Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 261
از خدا جدا نه باشند UNDATED لیکن مردان خدا خدا نه باشند The Servants of God are not God, But they are not separate from Him either. God Almighty manifests such feats for His servants that the world is left amazed. ¹ 261 UNDATED Fātiņa Khānī at the Time of Someone's Demise A question was presented that after the death of a person some peo- ple remain gathered at a place and do Fātiķa Khānī. Fātiķa Khānī is a prayer for forgiveness, so what harm is there in this? The Promised Messiahas said: What I see there is nothing except for backbiting and vain talk. Then there is the question whether the Noble Prophetsas or the Noble Companionsta or the Great Imams followed this prac- tice. If not, then what is the need to aimlessly open the door to innovations? My belief is that there is no need for this custom. 1. Badr, vol. 6, no. 19, p. 5, dated 9 May 1907 2. Fatiha Khānī is a practice observed by some Muslims involving the recitation of Surah al-Fatihah and other Quranic verses as a means of seeking Allah's forgiveness for the deceased. This practice is typically performed collectively, especially following the death or on the anniversary of someone's passing. [Publisher]