Friday Sermon – Khalifatul Masih V – Mirza Masroor Ahmad – Year 2014
We have come to see in these days the examples or the incidences of injustice; that we see in those countries which claim to be Islamic states. We don’t see those examples in non-Muslim states. Or at least these examples are not as frequent in those countries, the way they are in those countries.
And whenever such incidences do occur, then we come to see that usually in these developed countries or these non-Muslim countries, a very strong voice is raised against them. Whether these injustices are done through agents of the government,
Or whether they are done by a group of people or an individual person. In recent days such incidents occurred in America and very strong protests were raised against them. However, the way Islam advises love, affection and brotherhood, in comparison to this the Islamic governments of today and similarly those groups
Which are formed in the name of Islam, be it groups or organisations, they, for the sake of gaining personal benefit or for the sake of securing peace, or by using the name of Islam they inflict injustice which means that they are heading in the absolute opposite direction of the teachings of Islam.
And in these days, by using the label of Islam or by using the label of implementing Sharia, through the use of such schemes many extremist organisations have come into formation, who are doing such cruel acts which makes one worry.
The question arises whether human beings are doing these acts, or whether they are done by an entity which is far worse than animals, in the disguise of human beings. In the last few days such an example of cruelty was seen in Pakistan.
Which wasn’t just a cruelty or injustice, rather it was an example of one of the worst cases of animosity. It was such a dastardly act, which causes a shiver to run down anyone’s spine. It was an incidence, which caused all of humanity to cry in anguish.
Any person who has the slightest bit of humanity within him, cried in anguish and became unsettled. Such a scene of bloodshed was viewed nearly four and a half years ago from today, in our mosques in Lahore. A local TV channel, and I presume it was the BBC, mentioned five of the most devastating
Incidences to happen in Pakistan, which have manifested in Pakistan in the previous few years. Amongst those five incidences was also the mentioning of the incident, which took place in our mosque in Lahore. Anyways, that tragedy which befell us and the injustice which was done upon us
Was not even acknowledged by the government and they didn’t consider it a reason for sympathy, nor was any sympathy done, or nor did the majority of the people (show sympathy), maybe due to the fear of the Mullah. However, we the Ahmadis are those who have sympathy for humanity and whenever
We see humanity suffering, it causes us to become unsettled and besides this, these were our countrymen and most probably all of them were those who claim to be Muslims, for whom our hearts are filled with the feelings of mercy, in regards to the incidence which happened recently in Pakistan.
For them we are upset. As I have mentioned, we have a lot of sympathy. We were bound to become upset once we saw cruelty upon them and we became upset, because as I have just said, because not only were they Pakistani,
They were the countrymen of most people sitting here and also they were Muslims. And also, the level of animalistic behaviour was at its peak in this incident, because the majority of the victims of this cruelty were innocent children. They were children of the tender age of five, six or seven years of age.
There were also children who were aged between ten and thirteen. Such children were martyred who were five or six years old. Who may not have even known the difference between terrorism and non-terrorism. They may have not even known the difference between Muslims and non-Muslims.
However, their lives were taken away from them in a very cruel manner. I pray that may God Almighty have mercy upon them and forgive them and may God Almighty grant their parents patience and steadfastness. The reason why these children were targeted for cruelty, was because the so-called
Implementers of Sharia wanted to take revenge against the military in Pakistan. What kind of Islam is this? And what kind of Sharia is this? The Holy Prophet, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, very strongly prohibited to raise the sword against the children and the women of non Muslims
During the conditions of war. When the Holy Prophet, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, questioned one of his companions for murdering the child of a Jew, at that time the companion said, “Oh Prophet of Allah, this was the child of a Jew
And even if he was murdered mistakenly, then what wrong is there in this?” Upon this the Holy Prophet, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, replied that: “Was this not the innocent child of a human being? ”
So these were the high standards set by the beautiful example of the Holy Prophet, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, to maintain the sanctity of humanity. On one hand we have the fine example of the Holy Prophet, (pbuh),
And on the other hand we have the actions of those people who do cruel injustices in the name of Islam, which we come to see very regularly. Anyways, as I have mentioned, all kinds of people have showed remorse for such a cruel act, whether they be Muslims or non-Muslims.
