Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 145
16 FEBRUARY 1907 145 I'tikāf¹ A question from a person was presented to the Promised Messiahas: Can a person discuss his worldly business when sitting Itikaf? The Promised Messiahas said: They can do so for some extreme necessity; and can leave to visit the sick or to attend to the calls of nature. 2 16 FEBRUARY 1907 (At the time of Zuhr) Debates should be in Written Form There was mention of the Jama'at in Munger [in India] and of some debate there. The Promised Messiahas said: If there are written questions, we should also give written answers to the opponents. Verbal debates are probable cause of mischief. 1. I'tikāf means to seclude oneself in the mosque, typically during the last ten days of Ramadan. [Publisher] 2. Badr, vol. 6, no. 8, p. 5, dated 21 February 1907