Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 472
472 MALFUZAT - ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF URDU VOLUME 7 خانه از پائے بست ویران است خواجه در بند نقش ایوان است The homeowner frets over the home's decorations, Yet the foundations of his home are crumbling! We cannot have two pursuits. It is more than enough if I can properly discharge this service that God has entrusted to me. We have neither time nor need for any other work. Someone said that interest must be paid in commercial transactions whether one likes it or not. The Promised Messiahas said: We do not consider it permissible. A believer does not ever fall into such difficulties. Almighty Allah Himself becomes his surety. The Shariah becomes useless with excuses. Is there any situation for which man cannot fabricate an excuse? One should fear God. It is Essential to Observe the Subtleties of Taqwa Someone asked, 'Some people trade grain, buying it and storing it, and then they sell it when it becomes expensive. Is such trade permissible?' The Promised Messiahas said: It has been deemed makrūh [undesirable]. I do not like it. For me, the Shariah [Islamic Law] is one thing and Tariqat [Righteous Conduct] is another. Even momentary ill-intent is not permissible and this [way of trading] is a kind of ill-intent. Our objective is to eliminate ill-intent. It is written about Imam-e-Azam [Abu Hanifah], the mercy of Allah be upon him, that he was once washing off the very tiniest amount of filth that was on his garment. Someone