Chapter X: Living and Character of the Prophet
Fateh-b-Sakhraf said : Once a man with daggger in hand was dragging a woman by force. Nobody dared to go near him for fear of being murdered. The woman raising loud cries being confined in his hand. Suddenly the sage Bashr Hafi was passing by that way. He went to him and touched his shoulder. As a result, the man fell down senseless and the sage then left the place. The woman also went away. When the man regained his senses, the people asked him : What has happened to you ? He said : I don't know anything, but I remember this much that a man came tome and said after touching me : Certainly God sees you and your action. On hearing his words, fear came in my mind and my feet got paralysed. I don't know the man. They said : He is Bashr Hafi . On that very day , he was attached with fever which ultimately led him to the grave.
EVIL ACTIONS PREVALENT IN SOCIETY
All evil actions are of two kinds-Haram (unlawful) and Markruh (not commendable). To prevent what is unlawful is compulsory and to remain silent at the time of its commission is unlawful . To prevent what is Makruh is Mustahab or commendable and to remain silent at the time of its commissions is not good but not unlawful.
The following are some of the evil actions in mosques — to make bow and prostration not in a good manner, to recite the Quran in a melodious voice, to prolong the prayer call, putting
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on by the Imam of a black robe or of a robe consisting mostly of silk, to tell stories in Friday sermon, to buy or sell at the time of Jumma prayer.