Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 480
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 7 480 who will only pray for God and populate the mosque. In my judgement, one cannot pray behind an imam—Ahmadi or non-Ahmadi—who prays only out of greed. An imam needs to be the most God-fearing [individual]. Some people appoint a ha fi z [one who has memorized the entire Holy Quran] in Ramadan and establish his salary as well. This is not correct. Of course, if someone takes care of him with good intentions and the fear of God, then that is permissible. 1 28 September 1905 (Before noon) Wars of Imam Mahdi Today, a Turk and a Jew came to visit His Holiness, peace and blessings be on him. They asked the Promised Messiah as a few questions. I am recording them here along with their responses. It should be remembered that the questions and answers were in the Arabic language. I am taking their purport and writing it in Urdu. (Editor) The Turk— You claim that you are the Mahdi and it is 1. Al- H akam, vol. 9, no. 39, p. 4–6, dated 10 November 1905