Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 364
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 8 364 I myself have seen examples of such powers of God. Behold! ‘Abdullah Sannouri’s shirt on which red marks had appeared without any visible causes, yet I saw in a vision that those drops of ink fell from the Divine court while a signature was being obtained. Similarly, there was severe pain in a tooth once, and the doctor advised that tooth extraction was the way to deal with the tooth pain, but afterwards the revelation came: ِ ْن ی و َ اِذَا مَرِضْت ُ فَهُو َ يَشْفِ ِ ْن ی و َ اِذَا مَرِضْت ُ فَهُو َ يَشْفِ [And when I am ill, it is He who restores me to health. ] And immediately, the pain went away. Similarly, I once fell seriously ill, so much so that even S u rah Y a S i n was read out to me three times. However, it was put in my heart that I should proclaim the glory of God repeatedly and obtain sand and water from the river and rub it on my body. So, upon doing this, the illness dissipated. Therefore, develop com- plete faith in God so you may be saved from such doubts. (This is a summary of the speech that the Promised Messiah, peace be on him, delivered) F a ti h Khw a n i and Isq at It was submitted that it is customary to do f a ti h ah kh a n i 1 for the dead when a Muslim dies. Is it found in the Shariah or not? The Promised Messiah as said: ‘There is no mention of it in the Hadith, the Holy Quran, nor in the Sunnah. ’ 1. F a ti h ah kh a n i is a practice observed by some Muslims, involving the reci- tation 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]