A couple of days ago over here, the Church of England appointed its first ever female Bishop. When the ceremony was taking place they also expressed their remorse upon this sad incident, before the ceremony had begun. They had a minute’s silence. They prayed in their own ways.
So the fact of the matter is, all kinds of people are deeply saddened because of this incident, without any regards to what their religion was. However, these so called Muslims very proudly announced, that yes indeed it was us.
There wasn’t one or two of them, rather there were three or four groups who cooperated and did this deep injustice and they also announced that we feel no shame about this. Therefore, we come to see that even a person who has the slightest of decency
Has expressed his remorse for this incident and as I have said that the hearts of Ahmadis are filled with the sympathy for humanity. We are those who are always ready to show sympathy for humanity. Our hearts become grieved even on the slightest incident.
I received many letters in which people expressed that they remain unsettled and disturbed because of the incident and this is indeed true. I myself was disturbed all day. And when a person goes through such feelings then that person automatically curses those people who did the injustice, that may they be completely wiped out.
I pray that may God Almighty quickly cleanse the country from these cruel and cursed people. In fact may he cleanse all the Islamic states. After seeing this incident, the wounds of the injustice, which was done upon the Ahmadis, is refreshed. However, one feels great pain for these innocent children.
May God Almighty grant determination to those children and patience to those children and show mercy upon those children and be the Guardian of those children who lost their parents. As I have just stated, this extremism and these incidents of cruelty have become a norm in nearly all Islamic states.
This is not just the case of Pakistan. Iraq, Syria, Libya and so on, all countries are facing this injustice. And the cruellest thing about this is, that this injustice is being done in the name of God Almighty and His Prophet, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
In Syria alone, in the conflicts between the government and the Sunnis, according to one report about 130,000 people have been killed. Out of which 6,600 children were murdered. Over one third of the total casualties were civilians. Thousands of people were murdered through the ISIS.
So many women and young girls were lined up and shot to death, because they refused to marry these people. In fact, according to various sources, the tally of deaths and the injustices is way more than is reported. After seeing all of these things, a person who understands the fundamentals of Islam,
Becomes confused and unsettled and questions all that which is happening in the name of Islam. After seeing this, a person becomes genuinely worried and asks, that according to which Islamic teaching is this action justified?
Is all of this in the name of that Lord, who is the gracious Lord, who is the merciful Lord. Who is so generous that its beyond our imagination. Is this injustice happening in the name of that Prophet whom God Almighty has declared as a mercy upon mankind?
Is this injustice happening upon the name of that Sharia in which God Almighty has commanded to show justice to even an enemy? God Almighty says that: ‘O ye who believe! Be steadfast in the cause of Allah, bearing witness in equity;
And let not a people’s enmity incite you to act otherwise than with justice. Be always just, that is nearer to righteousness. And fear Allah. Surely, Allah is aware of what you do.’ Over here we find that God Almighty is raising the standards of justice for a human being,
Without this there is no such thing as believe. Let not the enmity with a certain nation cause you to lower your standards and justice. So show fine examples of the teachings of justice so that the beautiful teachings of Islam can become manifest upon the world.
Your examples of justice and righteousness will become a witness for the beautiful teachings of Islam. Not a single finger should be raised against the teachings of Islam. If only the so-called Muslims could assess themselves, that whether their examples are good enough to draw non-Muslims towards the teachings of Islam, or not.
The actions of these people cause our own people to become distanced. Those children who saw their colleagues as a target of terrorism, will those children ever consider these terrorists as Muslims? And even if they do consider them as Muslims, then unanswered questions
Will remain in their minds, that ‘is this the true Islam which we should accept’? So these people are not just committing physical cruelty and terrorism, rather they are also destroying the future generations. They are distancing them away from Islam.
