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318 MALFŪZĀT - ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF URDU VOLUME 9 not have salām from God, people may offer him a thousand salāms, but they can be no benefit to him at all. It is in the Holy Quran: سَلَمُ قَوْلًا مِّنْ رَّبِّ رَّحِيمٍ ) Once I was quite distressed with frequent urination. I prayed and received the ilham: السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ Peace be on you. The ailment began to subside immediately. Salām [peace] is only that which is from God Almighty, the rest are all custom- ary greetings of salām. The Importance of Hadith A person presented a matter of jurisprudence and requested its response only from the Holy Quran. The Promised Messiahas replied: The righteous should not allow such a thought to come to mind that the Hadith are insignificant and the actions of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, were, in fact, not according to the Quran. One of the ideas prevalent these days that leads one to the brink of apostasy, is disdain for the Noble Hadith. All the activities of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, were in accordance 1. 'Peace on you'—a word of greeting from the Merciful Lord (Sūrah Yā Sīn, 36: 59). [Publisher]