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Sheikh Abdul Kader ( Beismillah Shah Bawa )
The mountain ridges around Devil’s Peak and Table Mountain are filled with mystery. Spiritualists of all religious Persuasions agree that there are powerful spiritual centres situated on and around the ridges of these mountains.
On Devil’s peak, just above De Waal Drive, many graves are found. Two of these graves are covered with satin cloths normally used to cover the graves of saintly persons. Neither the names of the saints nor the spiritual brotherhood to which they belong to is known.
These grave according to several Muslim spiritual are not the only to grave of Auliyah buried on Devil’s Peak and Table Mountain. The oral tradition also claims that there are several auliyah buried on these slopes which has as yet not been identified. One such grave is that of a mysterious auliyah, Sheikh Abdul Kader. The location of his grave was only known by a few selected confidants of the Sheikh. They were told to keep the location a secret. Those who related this legend also speculated that Sheikh Abdul Kader is the divine guide referred to in African folklore.
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