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one's enemy, it cannot be said that one has a dean heart. God says in the Holy Quran: Pray to Me and I will answer you. He does not say that if you pray for your enemy I will not accept your prayer. I strongly believe that to pray for the enemy is the Practice of the Holy Prophet, sallallaho alaihi wa sallam. The cause of Hazrat Umar joining Islam was the prayer of the Holy Pro- phet, sallallaho alaihi wa sallam; he used to pray for him very often. One should not be niggardly towards one's enemies in case of prayers; one must not become a troublesome person. I thank God that I do not find any enemy of mine for whom I have not prayed more than once; there is none like that. And it is the same thing that I am telling you to do; I am teaching you how to do it. (Malfoozat Vol. III, p. 96) DO NOT BE NEGLIGENT All of you should listen very attentively and ponder over it seriously, for, this is the matter of faith. To be negli- gent, or become slack or to be unattentive can produce very bad results. Those who are negligent in the matter of faith, and when they are addressed they do not listen to it atten- tively, do not gain anything from what is said to them, even though what is said may be a very good thing of high standard and· very effective. It is this type of people about whom it is said that they have ears but do not hear, they have hearts but do not understand. You should listen very attentively to whatever is said to you, for, he who does not do so, however long may be the period for which he stays with the beneficial person, he cannot gain anything whatsoever. When God raises prophets in the world, they are met with by two types of people. One, those who listen to them 135