Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 23
24 October 1905 23 say: َ ُم ْ ل َاَلَحِقُوْن ك ِ ُ ب هللا َ ا اِن ْ شَآء َّ ُم ْ یَا اَھْل َ الْقُبُوْر ِ مِن َ الْمُؤْمِنِیْن َ وَالْمُسْلِمِیْن َ وَاِن ك اَلَم ُ عَلَیْ َّ اَلس َ ُم ْ ل َاَلَحِقُوْن ك ِ ُ ب هللا َ ا اِن ْ شَآء َّ ُم ْ یَا اَھْل َ الْقُبُوْر ِ مِن َ الْمُؤْمِنِیْن َ وَالْمُسْلِمِیْن َ وَاِن ك اَلَم ُ عَلَیْ َّ اَلس [‘Peace be upon you, O inhabitants of the graves from among the believers and the Muslims! And, God willing, we are bound to join you. ’] Etiquette of Visiting Graves When we arrived at the shrine of Khw a jah B a q i Bill a h, many graves were close to each other and often at the same level as the ground. I observed very closely that the Promised Messiah as walked carefully between the graves so as not to step on any grave. Upon reaching Khw a jah Sahib’s grave, he raised his hands in prayer and offered a lengthy prayer. After the prayer, I asked what one should pray at the grave, and he replied: One should pray for the forgiveness of the person in the grave and pray to God for oneself also. Man stands in need of praying before God all the time. A poem about the late Khw a jah Sahib is written on the gravestone. After praying, the Promised Messiah as read that poem and ordered this humble writer to copy it. 1 Hadrat Khw a jah B a q i Bill a h The Promised Messiah as said: Khw a jah B a q i Bill a h was one of the great saints. He was the 1. So, Hadrat Muft i Muhammad Sa diq, may Allah be pleased with him, copied that poem and published it in Badr. (Compiler)