The HiStory Of Guru Har Rai Ji...

                    Guru Har Rai Ji (Punjabi: ਗੁਰੂ ਹਰਿ ਰਾਇ)
(26 February 1630 - 6 October 1661) was
the seventh of the ten Gurus of
Sikhism, becoming Guru on 8 March
1644, following in the footsteps of his
grandfather, Guru Har Gobind, who was the sixth guru. Before he died, he
nominated Guru Har Krishan, his
youngest son, as the next Guru of the
Sikhs. As a very young child he was
disturbed by the suffering of a flower
damaged by his robe in passing.
Though such feelings are common
with children, Guru Har Rai would
throughout his life be noted for his compassion for life and living things.
His grandfather, who was famed as
an avid hunter, is said to have saved
the Moghul Emperor Jahangir's life
during a tiger's attack. Guru Har Rai
continued the hunting tradition of his grandfather, but he would allow no
animals to be killed on his grand
Shikars. The Guru instead captured
the animal and added it to his zoo. He
made several tours to the Malwa and
Doaba regions of the Punjab. His son, Ram Rai, seeking to assuage
concerns of Aurangzeb over one line
in Guru Nanak's verse (Mitti
Mussalmam ki pede pai kumhar)
suggested that the word Mussalmam
was a mistake on the copyist's part, therefore distorting Bani. The Guru
refused to meet with him again. The
Guru is believed to have said, "Ram
Rai, you have disobeyed my order
and sinned. I will never see you again
on account of your infidelity." It was also reported to the Guru that Ram Rai
had also worked miracles in the
Mughal's court against his father's
direct instructions. Sikhs are
constrained by their Gurus to not
believe in magic and myth or miracles. Just before his death at age, 31, Guru
Har Rai passed the Gaddi of Nanak on
to his younger son, the five year old
— Guru Har Krishan. Guru Har Rai was the son of Baba
Gurdita and Mata Nihal Kaur (also
known as Mata Ananti Ji). Baba
Gurdita was the son of the sixth Guru,
Guru Hargobind. Guru Har Rai married
Mata Kishan Kaur (sometimes also referred to as Sulakhni), daughter of
Sri Daya Ram of Anoopshahr
(Bulandshahr) in Uttar Pradesh on Har
Sudi 3, Samvat 1697. Guru Har Rai had
two sons: Baba Ram Rai and Sri Har
Krishan. Although, Guru Har Rai was a man of
peace, he never disbanded the armed
Sikh Warriors (Saint Soldiers), who
earlier were maintained by his
grandfather, Guru Hargobind. He
always boosted the military spirit of the Sikhs, but he never himself
indulged in any direct political and
armed controversy with the
contemporary Mughal Empire. Once,
Dara Shikoh (the eldest son of
emperor Shah Jahan), came to Guru Har Rai asking for help in the war of
succession with his brother, the
murderous Aurangzeb. The Guru had
promised his grandfather to use the
Sikh Cavalry only in defence.
Nevertheless, he helped him to escape safely from the bloody hands
of Aurangzeb's armed forces by
having his Sikh warriors hide all the
ferry boats at the river crossing used
by Dara Shikoh in his escape.