Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 13
13 October 1905 13 home from the courthouse and fell on one step of the stairs. He got up but fell on another and died. Keep Giving S adaqah, Though it be Little A small amount of monetary sacrifice was needed. The Promised Messiah as said: Some people say something but cannot uphold it afterwards, thereby becoming sinners. The best s adaqah [charity] is that which, although it be little, is offered regularly. The Sincerity of Maulaw i Y a r Muhammad The service of some members during the days of the late Maulaw i Sahib’s [ Hadrat Maulaw i ‘Abdul-Kar i m of Sialkot, may Allah be pleased with him] illness was under discussion. The services of Maulaw i Y a r Mu h ammad, Barrister of Law, also came to be mentioned. The Promised Messiah as said: He is a most sincere person who displays perfect fidelity. He endured many painful journeys. He undertakes a great deal of physically strenuous service. He does not complain even if he must walk 40 kos [a kos is approximately 2 miles] daily, whether he must walk at night or during the day. During the days of the trial, he ran on foot alongside my conveyance from Gurdaspur and Qadian. He is a hard-working and honest man. Whoever has him will be satisfied with him because he is not a deliber- ately negligent person. He possesses an element of the sunnah [conduct] of the Companions.