If only those so called Muslim scholars, who in the name of Jihad and sectarian violence, have given life to these extremists groups, if only they could correct their motives and become the teachers of the true Islam for their future generations.
And they should use the tools of the true Islamic teachings to remove the misconceptions within these extremists groups. And this is only possible by acknowledging, by accepting the command of the Imam of the time and adhering to the true teachings of Islam themselves and make others adhere to that true teachings as well.
The most devoted lover of the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, mentioned in a place through which he advises these Mullahs to think about their reformation. He says, that ‘if the Maulvis of Islam unite and emphasise upon this point
And remove this misconception within the hearts of these fanatic Muslims’, i.e. terrorism, and the concept of false Jihad, ‘then undoubtedly they would be doing a great favour to the nation. ‘And not only this, but through them the monumental features of Islam’s beauties would become manifest upon people.’
And all kinds of hatred that consists within religious opponents of Islam, due to their mistakes, shall be evaporated.’ So this is a pain, which the Promised Messiah, on whom be peace, feels in his attempt to spread the beautiful teachings of Islam and due to which he appealed
To these non-Ahmadi clerics, that for the Love of God remove this teaching of extremism from your minds and give place to the teachings of love and affection. But the question is: When do these so-called clerics actually listen to these teachings? Their purpose is, instead of maintaining the purity of the religion of Islam,
Has become the attainment of political and personal benefits. As far as I have seen, the expression of deep remorse and sadness has not been visible in the clerics, in the way it should have been. Maybe some have done it today during the Friday Prayers.
However, they must always remember this command of God Almighty of ‘and fear Allah’ Surely, God Almighty is fully aware of what you do. And God Almighty doesn’t just possess the knowledge of every matter, simply for the sake of possessing the knowledge of it. Rather every action decides the fortune of a person.
Surely, those who do cruelty and injustice, certainly reach their tragic end. So therefore, if you want to better your here and your hereafter and always pay attention to the command of God Almighty, in which he says you should do justice with the enemy as well.
And for those who recite the Kalima, or the testimony to God Almighty, that they are: ‘tender amongst themselves’ However, in this case these people treat their own worse than enemies, let alone ‘tender amongst themselves’ , examples of which we frequently see.
Now as far as the massacre of one hundred to two hundred thousand people, which were murdered in one country, isn’t this an example of cruel and injustice to themselves? Or for example the massacre of children within school, or martyring them. This is also the peak of injustice and cruelty.
Do they believe that this injustice, which they have done, or they usually do, do they believe that they would walk away without being punished for it? Of course not! This could never happen. God Almighty states ‘and whoso kills a believer intentionally, his reward shall be Hell
Wherein he shall abide. And Allah will be wroth with him and will curse him and will prepare for him a great punishment.’ Furthermore, God Almighty tells us the definition of a believer: ‘and say not to anyone who greets you with the greeting of peace, ‘Thou art not a believer.’
So therefore, Islam has placed a great sanctity in brotherhood. If anyone tries to avail this sanctity and murders a person who bears testimony to the oneness of God Almighty, then God Almighty says that Hell is his abode. And he will be cursed by God Almighty and shall forever remain cursed.
Those people who did suicide bombings, or were killed in confrontations and thought that they would gain the pleasure of God Almighty by dying, which was because of the wrong teachings which was given to them by their clerics, so for them God Almighty clearly states that you cannot receive the pleasure of God Almighty
By killing a believer, rather you would become eligible for His curse and Hell shall become your abode forever. And for the definition of a believer, he says that if someone sends the message of peace to you then you have absolutely no right to murder him.
Now, can anyone explain what mistake these innocent children commit? They are only attaining knowledge, so that they could become a better part of society, and so that they could become assets to the nation. And so that they could spread peace.
