In relation to Sahih Bukhari, the Promised Messiah (as) said: “Of all the world’s books, Sahih Bukhari is the one which follows and accords with the Holy Quran most; it is the most superior and authentic of all books. Its sister, as it were, is the collection known as Muslim.”
The Holy Quran states:
رَبُّنَا الَّذِيْۤ اَعْطٰى كُلَّ شَيْءٍ خَلْقَهٗ ثُمَّ هَدٰى1
Our Lord is He Who gave unto everything its proper form and then guided it to its proper function.
In relation to the aforementioned verse, the Promised Messiah (as) stated: “There are two classes of people who primarily benefit from the bestowal alluded to in this verse: kings and divinely appointed men of God. First, God appoints His chosen ones, ثُمَّ هَدٰى, i.e. then He furnishes everything that is required by them for the propagation of their message. In my case, God has provided all the means that I require; rail transport, telegram services, postal facilities, the printing press, etc., which are facilities that the previous Prophets, peace be upon them, were not granted. This is a form of superiority that I enjoy in one aspect, and a partial superiority of this nature is no dishonour to the Prophets.”
The Promised Messiah (as) said: “My work on the commentary that I was writing has now come to its conclusion and it was my desire to take some rest for two or three days before turning to other important tasks, but I cannot bring myself to sit idle. It is written in Maulana Rum’s Mathnawi that there is an illness in which a person feels the need to be constantly massaged. So too is the case with the godly; they can never sit at rest. At times, God will send down a difficult task for them to accomplish, and at other times, they will, of their own accord, take on a challenge for themselves.
It is very blessed indeed for an individual to remain engaged in some work for the sake of God. A day that goes by empty of such labour is a day of grief. There can be nothing more fulfilling in the world than for a person to work in the way of God, and then for God to open a way for such people and bless them with His support. However, without sincerity, every labour is useless. One ought to work purely for the sake of God with no vested interest.”2
1 Taha, 20:51
2 Al-Hakam, vol. 5, no. 8, dated 3 March 1901, p. 12