Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 452
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 9 452 29 September 1907 A Place Stricken with the Plague should be Vacated The Promised Messiah as stated addressing H ak i m Muhammad Husain Qureshi: In the month of October there is fear that the plague will spread in Lahore. Remember our first principle that when the plague is spreading all around, or rats die in a house, then vacate that building immediately and make an abode for yourself outside the town somewhere in the open air. Even after leaving, one should take precaution so that too many people do not gather in one place, creating the same environment as the city with polluted air. The practice of the Prophets is the same that one ought to flee from such a place. It is not good to enter into a confrontation with God. A Better Way to Exterminate Rats A person was mentioned that he had come on behalf of the authorities to the village with traps to exterminate rats. The Promised Messiah as said: In our home, cats gather at such opportunity. The services of cats seem to be better than the traps as the rats flee fearing the cat.