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Bibi Pak Daman (Urdu: بی بی پاکدامن Bībī Pāk Dāman) is a mausoleum confirmed to Pakistan Government by Imam Ali Raza Haram Research Centre Iran to be the tomb of Ruqayyah bint Ali in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.[1] It holds the graves of six ladies from Muhammad's household (Ahl al-Bayt). Ruqayyah bint Ali ibn Abu Talib was the daughter of Muhammad's cousin and son-in-law Ali ibn Abu Talib.[2] She was the sister of Al-Abbas ibn Ali and also the wife of Muslim ibn Aqeel[3] (emissary of third Shi'a Imam Husayn ibn Ali to Kufa). Others are said to be Muslim ibn Aqil's sister and daughters. It is said that these ladies came here after the event of the Battle of Karbala on the 10th day of the month of Muharram in 61 AH (October 10, AD 680).
Bibi Pak Daman, which means the "chaste lady", is the collective name of the six ladies believed to interred at this mausoleum, though it is also (mistakenly) popularly used to refer to the personage of Ruqayyah bint Ali alone.[4] They were among the women who brought Islam to South Asia, preaching and engaging in missionary activity in the environs of Lahore.
Bibi Paak Daaman is located between Garhi Shahu and Railway Station area. The easiest way to go to Bibi Paak Daaman is from the Empress Road and from there, take the small road opposite Police Lines and then the first left-turn. Recently Government of Pakistan is considering approval of the expansion of the Bibi Pak Daman's shrine.
- ^ Syad Muhammad Latif (1957). Lahore: its history, architectural remains and antiquities: with an account of its modern institutions, inhabitants, their trade customs. Syed Muhammad Minhaj-ud-Din.
... Beyond the Government House, at a distance of three hundred yards from the main road, is the tomb of Bibi Pak Daman, or the chaste lady, the most venerated old monument in Lahore and its vicinity. The name of this lady was Ruqayya ...
- ^ Mahallati, Dhabih Allah (1373). Rayahin al-shari'a (Persian Ver.) Vol 04. Tehran: Dar al-Kutub al-Islamiyya. pp. 255–256.
Al-Tabari (1967). Tarikh al-umam wa al-muluk (Arabic Ver.) Vol 04. Beirut: Dar al-Turath. p. 359.
Ibn Jawzi (1992). Al-Muntazam fi tarikh al-ummam wa al-muluk (Arabic Ver.) Vol. 04. Beirut: Dar al-Kutub al-'Ilmiyya. p. 109.
Ibn Sa'd (1990). Al-Tabaqat al-kubra (Arabic Ver.) Vol.3. Beirut: Dar al-Kutub al-'Ilmiyya. p. 14.
"Ruqayya bt. al-Imam 'Ali (a)". WikiShia. Retrieved 14 September 2018. - ^ Zaidi, Noor (July 24, 2014). ""A Blessing on Our People": Bibi Pak Daman, Sacred Geography, and the Construction of the Nationalized Sacred". The Muslim World. 104 (3): 306–335. doi:10.1111/muwo.12057.
- ^ Shemeem Burney Abbas (2002). The female voice in Sufi ritual: devotional practices of Pakistan and India. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-70515-9.
... Among the women who brought Islam to the subcontinent are the Bibi Pak Daman, or the Pur Women ... Upon arrival in Lahore, they engaged in missionary activity ... Data Ganj Bakhsh Hujwiri ... was a devotee of the shrines of the Bibi Pak Daman ...