Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 64
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 10 64 At this, a Hindu mob gathered and grabbed the mullah. The poor man was terribly frightened that the Administrator would hang him. The soldier reassured him that he would stand by him. Ultimately, they took him to the Administrator and pleaded that he had profaned them. The Administrator knew that the government had changed and the Sikh rule was over so he asked the person somewhat timidly why he had called out the Azan loudly. The soldier stepped forward and said that it was him, and not the mullah, who had called the Azan. The Administrator scolded the Hindu mob as to why they were complaining about the Azan when cows [which are holy to the Hindus] were being openly slaughtered in the city of Lahore. He told them to disperse and stop complaining. Similarly, there is an incident that took place in Batala. A Sayyed [person with lineage to the Holy Prophet, peace be upon him] who was a local resident, came to the gate from outside. There was a herd of cows there, and with the tip of his sword, he tried to disperse the animals. The hide of a cow got mildly scratched. For this, the poor soul was arrested and people insisted that he should be killed. After much mediation, his life was spared but they did cut his hand off. Similarly, in a dispute over a cow, five thousand unfortunate Muslims were killed. Now, see for yourself whether this government is a bless- ing or not. It is stated in a hadith that if your ruler is bad, then it is not him, but in fact, you who are bad. 1 Therefore, bear in mind that these people [the British] are very just. Even in the litigation against me, 2 Atma Ram had fined me 700 rupees. But when those records were put up before the Sessions Judge, 1. Mirq a tul Maf a t ih Shar h Mishk a t al-Ma sa b ih , Ali bin Sultan Muhammad al-Q a r i , Juzw 7, p. 266–267, Kit a b al-Im ar ati wal-Qa da ’, Hadith Number 3717, D a rul-Kutub al-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon 2001 [Publisher] 2. Al- H akam, vol. 12, no. 2, p. 2–4, dated 6 January 1908