Tadhkirah — Page 808
808 December 1905 God has inclined my mind through His Wa hi -e-Khaf i 988 towards the idea that some conditions should be prescribed for burial in the graveyard and only those who, because of their truthfulness and their perfect righteousness, comply with them, should be buried in it. There are three conditions which must be complied with by everyone. …The first condition is that whoever desires to be buried in this graveyard should contribute towards the expenses of its maintenance according to his capacity…. The second condition is that he who desires to be buried therein should make a testamentary disposition that one tenth of his property shall, under the directions of the Community, be devoted to the propagation of Islam and the carrying out of the teachings of the Qur’an. It will be open to every righteous person whose faith is perfect to provide for this purpose in his will more than one tenth, but it shall not be any less. . . . The third condition is that every such person shall lead a righteous life and abstain from all that is prohibited and shall not be guilty of any kind of Shirk 989 and Bid‘at. 990 He should be a true and sincere Muslim. [al-Wa s iyyat, pp. 16–19; R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 20, pp. 318–320] 988 A non-verbal revelation which is a kind of inspiration from the Divine. . [Publishers] 989 Shirk means to associate partners with God. [Publishers] 990 Bid‘at means an unwarranted innovation in matters of faith and religion. [Publishers]