Questions and Answers
The Light (Pakistan), 1st February 1923 Issue (Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 3–4)
Question:
If the late Mirza Sahib was the Messiah as you believe, was he the sign of the last day? Apparently it is not near. — Subscriber No. 719
Answer:
Although nobody can exactly tell when the last day will come, yet there is a general concurrence on the point that the last day is approaching.
Question:
Are we the Muslims allowed to marry Hindu ladies?— Subscriber No. 719
Answer:
No, a Muslim should not marry an idolatress.
Question:
Was the moon bisected by the Holy Prophet? Is there any historical authority on it?— Subscriber No. 719
Answer:
Yes, we find this event narrated in the chronicles of the Holy Prophet. But the “bisecting of the moon” may also be taken in a metaphorical sense, signifying the downfall of the Prophet’s enemies, as the moon was their national emblem.
Question:
Did the Holy Prophet visit the heavens physically? — Subscriber No. 719
Answer:
No. It was a spiritual flight, and not in the physical.
Question:
Are we allowed to marry four wives? What is the use of it? — Subscriber No. 719
Answer:
Yes.
There are many advantages. For instance, if the first wife is ill and incapable of giving birth to a child, the husband can have a second wife.
There is a disparity between the male and the female populations, and always shall be, as men are more exposed to destruction. Plurality of wives is thus a natural thing.
In the case of widows, it gives protection to the helpless women and orphan children.
Question:
Can money belonging to the mosque be spent either on the maintenance or the erection of another mosque or on any other purpose? — Syed Walayat Husain
Answer:
Yes, if the funds exceed the original requirements for which they were raised, they can be spent on any other similar national purpose, conducive to the welfare of the whole community.
Question:
Is the Holy Quran a makhluq [something created]? — Syed Inamullah Shah
Answer:
The copies of the Holy Quran which we have are makhluq, but not the divine attribute of speech.