Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 431
26 August 1906 431 Smoking Tobacco A person asked whether the Promised Messiah as had forbidden hookah smoking. The Promised Messiah as replied: I have not given any such order that smoking tobacco is for- bidden like pork and alcohol. Yes, it is a vain act, and a believer should avoid it. However, there is no harm for those forced to use it as a medicine or treatment for some illness. Nabi Bakhsh— A person questioned, ‘My name is Nabi Bakhsh. Is it necessary for me to change my name?’ The Promised Messiah as replied: It is not necessary. Nabi Bakhsh means that he was forgiven by the intercession of, and due to, the Prophet. The intercession of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, is true and from the Holy Quran. 1 1. Badr, vol. 6, nos. 1 and 2, p. 18, dated 10 January 1907