Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 195
5 March 1908 195 versus Niyog. Now, you can compare the two practices and see which course is better. 1 (Before Zuhr Prayer) 2 Life Insurance A letter was presented to the Promised Messiah as in which it was written: To His Holiness the Promised Messiah and the Blessed Mahdi as : In March 1900, I took out a life insurance policy for 2,000 rupees. The stipulations were that I would pay the annual premium of 46 rupees till I die; my heirs would receive 2,000 rupees at my death and I would not be eligible to receive this money during my lifetime. I have paid about 600 rupees in pre- miums to the insurance company so far. If I break this contract now, I am eligible for only one third of this money according to the contract; meaning that I will receive 200 rupees and the remaining 400 rupees would be lost. But since I have pledged at your hand that I shall give precedence to religion over this world, I do not wish to continue to be involved in something that is in contravention to the commandments of God and His Messenger after learning the truth about this issue. You are the 1. Al- H akam , vol. 12, no. 17, p. 7–8, dated 6 March 1908 2. The first column on page 9 of al- H akam, vol. 12, no. 17, dated 6 March 1908, clearly shows that this diary is of 5 March 1908, before Zuhr Prayer. (Compiler)