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19 September 1907 415 their situation with righteousness and piety. If someone can fast at his place of labour, then they should do so; otherwise, they will be considered in the category of the ‘sick’. They can fast later whenever possible. 6. The Promised Messiah as said regarding 1 َوىَلَع َنْيِذَّلا ٗهَنْوُقْيِطُي َوىَلَع َنْيِذَّلا ٗهَنْوُقْيِطُي It means that the ones who do not have the strength to fast. 7. The Promised Messiah as said about the Ni s f-Sha‘b a n [also known as Shab e-B a rat etc. ]: All these customs of h alw a [a dessert] etc. are innovations. 2 19 September 1907 (At the time of Z uhr) Someone’s Prophecy about the Promised Messiah as The following letter by an individual named N u r Ahmad of Delhi, published in the 18 September 1907 issue of Paisa Akhb a r , was read to the Promised Messiah as : Last year, in the month of October, at the residence of the officer of physicians Ha fi z Muhammad Ajmal Khan, in the presence of Naww a b Shaja‘-ud-D i n, chief of Loharu, Khan Bahadur Ghulam Hasan Khan, honorary magistrate and a 1. And for those who are able to fast only with great difficulty is an expiation ( S u rah al-Baqarah, 2:185). [Publisher] 2. Badr, vol. 6, no. 39, p. 6–7, dated 26 September 1907