Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 355
16 September 1905 355 to them and stop their attacks through magazines and books. There cannot be a disconnect between the disease and its treat- ment. If this is the case, the result will always be unfavourable and adverse. Remember well that there will be no benefit even if thou- sands of lives are lost, but the collection of books written against Islam continues to exist. The essential point is to refute the objections contained in those books. Hence, it is necessary to establish the innocence of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. The actions being taken by the opponents cannot be countered except with the pen. It is a pure misconception and absurdity that the opponent should raise an objection and the response be given with the sword. God Almighty has never liked this. This was why this type of jihad was prohibited during the Promised Messiah’s time. Such writings of Christians continue to be published in this country, and this mischief is egregious in this country more than any other, but it has been learned that this type of mischief is hap- pening in other countries as well. Such writings are published of God, but it will happen due to the existence of an extreme situation and without such an extreme situation existing, even this is not permissible. (A friend submitted that if interest money is allowed to be earned for a particular matter in this way, then its practice will become widespread among people and abuses will develop in general. ) His Holiness said: There are many devious ways available for making up false excuses. Some mischievous people translate this verse اَل اوُبَرْقَت َةوٰلَّصلا اَل اوُبَرْقَت َةوٰلَّصلا ( S u rah an-Nis a ’, 4:44) to mean ‘do not offer Prayer. ’ My meaning is only that if in extreme circumstances eating swine is permissible due to personal needs, then what can be wrong in making use of interest money to save the religion from destruction by way of compassion for Islam? This permission is lim- ited in scope and limited in time. It is not that it should be practiced forever. When the critical condition of Islam will not be there, then taking interest money even for this necessity will also be forbidden, because, essentially, the general rule regarding interest money is that it is forbidden. ( Badr, vol. 1, no. 26, p. 4, dated 29 September 1905)