Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 107
UNDATED 107 Another question by the same person was submitted asking whether someone who is fasting is permitted to apply oil to their head or beard. The Promised Messiahas responded: 'It is permissible. Another question by the same person was presented asking whether it is permissible to put medicine in the eye of a fasting person if it is ailing. The Promised Messiahas said: The premise of this question is wrong as there is no command- ment for a sick person to fast. This question from the same person was presented that the expiation for one who is incapable of fasting is the feeding of a poor man. Is it permissible to send this amount to the orphans' fund in Qadian? The Promised Messiahas said: It is the same thing whether they feed a poor person in their own town, or they send it to the fund for the orphans and the poor. A question by an individual was presented to the Promised Messiah as as to whether a person is permitted to offer voluntary Prayers before the two rak'at [units] of fard after the Adhān has been called for the Fajr [dawn] Prayer. The Promised Messiahas responded: After the Adhān for the Fajr Prayer until the rising of the sun there is no other Prayer besides the two rak'at of Sunnah and two rak'at of the Fard. PREY KILLED WITH A GUN: A person asked the Promised Messiahas whether it is permitted to consume a halāl [lawful] animal that is shot with the bullet of a gun and dies before it can be slaughtered. The Promised Messiahas said: