Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 205
UNDATED 205 and conditions of man. Therefore, it is a good custom and is permitted. Feast on the Fulfilment of a Sign Khan Sahib ‘Abdul- H am i d wrote a letter to the Promised Messiah as from Kapurthala seeking permission to hold a feast for the members at the occasion of the joyous fulfilment of the glorious Sign of Dowie. The Promised Messiah as granted permission and said: It is permissible to hold such a feast to proclaim the favour [of God]. Definition of a Traveller A question by a gentleman, Muhammad Sa‘ i d-ud-D i n, was presented before the Promised Messiah as , ‘My brother and I are always travelling to trade perfumes, etc. Should we shorten our Prayers?’ The Promised Messiah as responded: A journey is that which a person encounters from time to time for some purpose, not that it is his profession to be here today and somewhere else tomorrow for trade. It is against taqw a [righteousness] that such a person should count himself among the travellers and spend his entire lifetime shortening his Prayers.