Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 130
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 9 130 11 February 1907 (At the time of Z uhr) Seeing the Holy Prophet s as in a Dream Mufti [Muhammad Sa diq] presented the following question from someone’s letter, ‘I had intended to marry a widow. I saw the Messenger of Allah, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, in a dream. He forbade me to marry that widow. Should I act upon this or not?’ The Promised Messiah, peace be on him replied: The Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said that, 1 َّ مَن ْ رَاٰنِی ْ فَقَد ْ رَاَی الْـحَق َّ مَن ْ رَاٰنِی ْ فَقَد ْ رَاَی الْـحَق [Whoever sees me in fact sees the truth]. Therefore, it should be acted upon. Some Issues of [Religious] Jurisprudence 1. Another question from a letter was presented that a few people had purchased a cow for qurb a n i [sacrifice], and from among them one was an Ahmadi. The non-Ahmadis returned his share of the cost for the reason that keeping his share in the qurb a n i would invalidate the qurb a n i. So the Ahmadi wrote asking whether he could send his share of the sacrifice in cash to Qadian. 2 1. S a hih al-Bukh a r i , Kit a but-Ta‘b i r, B a bu man ra’an-Nabiyya s allall a hu ‘alaihi wa sallam, fil-Man a m, Hadith 6996. [Publisher] 2. From Badr : Qurb a n i [Sacrifice of an Animal] A request from an individual was presented saying, ‘I paid a small amount as a contribution in a sacrificial offering but they excluded my share due to my being an Ahmadi. If I were to contribute this amount to the fund for the needy in Qadian will this serve as my sacrifice [of an animal]?’