Malfuzat – Volume III — Page 111
111 1 َ ْن ی ِ َتَقَبَّلُ اهللُ مِنَ الْمُتَّق ی اِنَّمَا Meaning, Allah the Exalted only accepts the Prayers of the righteous. This is why there is an instruction that one ought not to offer their Prayer behind an indi- vidual whose own Prayer will not reach a level of acceptance. ” The Outcome of Rejecting the Promised Messiah The Promised Messiah as said: “It has been the view of the saintly since ancient times that an individual who opposes the truth, slowly but surely loses their faith completely. An individual who does not accept the Messenger of God, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, is a disbeliever. However, one who does not accept the Mahdi and the Messiah, will also lose their faith. The outcome is the same. First there is opposition, then a person grows distant, then they begin to harbour enmity, then they exceed all bounds, and finally, they lose their faith completely. ” The Pious Never Harbour Enmity For One Another Someone posed the question that even in the early period of Islam, there were certain cases where Muslims harboured enmity and hostilities against one anoth- er, and there have been differences of opinion as well; yet despite this, we cannot refer to either party as a disbeliever. His Holiness as said: “This is the view of the Shias that there was animosity between the companions of the Holy Prophet sa , but this is not true. Allah the Exalted refutes such a notion Himself: 2 ٍّ فِـيْ صُدُوْرِهِمْ مِّنْ غِل مَا نَزَعْنَا We shall remove whatever of rancour may be in their breasts. Hostilities do arise between families, but in times of marriage or death, they come together as one. The pious, also, can never be bloodthirsty enemies of one another. ” Who Are Those Upon Whom Allah Has Bestowed His Blessings A certain individual asked: “What is the state of those who do not call you a disbeliever, but are not from among your followers either, what will be their state 1 al-Ma’idah, 5:28 2 al-Hijr, 15:48 p. 97