So Said The Promised Messiah (as) — Page 62
I have said it that physical and financial sympathy has limitations but that is not the case with the prayer. My own way of thinking is that so far as the prayer is concerned, even the enemies should not be excluded from it. The more extensive the prayer is, the greater is the benefit derived by the one who prays. The more a person is niggardly in the matter of his prayers, the farther he gets away from God. The fact is that the man who limits the Bounty of God-which is very extensive-has a very weak faith. One of the great ad- vantages in praying for others is that it prolongs the life. God has promised in the Holy Quran that those who do good to others live longer. He says: Amma ma yanfa-onnasa f a-yamkoso fil-arz The other kinds of sympathy being limited ones, it is. the prayer that can be termed as a continuous charity. It is with the prayer that we can be benefited most. (Malfoozat Vol. II, 73) KEY TO GOOD DEEDS Some people, on seeing a beggar, become peevish and if they have maulviyyat (dry theologianism) in them, they begin to tell the beggar what their religion says about begging. Imposing 0'1 him their maulviyyat, they even use harsh words. What a pity, these people do not understand, and in fact it is as if they cannot understand, at all. This understanding is given to good-natured and pious-hearted people. They do not realise that if the beggar, despite the fact that he is quite healthy has come out to beg, he is committing a sin against himself; but it is not a sin to give him something. The Hadees even tells us this much that if a man comes to you to beg and he is riding a horse, you should give him something. The Holy 62