خطبات طاہر (جلد 1۔ 1982ء) — Page 441
Khutbat-e-Tahir Vol 1 441 October 8, 1982 behaviour۔If you behave correctly in this sense Allah will show mercy upon you۔You create the most ideal society which would be flourishing and which would be expanding, which would be gaining power in every direction and nobody would be able to suppress such a society۔Now it was pointed out to me by some friends that in the first sermon I was rather too harsh and one sidedly harsh upon the members of my family, the family I belong to۔And I single them out by saying that if they borrow money from some body or try to borrow money, everybody should take precautions and I pointed out to them that it is a grave responsibility to behave cleanly and above board in financial matters otherwise it is Hadrat Masih-e-Ma'ud's name and honour which is some times defiled by those who are hurt۔I such did it, not because I was not aware of other people doing it۔But because I know the approach of Islam۔Islam does not just say that charity begins at home, it also tells you that admonition begins at home۔This is why Hadrat Muhammad Mustafa was told in the beginning of his office you give warnings اَنْذِرُ عَشِيرَتَكَ الْأَقْرَبِينَ (215: Al-Shuara) to your kith and kin who are closest to you۔So he started the process of warning from his own family people and then it was that he went to the top of the hill and addressed the whole and rest of the Mecca۔So I was not unaware of these things, only I was