Shah Wilayat

In Amroha is the shrine of Sharfuddin Shah Wilayat, popularly known as Dada Shahwilayat to the inhabitants of Amroha. There is a reason behind this familiar address, ('Dada' means 'paternal grandfather') as the people of Amroha are all descendents of Shahwilayat. The Saint is widely known for the deadly black scorpions, which could kill at the slightest provocation, which guard his shrine. 

Any visitor to the shrine can handle these venomous creatures without getting hurt, and if they wish, they can ask permission from Dada Shahwilayat and fix a specific date on which the scorpion will be returned. The scorpion will not sting, until the taker oversteps the due date and doesn't return it back to the shrine. Then there is the tree, which metes out justice.

Criminals were hung in its gnarled branches, while the innocents were pardoned. Of course, when we mention the shrine of Dada Shahwilayat, one cannot forget his sister, Daadi Bakhoee. 

This lady was to be married to a prince, but when she realized that her family couldn't match the earthly splendor of that of the prince, she prayed to God to be taken away. Legend has it that the earth opened up and embraced this daughter, leaving a tiny piece of here braid sticking out of the ground. 

From thence a tree grew, it branches entwined like that of a braid, bearing sugarcoated fruits, which can be plucked from the branches even today.  

The Tradition :: In the spiritual town Amroha, the great historical Dargah of Hazrath Shahwilayat,A famous live-miracle of scorpio is still a witness of the spiritual status of Hazrat Sharfuddin Shah Willayat in the form of a change of nature of an insect (scorpio/snake) on his shrine. Everybody knows that stinging is the nature of a scorpion. But in the premises of the shrine of Hazrat Shah Willayat, no scorpion stings, no matter if it was used to sting before. Even people can take it for a defined period of time and it will not bite for that duration even if it is away from the shrine
This change of behaviour of insect is attributed to the spiritual status and highness of Shah Willayat.

A tradition says that when Shah Willayat (ra) arrived in Amroha, the sufi of the nearby area, Hazrat Khwaja Geso Daraaz Rehmatullah Aleh sent him a kooza (cup) full of water, hinting the satiation of this place in spirituality due to his presence. Hazrat Shah Willayat smiled and put a rose on the water of that bowl and returned it back.

In this metaphorical communication, it was meant to suggest his status as a rose in the so-called 'spiritually saturated' Amroha. In response, the learned sufi Geso Daraaz exclaimed that on your shrine there will be scorpions. Shah Willayat replied 'yes, but they won't sting'. And on your shrine there will be donkeys.' Which Geso Daraaz replied saying 'yes, but they won't desecrate the place by their refuse'.

Wall which started walking on the orders of Shahwilayat sahab and now is
known as the Horse of Shah Vilayat Sahab