Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 7
Undated 7 However, the frequency of these encounters desensitizes as well, and it must needs be, for a soft and tender-hearted person cannot perform this kind of work since it demands immense courage to perform surgery. Present-Day Mullahs The Promised Messiah as said: The mullahs of these present times are similarly forced to observe the many admonitory scenes of funerals. Unfortunately, they, too, have become hard-hearted. A newspaper wrote about a mullah in Calcutta. He was sued by someone to whom he owed some money. He pleaded in his defence that in the current year Calcutta was enjoying good health and not many people were dying. Therefore, he could not make any payment, but—as many people were forecast to die in the subsequent year on account of famine and disease—he expects decent income and then to pay off the loan. Similarly in this city, were two brothers, both being mullahs who were locked in a mutual feud, causing the Muslim house- holds in the area to be divided between them. One of the mul- lahs took exception on the basis that the people in his division were generally of short stature and upon their deaths, the sheets covering their coffins that would be taken off, would also be short [resulting in lower profits when sold]. These people have descended to such depths. May Allah have mercy!