀਦ ਭਾਈ ਮਨੀ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੀ ਦੀ ਸ਼ਹੀਦੀ ਨੂੰ ਕੋਟ ਕੋਟ ਪ੍ਣਾਮ ਜਿਨਾਂ ਨੇ ਬੰਦ ਬੰਦ ਤਾ ਕਟਾ ਲਿਆ ਪਰ ਸਿਖੀ ਸਿਦਕ ਨਾ ਛਡੀਆ ਤੇ ਸਿਖੀ ਕੇਸਾ ਸਵਾਸਾ ਨਾਲ ਨਿਭਾਈ
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