Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 205
UNDATED and conditions of man. Therefore, it is a good custom and is permitted. 205 Feast on the Fulfilment of a Sign Khan Şahib 'Abdul-Hamid wrote a letter to the Promised Messiahas from Kapurthala seeking permission to hold a feast for the members at the occasion of the joyous fulfilment of the glorious Sign of Dowie. The Promised Messiahas granted permission and said: It is permissible to hold such a feast to proclaim the favour [of God]. Definition of a Traveller A question by a gentleman, Muhammad Sa'id-ud-Din, was presented before the Promised Messiahas, 'My brother and I are always travelling to trade perfumes, etc. Should we shorten our Prayers?' The Promised Messiahas responded: A journey is that which a person encounters from time to time for some purpose, not that it is his profession to be here today and somewhere else tomorrow for trade. It is against taqwā [righteousness] that such a person should count himself among the travellers and spend his entire lifetime shortening his Prayers.