Legends and Stories
On his way from Balochistan to Sindh he stayed in present-day Karachi's Manghopir area for meditation (Muraqaba), and it is said that Manghopir's natural warm fountain started to flow from beneath the hill on which Lal Shahbaz sat. The fountain is still flowing continuously and is said to have miraculous healing power especially for asthma patients.
It is also believed that he turned into a falcon to pick up his friend Baba Fariduddin Ganjshakar from the gallows. Another legend tells that the incumbent fakirs in Sehwan sent him a bowl of milk filled to the brim, indicating that there was no room for anything more. But he returned the bowl with a beautiful flower floating on the top.
Baba Sajid Saleem, an expert on Sufi legend, teaching in GIKI head of humanities department, also narrates another legend, in which a fellow Murid was requested meat by Shahbaz. The fellow Murid went to a town of pagans. The pagans tear the fellow and ate him. When Shahbaz knew about the incident he called him as if he was listening. The Murid came out of the stomach of pagans, integrated into the Murid and came back to service of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar.
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