Points to Ponder

by Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad

Page 47 of 76

Points to Ponder — Page 47

— 47 It seems as though there were three pillars of Islam in her view: Prayers, Fasting, and eating before dawn in Ramaḍān. In her view, a person still remains a Muslim if the former two, Prayers and Fasting, are not observed, but if the third one is left out, it makes a person a nonbeliever. This is a joke but if pondered upon, it appears that there are many people who do not offer Prayers, do not keep Fast, but celebrate the Eid more than everyone else.