Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 472
472 MALFUZAT ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF URDU VOLUME IO Only Reasoning that is based on the Holy Quran and Sunnah is Permissible A person inquired about a [religious] matter: 'A cat has beheaded a chicken that is still convulsing. Is it permissible to slaughter that chicken?' The Promised Messiahas said: In such matters, remember it as a principle that, in religious matters, conjecture alone, is strictly prohibited. Only that con- jecture is permissible which is deduced from the Holy Quran and Hadith. Our Faith has been transmitted to us by way of Traditions. Therefore, it is fine if some such hadith from the Holy Prophetsas is documented. Otherwise, why should one risk one's faith for the sake of a few pennies? وَلَا تَقُولُوا لِمَا تَصِفُ الْسِنَتُكُمُ الْكَذِبَ هُذَا حَلْلٌ وَهُذَا حَرَامٌ . . The Prophecy of a Warning can be Averted Someone asked about the expected earthquake. The Promised Messiahas said: Read the book, Haqiqatul-Wahi² for Allah has abrogated some in its enforcement, as He said: 1. And say not because of the falsehood which your tongues utter-'This is lawful, and this is unlawful' (Sūrah an-Nahl, 16:117). [Publisher] 2. Please see the reference text in Haqiqatul-Wahi, p. 281, Ruhani Khazā'in, vol. 22, p. 281; see also Haqiqatul-Wahi, p. 342, 2018 English edition. [Publisher]