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Part II – My Life as a Muslim 103 Rashid [me] that report. Huzoor ra then asked me again if that missionary gave me that report and I responded affirmatively. I stated that I would swear to that fact, and then swear again by putting my hand on the Holy Qur’ ā n. Huzoor ra said, “Allah did not reveal the Holy Qur’ ā n for you to swear upon it. The Holy Qur’ ā n was revealed for you to act upon it. Some of these Maul aw i s think that by putting their hand on the Holy Qur’ ā n makes their statement more sacred. ” Huzoor ra said there is no need of swearing because a believer, whatever he has said, it is as if he has already sworn. Then he said, “Now we know that one of these believers is a liar. We do not know which one is a liar, but we know that one of these two is a liar. ” I then said, “Huzoor, no one can trust a liar. How can we prove who the liar is?” Huzoor ra said, “There is no way to prove it. I have told you not to interfere in that which does not concern you. The Holy Prophet saw has said that that which you cannot prove, do not engage in it. ” Huzoor ra said, “In the beginning you did not tell me you heard it from [name deleted]. After I asked you later from where you heard it, you said, ‘[name deleted]’. ” I said, “Huzoor, from the very beginning I told you that I heard from [name deleted] and you said to write N u r-ul-Isl a m and find out if it’s true. ” Huzoor ra said again, “In the beginning you did not tell me you heard it from [name deleted]. After I asked you later from where you heard it, you said, ‘[name deleted]’. ” I said, “I heard it from [name deleted] and you said to write N u r-ul-Isl a m. I wrote N u r-ul-Isl a m but when you told me that