That’s the reason why they used to come to those schools, so that they could gain knowledge. I am highly surprised after hearing what these so-called scholars say. Who still give emphasis to the teachings of extremism, even with this beautiful Islamic teaching available.
When the illiterate and the ignorant listen to their claims, then they become influenced and then end up doing those actions which prove nothing but savagery. And God Almighty has then told that the result of this will be Hell.
But maybe these people believe Hell to be some kind of myth or they simply have no believe in God Almighty’s words, that even besides all of these warnings of God Almighty, nothing still affects them and consequently they are just killing one another.
If there is no complete believe in the hereafter, then God Almighty has told them what shall happen to them in this world. That if you harm the sanctity of brotherhood, then you shall lose everything here as well. You shall not be able to attain the benefits of this world.
The purpose of attaining this world, the reason for which you are doing everything, you shall not be able to attain that either. Hence, God Almighty states: ‘And obey Allah and His Messenger and dispute not with one another, lest you falter and your power depart from you.
And be steadfast; surely, Allah is with the steadfast.’ So this saying of God Almighty one hundred percent befits upon these Muslims, after assessing their current situation. Because the Muslims have lost their dominance, simply because of these disputes and due to the many extremists groups, the majority of these countries are war zones.
These people spread their hands in front of the western powers. Even if an organisation of Muslim nations exists, created by them, it still has no importance. There is no unity with one another, due to which there could be any peace within the countries,
Nor do they have any importance in the eyes of the non-Muslim countries. They are puppets, being controlled by the greater powers. The president of any of these Muslim countries or its Prime Ministers and even its military representatives, whenever they come to any of these western countries
And hold talks with the Presidents or the Prime Ministers of those countries and if they receive a slight bit of help, then the leaders of our countries believe that they received the blessings and rewards of the world. They believe that the treasure of God Almighty is empty and they have forgotten about it.
And after forgetting it, they bow down to the worldly powers. And they believe that this is the means of their livelihood. Therefore, how many things must we list and mention which are pushing all so-called Muslim countries towards destruction. When a great injustice happens, then it does affect the nation for a few days.
They cry out and then the majority of them become the tools of these oppressors. So until they do not adhere to the commandments of God Almighty and until they do not set standards of justice with their enemies as well
And until they do not give the security of safety to each person that greets them with safety and until they do not raise their standards of brotherhood and as long as the government does not take care of its subordinates and as long as the subordinates remain disloyal to the government
And until the fear of God Almighty is not found within one’s heart, till then such cruel incidents shall continue to happen. If only our leaders and our so-called scholars and the people of the nation could just understand these things.
The pain that the Muslim Umma goes through, is the pain that we also feel. This is because these people are going to be associated with our beloved Master. The Imam of the time has taught us to be sympathetic with those people who
Associate themselves to our beloved Master and has taught us to love them. We have been told that our hearts do not mind these people. Be sympathetic towards them. After all they claim to love my beloved Messenger. If you treat us with injustice, even then we feel remorse for what happened
And we still pray, instead of taking revenge. We pray that may God Almighty cleanse their hearts and may he enable them to understand this truth that it is the Ahmadis who have true sympathy and wish the best for the Muslim Umma within their hearts.
And this passion for sympathy and well-wishing, as I have just stated, was developed within us by the Promised Messiah, on whom be peace. He, according to the teachings of Islam, has advised us to apply our sympathetic feelings for not only ourselves but for others as well.
He stated that God Almighty has commanded kindness and generosity for believers and Muslims, therefore always bear this in mind Furthermore he states, ‘every person should study himself daily and examine that to what extent does he care about these aspects and to what extent does he show kindness and generosity to his brothers.’
Furthermore, he states that ‘it could be understood that the reason why all the Prophets were sent, was because the true and actual love of God Almighty can be implemented and a distinct speciality should be found within the rights of the people and within brotherhood.’
