Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 197
6 March 1908 197 6 March 1908 (Before Asr Prayer) The Contradictory Attitude of Maulawi Muhammad Husain of Batala Maulawi Muhammad Husain had requested the Promised Messiah, peace be upon him, in writing through one or more letters and verbally also, to act as the arbitrator in some dispute. And at the same time he had also threatened that if he would not agree to be the arbitrator in that matter, he would name him as a witness in the matter in court and, thus, he would have to appear in the court. The Promised Messiah as said: It is baffling that on the one hand he considers me to be a kafir [disbeliever] and dajjal [deceiver], faithless, and an apostate; and then, he has not just kept this limited to himself alone, but rather he has tried his utmost to enlist all the big maulawis of nearly the whole of India in his fatwa; yet, on the other hand, he wishes me to act as the arbitrator in a matter pertaining to the Shariah! If he considers me to be out of the circle of Islam, then what do I have to do with a matter pertaining to the Shariah and what would be the value of my verdict? Tell him that first he needs to settle the issue of my Islam or apostasy, then he can make me an arbitrator also. This man has perpetrated everything that has been possible for him and has been within his power to even have me hanged, and has left no stone unturned in these efforts of his. However,