Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 261
Undated 261 ابدنش ہن دخا ِ دخا، رمدان ابدنش ہن دجا دخا، از ںیہن ی نکیل The Servants of God are not God, But they are not separate from Him either. God Almighty manifests such feats for His servants that the world is left amazed. 1 Undated F a ti h a Kh a n i at the Time of Someone’s Demise A question was presented that after the death of a person some peo- ple remain gathered at a place and do F a ti h a Kh a n i. 2 F a ti h a Kh a n i is a prayer for forgiveness, so what harm is there in this? The Promised Messiah as said: What I see there is nothing except for backbiting and vain talk. Then there is the question whether the Noble Prophet s as or the Noble Companions ra or the Great Imams followed this prac- tice. If not, then what is the need to aimlessly open the door to innovations? My belief is that there is no need for this custom. 1. Badr , vol. 6, no. 19, p. 5, dated 9 May 1907 2. F a ti h a Kh a n i is a practice observed by some Muslims involving the recitation of S u rah al-F a ti h ah and other Quranic verses as a means of seeking Allah’s forgiveness for the deceased. This practice is typically performed collectively, especially following the death or on the anniversary of someone’s passing. [Publisher]