Haji Baba Ratan mazarof Hazrat Baba Rattan ibn Nasr Hindi (R.A)is located at
Bathinda,Punjab, India
According to legends, he was a companion of the Prophet Muhammad and lived for over 700 years. Baba Ratan twice visited Mecca and met the Prophet on both occasions. He is believed to have seen the miracle of splitting of moon with his own eyes. There is controversy as to whether he embraced Islam or not but there is no doubt that he spent considerable time with Rasul Allah. The first reference to Haji Ratan in Islamic literature dates back to twelfth century. Several Hadith collectors traveled from as far as Andalusia and Central Asia to collect the supposed traditions from him. Abu Marwan Andalusi, a Spanish Muslim chronicler, visited Haji Ratan and penned an interesting sketch of him. When he arrived at the Baba’s monastery, he was taken aback to see an ancient, wrinkled man, his cheeks covered with hair ‘as white as cotton’. The Baba addressed him in a language he could not understand. When he heard the translation, Abu Andalusi came to know that Baba Ratan was present in Medina during the famed Battle of the Trench./He was just fourteen years of age at that time. When the Prophet saw him laboring at the trenches, he blessed him with a long life. His name is mentioned by Ibn Hajar Asqalanl in his’ Asabafl Marifati s-Sahdba’ and also by A'dh-Qhahabiin his ‘Tajrid’. Ibn Hajar calls him as one of the companions of Rasul .
Baba Ratan was a legendary person, alleged to be one of the non-Arab companions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
Born in Bathinda in present-day Punjab, India,[citation needed] his full name was Ratan Nath ibn Nasr. He was a trader who used to take goods from India to .Ibn Hajar Al-Asqalani mentions him in his book al-Isaba fi tamyiz al-Sahabah – the most comprehensive dictionary on the companions of Muhammad.People migrated to Pakistan from india during partition of 1947 still remember him Famous writer Baba Ishfaq Ahmad also mention about Baba Ratan hindi in his books.
Sayyid Ashraf Jahangir Semnani talks about him in his book Maktoobat Ashrafi in chapter 28. Shaikh Abdurrahman Chishti also mentions him in his book Mirat-ul-Asrar on 656page
When in India, Baba Ratan heard about the miracle of the splitting of the moon in Arabia. Thereafter, he visited Arabia on trade and also to verify the said miracle. He met Muhammad during the Battle of the Trench and accepted Islam.
Muhammad is said to have prayed for the long life of Baba Ratan Al Hindi. He is alleged to be the first Muslim of Indian .
According to some claims Baba Ratan Al Hindi passed away in the year 1234 or 1243 CE. His shrine is situated in Mohalla Haji Ratan Nagar in Bathinda, Punjab, India