Until these things are not implemented, then all matters will just be for the sake of them. He then says, ‘show mercy to His creation. Do not inflict verbal or physical or any kind of pain upon them and always strive to improve the creation of God Almighty
And do not be arrogant towards anybody, even if he is your subordinate and do not curse anyone even if that person uses profanity.’ ‘Become the sympathiser of the poor and the kind hearted and he that has good intention, so that you shall be accepted.’
He then states, ‘what does God simply want from you’? ‘He simply wants that you should treat every person with justice and more importantly, do goodness with those people who have never done goodness with you.’ ‘And even more importantly, that you should meet the creation of God Almighty with such sympathy,
That as if you are one of their true relatives, just as the way a mother treats a child.’ He states that the final standard of goodness is the natural feelings that the way a mother has. So when we become those who attain such high standards of sympathy,
Or when we have received knowledge of attaining such high standards of sympathy and if we become those who act upon those teachings, only then can a man fully understand the pain of another human being. And by the grace of God Almighty, the majority of us does have such feelings for humanity.
And an Ahmadi should be one that does have such kind of feelings. If we have such feelings of sympathy for ordinary people, then we have even more feelings of sympathy for the Muslims. We feel it within our heart, whenever any kind of cruelty is done to any Muslim.
And this cruel injustice which was done in Pakistan, was certainly a reason for great pain for us. And the pain which is being caused in the Muslim world by anyone, is painful for us. And this feeling of pain is increased even more when we continuously cry out to the world,
That God Almighty, for the sake of removing this injustice and according to his promise, has sent the Promised Messiah, on whom be peace, who was supposed to eradicate wars and cruelty and spread love and affection. Therefore, listen to him very carefully, so that you can apply the true teachings of Islam
Upon the world. But even besides our cry, those people who claim to be scholars are the most increasing in enmity towards us and whenever such a situation arises, then the distinction between justice and sympathy is erased. And then, consequently, disruption and mischief is found in every society.
And the innocent are murdered and this is exactly what’s happening. If only the so-called Muslim scholars could understand this and instead of destroying the Muslim Umma by getting them into sectarian violence, they should try to engrave the Islamic teachings of peace, love and affection within the Muslims,
The way the Promised Messiah, on whom be peace, has stated. And try to remove this misconception within the non-Muslims that Islam, may God forbid, is a religion of extremism and a religion spread through the sword. I pray to God Almighty that they should have this understanding.
Pray frequently for Pakistan and the Muslim countries. May God Almighty enable peace within these countries. And may God Almighty enable the governments and the people to become those who identify the true human morals. May God Almighty enable us to also set high standards of this.
Due to these situations, countries such as Syria, Iraq and Libya, who are going through these situations, the Ahmadis of these places are disturbed. One because they are the citizens of those countries and also because they are Ahmadis. So pray especially for them as well. May God Almighty give them refuge from such disturbances.
Some of them are very helpless. Both groups have become opponents of Ahmadis. It is difficult to even provide even any help in such circumstances. There is only God Almighty who can enable His grace and bounty and may He remove these days of suffering from the lives of these people as soon as possible.
After the prayers I will lead some funeral prayers in absentia. The first funeral is of one of our martyred brothers by the name of Mubarik Ahmad Sahib Bajwa, the son of respected Amir Ahmad Bajwa Sahib from a village called Chak 312 in Toba Tek Singh.
He was martyred. Surely to Allah we belong and to Him shall we return. On the 26th of October 2009, he was abducted by some unknown people from his farm. No information was to be found about them. However, a few days ago some terrorists, who were arrested in an area of Gujrat,
Have admitted that they also murdered a Mubarik Bajwa from Kathowali, after declaring him as a blasphemer, and have buried him in a pit in Bimbarnala, in the district of Gujrat. Surely to Allah we belong and to Him shall we return.
It is as if these people have become those who can give edicts as well. The foundations of Ahmadiyyat were laid in the family of Mubarik Ahmad sahib through his grandfather by the name of Peer Mohammad Sahib. He was very attached with the Jamaat and from a very religious family.
