Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 561
Undated 561 charge more than that or beside it in certain cases. Farmers are happy to pay this even without asking. Is this practice permissible?’ The Promised Messiah as said: ‘If we suppose that information of such payments were to reach the regulatory authorities and there is, according to law, a fear of setting him up for a trial, then it is not permissible. ’ Recording of the Poems of the Promised Messiah as A person inquired if it was permissible to record the poetry of the Promised Messiah as in the phonograph and play it for people to hear. The Promised Messiah as said: ‘Actions are judged by the motives underlying them. It is permissible to use the recorded poems for the purpose of tabligh [propagation of the Message] because, many a time, poetry makes the hearts of people soft and tender. 1 ’ 1. Badr, vol. 7, no. 19,20, p. 8, dated 24 May 1908