Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 22
22 MALFŪZĀT - ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF URDU VOLUME 8 Visiting Graves In the morning, the Promised Messiahas visited the men's section of the house, during which someone suggested taking a recreational tour of Delhi. The Promised Messiahas replied: It is inappropriate to go around by way of sport and pastime. However, there are graves of some great saintly people here. So, I will also go and visit them. He instructed this humble one [Hadrat Mufti Muhammad Şādiqra] to make a list of such saintly people so a visit may be arranged [to their graves]. The attendees gave the following names: 1. Shah Waliullah şahib 2. Khwājah Nizām-ud-Dīn şāhib 3. Respected Qutb-ud-Din şahib 4. Khwajah Bāqī Billāh şahib 5. Khwajah Mīr Dard şāhib 6. Respected Naṣīr-ud-Din ṣāḥib Charāgh Delhi Hence, arrangements were made for carriages, and the Promised Messiahas, accompanied by the Companions, boarded the carriages and first visited the shrine of Hadrat Khwajah Bāqī Billāh. On the way, the Promised Messiahas spoke about visiting graves: There is a spirituality in the graveyard, and visiting the graves in the morning is the Sunnah [Practice of the Holy Prophetsas]. It is meritorious in the sight of Allah and reminds a person of his station. Man is a traveller in this world. Today he is above the ground, but tomorrow he is below it. It has been mentioned in the sacred hadith that when a person visits a grave, he should