Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 132
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 9 132 inadvertently continued to eat and drink. When I went out I came to know that the break of dawn had occurred. Do I need to fast again as an expiation or not? The Promised Messiah as responded: ‘Eating and drinking unknowingly does not necessitate to fast again as an expiation. ’ 3. A question was asked, ‘Does 1 ) ) ُمُكْيَلَع ُماَيِّصلا ُمُكْيَلَع ُماَيِّصلا ( ( َبِتُك َبِتُك refer to obliga- tory Fasts or fasts in general?’ The Promised Messiah as replied, ‘ Kutiba refers to obligatory Fasts. ’ 2 Questioning in the Grave A question from an individual was presented: The questioning in the grave is to the soul, or does the soul enter the body? The Promised Messiah as responded: One should believe that man is questioned in the grave, but its detail and nature should be left to God. This matter of man is with God. He does as He pleases. Furthermore, the word ‘grave’ is expansive. When a person dies, wherever God keeps him, in his after death state, is indeed his grave, regardless of whether he drowns in a river or burns [to death], or whether he remains lying on the earth. Man is in the grave after departing this world. Allah the Almighty knows better the nature of the inquiries and accounting that are conducted with him. Man should prepare for that day, rather than remain occupied in try- ing to discover its nature. 3 1. Fasting is prescribed for you ( S u rah al-Baqarah , 2:184). [Publisher] 2. Al- H akam , vol. 11, no. 7, p. 13–14, dated 24 February 1907 3. Badr , vol. 6, no. 7, p. 8, dated 14 February 1907