Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 153
Undated 153 Remember that every lock has a key. And there is a key for speech as well, and that is to speak appropriately. Just as I said concerning medicines that some medicine is of benefit to someone and another is of benefit to someone else, sim- ilarly every statement can be of benefit to a specific person when said in a particular way. It should not be the case that one should talk in the same way with everyone. The speaker should not mind someone calling him bad, but rather keep discharging his duty without getting tired. The rich have very delicate dispositions and they are also apathetic to the world and cannot bear to listen to too many things. They should be admonished at some occasion in some way with great care and gentleness. 1 Undated What Day an Aqiqah should be Done A question was asked regarding when an Aqiqah [sacrifice of an animal upon a child’s birth] should be done? The Promised Messiah as answered: On the seventh day. If for some reason it is not possible, then whenever God grants the ability. It is found in one tradition 1. Badr, vol. 7, no. 6, p. 4–5, dated 13 February 1908