The respected martyred was a born Ahmadi. He was born in 1953 and he received education to a primary level and he worked in the field of agriculture. He was a very honest, pious, righteous and friendly person. His father, Amir Ahmad Bajwa sahib, and his brother Rasheed Ahmad Bajwa Sahib,
Both of them have been Presidents of the Kathowali Jamaat, one after the other. One of his sons, by the name of Zahoor Ahmad, is also a Qaid within that community. Apart from his wife, by the name of Shahid Begum Sahiba, he also has four more sons
By the names of Zahoor Ahmad, Mansoor Ahmad, Naseer Ahmad and Ateeq Ahmad. Similarly, he has two brothers and a sister. The details of the incident is as such, that Mubarik Ahmad Bajwa Sahib and his non-Ahmadi worker, by the name of Sikander Mahmood, who was fourteen years old, both were abducted
By some people on the 26th/27th night of October 2009. Five years ago from today in 2009. He was abducted from his farm. The kidnappers came in two cars and a few days later the kidnappers released the mentioned worker with a mobile and they used that contact number to negotiate ransom.
They demanded twenty million rupees for ransom, which after negotiating came down to one million. The kidnappers laid this condition that the amount should be delivered to Kohat or Parachinar. And then the contact all of a sudden stopped. Even the police could not reach to a conclusion.
Now recently, the Ameer Sahib of the District of Toba Tek Singh informed that the DPO of the district called the brother of Mubarik Bajwa Sahib and told him to receive some information about his brother from the DPO of Gujrat. When he went there he met the DPO of Gujrat.
So then the DPO informed him that from the organisation of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, by the name of Afzal Fauji Group, so even here they have many groups, and informed that some people have been captured out of which one by the name of Wajid
Has admitted to the kidnap and murder of Mubarik Ahmad Bajwa sahib by slitting his throat and burying the body in Mimbarnala. When Aziz Ahmad Bajwa and those people who have mentioned, when they met this man by the name of Wajid, who was being interrogated, then he himself also admitted to this murder.
And when asked if anyone else accompanied him, then he admitted that a man by the name of Ahmad from the neighbouring village was with him, who informed them that Mubarik Ahmad Bajwa was a blasphemer. This person used to be a Christian and then he converted into Islam and joined
The Tehrik-e-Taliban and his father had been a paid worker of the Bajwa family. And then he explained how they had abducted him and had chained him in the basement of a mosque in the village of Kotli. And one day after the Isha prayers, and as I explained, slit his throat
And then cut him up into pieces and then buried him into a pit. When the policemen asked the criminal why did he do such a thing, he said that we have been ordained by a commander, that due to the fact that these people
Are blasphemers, therefore they should be killed and it was necessary for us to fulfil his command. So this is the situation. Only the Taliban can explain why did they murder the children, because it was they who have done this.
May God Almighty raise the status of the martyr and may He grant his children patience and steadfastness. Anyways, they have found out, since previously they only knew about the kidnapping. The second funeral is of respected Amina Asaaf Sahiba of Kababir, who passed away on the 12th of December 2014.
Surely to Allah we belong and to Him shall we return. She was a born Ahmadi. Her father, respected Asaaf Sahib, was one of the initial Ahmadis of the Haifa Jamaat. She has served as the President and the secretary of Tabligh of Lajna Imaillah Kababir.
She used to pray a lot and was very hospitable and she used to donate a lot of her money in the way of Allah. She was a very righteous woman. She used to make special preparation for the guests who used to come to Darul Tabligh.
She used to preach to women in a very good manner. She used to be very kind and friendly to the families of missionaries. When Masjid Mahmood Kababir was being built, at that time she donated a very large amount for it and she also organised the food of the workers
Who were building the mosque. She had a very loving relationship with the Caliphs of Ahmadiyyat. She used to listen to the sermons very carefully; my sermons which are broadcast on MTA. She also used to narrate a summary of it to others.
She was ready to act upon any commandment with all of her heart. She taught many children how to read the Quran. All the members of the Kababir Jamaat met her in a very kind manner. She also had the opportunity to do Umrah.
She had a very deep desire to visit Qadian, so that she could go and pray at the grave of the Promised Messiah, on whom be peace, and God Almighty also fulfilled this wish of hers. In fact, she had the opportunity to attend Jalsa Salana there three times, instead of once.
She was a ‘Musia’ and she was the maternal aunt of respected Mohammad Sharif Odeh Sahib, Ameer Jamaat Kababir and Munir Odeh Sahib, Director of MTA Production. Munir Odeh Sahib writes that auntie Ameena devoted her life to the service of Islam Ahmadiyyat.
She raised us like her own children and whenever my parents would be away from home, due to work purposes, then she would take care of us. She very forcefully built the habit of performing the daily prayers on time, within us. She was one of the first members of the Jamaat to do Wassiyat.
She used to make her livelihood by sewing clothes. And even with very restricted resources, she still did not ask help from anyone. She helped with the education of all children in her family. She would always be useful in difficult times. She never got married. She had proposals for marriage from non-Ahmadi families
But she rejected them by declaring that she is Ahmadi. And she remained an Ahmadi and never married. He said that he was beside her when she passed away and her final words were ‘There is no God but Allah.’
She wrote a will before her death in which she said that all of her assets should be handed to the Jamaat after her death. The wife of the missionary in charge, by the name of Bushra Shamas Sahiba, also says
That she had a very deep love of the Holy Prophet, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. She says that once when I was giving her medicine and then she drank it once.
So then I said to her that the Holy Prophet, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, has recommended to drink in three attempts. As soon as she heard this, she drank one more time even though she was refusing for the first.
The third funeral will be that of Ibrahim Abdul Rahman Bukhari Sahib of Egypt, who passed away on the 13th of December 2014 at the age of 63, in Egypt. Surely to Allah we belong and to Him shall we return.
He gained the opportunity to do Bai’at in the days of his youth, at the age of 18 in 1969. In those days the President of the Jamaat Ahmadiyya Egypt was Mohammad Basyuni Sahib. The deceased saw the reign of three Caliphs and also had the privilege of spending time with
Initial Ahmadis, such as respected Mohammad Basyuni Sahib, respected Mustafa Sahib and respected Hilmi Shafi Sahib. And even though he faced a lot of persecution from his own home and his in-laws, after pledging towards Ahmadiyyat, he still fulfilled his pledge with full determination and loyalty.
To the extent that he was threatened that they would forcefully part him away from his wife. Similarly, a lot of hindrances and difficulties were created in his profession. He required a permit to continue his work, which was issued to him very late,
Simply to harass him for being an Ahmadi, which created a lot of psychological tension and deeply affected his work. And apart from this, he was harassed in various other ways but he never ever showed any weakness. Due to this, he had very limited financial resources, yet he still used to regularly pay
His mandatory funds and donations. After his marriage, his wife also did Bai’at after being impressed with his conduct and preaching. He also made the journey to Nigeria in 1988 in which he served as an Arabic Lecturer in a Jamaat School for two and a half years.
He was very regular in offering prayers and making financial contributions. And he still used to attend Friday prayers very regularly in his latter days of illness. He used to visit here as well. By the grace of God Almighty he was a very pious person and had a very strong relationship with Khilafat.
Apart from his widow, he also has one daughter, Maryam sahiba, and three sons by the names of Ahmad, Mahmood and Mohammad, who by the grace of God Almighty are born Ahmadis. His daughter is married and settled in America and his sons Ahmad and Mahmood are in the United Kingdom.
His youngest son is with his mother in Egypt. May God Almighty raise the status of all of these people and may He be very forgiving and merciful upon them. And may He grant their relatives patience and steadfastness.