Life of The Promised Messiah (as) — Page 28
28 tell me with whose permission have these twigs been taken?’ Upon hearing this, everybody threw their twigs on the ground. Thus, in a most endearing manner, Huzoor as pointed out that one should never take anything without permission, even if it is lying on the ground. 28 Regarding prayer, Hazrat Nawab Mubarakah Begum ra states, ‘When I was a young girl, Huzoor would ask me many a time to pray for one of his tasks. ’ Such behaviour encouraged the habit of praying in the children, and having their prayers accepted. 29 He would also ask other children of the Jama’at to narrate their dreams to him, some of which he would record in a diary. Once, Manzoor Sadiq , the son of Hazrat Mufti Muhammad Sadiq ra, had a dream in which he saw a number of goats being slaugh- tered. Upon hearing this, the Promised Messiah as had one goat slaugh- tered for each of his family members by way of sadaqah [almsgiving]. He said, A believer sometime sees a dream himself and sometimes oth- ers are shown such dreams for his sake. The Promised Messiah as would also tell his children moral stories, such as the following: