Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 407
14 July 1906 407 and I have seen you to be of the highest standard in manners and hos- pitality. The Promised Messiah as said: People spread false news. God Almighty has taught us broad morals. Instead, I am sorry that I cannot fully demonstrate my good manners to you because it is not permissible for you to eat our food according to your national custom. We arrange the food for such Hindu guests with a Hindu, but we cannot control the preparation of this food ourselves. It is not part of our principles to behave discourteously with someone because of religious differences, and misbehaviour is also inappropriate, because, at most, in our opinion, a person of a different faith is like a person who is ill and lacks spiritual health. Therefore, the sick person deserves even greater mercy and should be treated with great kindness and gentleness. If the ill person is treated with an ill temper, his illness will worsen. If someone is involved in any error or deviation, he should be made to understand with love. Our main principles are two: keeping a pure relationship with God and treating His servants with compassion and good morals. 1 1. Badr, vol. 2, no. 29, p. 3, dated 19 July 1906