The expenses for the upkeep of both tekke and türbe were defrayed by the income of the religious and charitable endowment ( vakuf) generated by the rafts crossing the river Drina in Zvornik, a saltern in Gornja and Donja Tuzla as well as raft fees in Brod and the small town of Derventa qadiluq these proceeds were appropriated exclusively for charity. According to the extract of archival records displayed in the türbe, the silahdar (‘arms bearer’) Mustafa Paša, son of the great merchant Hadži Sinan Aga (either the father or the son was the builder of the renowned Sufi lodge ( tekke) of Hadži Sinan Aga in Sarajevo), recommended that the district master ( mutesarif) of Zvornik, Mehmed Paša, build a Qadiri tekke next to the türbe (as stated in a firman dated 1805) yet no trace of the tekke has survived. His mausoleum ( türbe) in Kula Grad to the west of the old town of Zvornik was a small unassuming building, built of sundried brick and timber with a four-sloped roof layered with wooden tiles. He attained Peace, but mourned for his people, in that they shut the gates of Salvation and Allah’s Mercy on themselves.One of the most celebrated Bosnian Sufi šejhs and poets of the 17th century, Hasan Qaʾimi Baba (Hasan Kaimija) was exiled from Sarajevo after allegedly having become involved in the Sarajevo riot of 1682 and subsequently settled in Zvornik, now located in the Republika Srpska in northeastern Bosnia-Herzegovina. Only one man was found in its outskirts, to bear witness to Truth, Faith and Righteousness and he attained martyrdom. But the City refused to believe or to turn from iniquity. Behold, there was once a City, to which came two righteous men with the Message of Truth, but they were rejected and persecuted: they were then joined by a third. The righteous receive it with joy, for they believe in the Hereafter. Righteous Men: The wisdom of Revelation - the Qur’an received through our beloved Prophet - is a guide to the Straight Path, and a warning against the terrible state in which the yokes of Sin enslave us. Parable of the City that defied - all but one - the Messengers of Grace and Mercy. The verses 1-32 summarizes that the quran is full of wisdom and it calls those people unfortunate who cannot benefit from it.
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