Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 406
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 9 406 When the Promised Messiah as went out for a walk with the mem- bers of the Community this morning, 1 while passing by this pond, he said: Such water is harmful for the health of the village. Then the Promised Messiah as said: A lot of filth mixes with this water and one feels a revulsion towards using it. Though, according to fiqh [Islamic jurispru- dence], it is permissible to perform ablution with it as it exceeds the 10 x 10 [10 yards by 10 yards] standard determined by the jurists, yet a person who has seen the filth falling into it and is disgusted by its use, it is not a necessity for him that he use this water, just as the Noble Messenger, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, permitted the consumption of lizards but did not like to eat it himself. It is the same kind of matter as Sheikh Sa‘d i has said: اتس درتس ش دعس�ی� ا بح ونط رگہچ دح�ی� اج زادم ن ی� � وتنان رمد ہب یتخس ہک در O Sa‘d i , though the hadith of loving one’s homeland is authentic, But merely because I was born here I cannot die of poverty [by remaining here]. The Role of an Ahmadi at a Place of Disorder A letter by some Ahmadis reached the Promised Messiah as from an area beyond the frontier region that [said], ‘It is not peaceful here. People attack one another. There is no one in authority. Some mullahs wish 1. That is, 18 September 1907 (Compiler)