100 Years Ago...
Mufti Muhammad Sadiqra
Propagation of Islam in England
Al Fazl, 12 October 1918
Tracing the roots of early Islam
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Huzoor’s Fourth Visit to the USA
H azrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad,
Khalifatul Masih V, may Allah
strengthen his hand, departed from
London on Monday, 15 October 2018 for
his tour of the Americas.
Huzoor came out of his residence in
the afternoon and led the hundreds of
local Ahmadis who had gathered at the
Fazl Mosque hours before in prayer to bid
farewell to their beloved Imam.  back to the crowds with great love and
Hazrat Amirul Momineenaa arrived on
Monday evening at Washington Dulles
Airport at about 9pm local time where a
group of US Jamaat officials were present
to welcome Huzooraa.  Huzoor’s entourage
proceeded from the airport to Baitur
Rahman Mosque located at  15000 Good
Hope Road in Silver Spring, Maryland,
arriving there at around 10:30pm.   congregation in Maghrib and Isha prayers
Regional Jalsa Salana in
An Early Ray of Western
Sunrise
Ahmadiyyat in the USA
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The Baitur Rehman Mosque was packed
with around 3,500 Ahmadis who eagerly
waited to present a very warm welcome,
the like of which is rarely ever witnessed
in the town. Slogans of Nara-e-Takbeer and
replies of Allahu Akbar along with other
slogans in praise of Allah and his bounties
filled the air of the surroundings. Huzooraa
responded with his radiant smile waving
affection. Although there was a drizzle, the
members remained glued to their spaces,
overwhelmed  with the awe and love for
Khilafat. These members, on a weekday
evening, stayed until 1am and then reached
the overflow-parking via shuttle service
and departed.   When you take a look at his demeanour
Hazrat Amirul Momineenaa led the
National MKA Shura 2018
Kamuli, Uganda
On 14 October 2018, Kamuli District
held their regional Jalsa Salana
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Leaders Have Responsibilities
in the Baitur Rehman Mosque. 
The next morning, Baitur Rehman
Mosque saw hundreds of Ahmadis
flocking in to offer Fajr prayers behind
Huzooraa.  Later that morning, Huzooraa
inspected the offices at Baitur Rehman
Mosque and also visited the Ansar Hall,
Langar Khana and MTA International
USA studios.  
In the afternoon, Hazrat Khalifatul
Masihaa blessed 60 families with
mulaqat  and also visited Mukhtar Malhi
Sahib’s home at the premeses and met with
the residents at Malhi Sahib’s home.  He
even made remarks to Malhi Sahib about
his previous stay in 2008.
on such occasions, it never occurs to
Continued on page 2
Majlis Khuddam-ul-Ahmadiyya UK
hold their 30th Majlis-e-Shura, in Baitul
Futuh Mosque, Morden
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Hadith-e-Rasul – Sayings of the
Holy Prophet Muhammadsa
A Muslim is a Brother of
Another Muslim
Hazrat Abdullah bin Umar, may Allah
be pleased with him, narrates that the
Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of
Allah be upon him, said,
“A Muslim is a brother of another
Muslim, so he should not oppress him,
nor should he hand him over to an
oppressor. Whoever fulfilled the needs
of his brother, Allah will fulfill his
needs; whoever brought his (Muslim)
brother out of a discomfort, Allah will
bring him out of the discomforts of
the Day of Resurrection, and whoever
screened a Muslim, Allah will screen
him on the Day of Resurrection . "
(Sahih al-Bukhari, Kitab al-Muzalim)
Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmadas,
In His Own Words
O you the affluent, and O Kings! O
you who are wealthy! There are but few
among you who fear God and are pious
in the ways prescribed by Him. Most of
you are devoted to the possessions and
territories of this world, and spend your
entire lives occupied to this end and give
not thought to your death. All those
wealthy persons who do not observe
their prayers and are unmindful of
God carry the sins of all their servants
and attendants around their necks. All
those wealthy persons who consume
alcohol also carry the sins of the people
who intoxicate themselves under their
influence. You who claim to possess
understanding! Know that this world is
not eternal, so take hold of yourselves.
Eschew all immoderation and abstain
from every type of intoxicant.
(Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmadas, Noah’s
Ark, pp. 114-115)
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This Week in History

Compiled by Tariq Hayat, Pakistan

19-25 October
19 October 1924: Hazrat Musleh Maudra laid the 24 October 1905: The Promised Messiahas was in
foundation stone of the Fazl Mosque, London on Delhi where he paid a visit to the shrines of saints in
this day. The foundation stone laying ceremony was the city and offered prayers for them.
attended by 200 guests.
25 October 1903: Abdur Rahim, the youngest son
20 October 1891: The Promised Messiahas went to of Hazrat Nawab Muhammad Ali Khanra, suffered a
Delhi’s main mosque sitting in a light carriage. There severe fever which continued for a fortnight. His
was a large gathering of people chanting slogans senses were disturbed, he experienced episodes
against him, so Huzooras had to come back in the of faintness, and he finally began to experience
protection of a police vehicle. burning sensations. The Promised Messiahas was
requested every day to pray for him, something
20 October 1899: The Promised Messiahas wrote:
which he continuously carried on. On this day,
“In a dream, I saw a boy whose name was Aziz and
the Promised Messiahas was told with great agony
his father’s name began with Sultan. That boy was
that his life was almost despaired of. Huzooras was
brought before me and was seated before me. I
praying for him in Tahajjud when it was disclosed to
noticed that he was slim and had a fair complexion.”
him in a Divine revelation:
At the end of February 1906, about six years after
‫دقت�ی ر ربمم ےہ اور الہتک دقمر‬
seeing this dream, Hazrat Mirza Aziz Ahmad, son
of Hazrat Mirza Sultan Ahmad, took the Bai‘at at “The decree is unchangeable and his death had been
the hand of the Promised Messiahas and joined the decreed.”
Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat.
The Promised Messiahas said: “I was severely
21 October 1904: The Promised Messiah received
as
distressed at this awe-striking revelation and quite
three guests in Qadian who were all Christians and involuntarily the words escaped my lips: ‘O Allah,
intended to personally meet the Promised Messiahas. if there is no time left for supplication, I beg to
intercede, for there is time for intercession.’ Hazrat Amirul Momineen, Khalifatul Masih Vaa,
22 October 1903: An Australian convert, Abdul Haq,
inaugurated Masjid Bait-ul-Aafiyat on Wednesday, 17
reached Qadian to see the Promised Messiahas. “Immediately thereafter, I received a revelation
October 2018
[Arabic – ‘...Who is it that can intercede without
22 October 1905: The Promised Messiahas embarked
His permission?’] This majestic revelation made me
on his journey towards Delhi, the ancestral Continued from page 1
tremble and I was struck with fear and awe that
hometown of his wife, Hazrat Nusrat Jehan Begum
I had interceded without permission. One or two you that Huzooraa has just Amir USA.
Sahibara. The family departed at 8am from Qadian
minutes later, I received the revelation: disembarked a transatlantic “The whole air of the
and reached Batala at 10am. Zuhr and Asr prayers
ْ َ ْ َ َ َّ
were offered after which lunch was served. At ‫اِنک انت ال َم َجاز‬ flight. From the very next vicinity is filled with the
1:35pm, the train set off for Amritsar. From there, morning, Huzooraa has been love that the community has
‘Surely, you have permission.’”
the next leg of the journey commenced at 9pm. occupied since Fajr with a for their beloved Imam. We
Thereafter, Abdur-Rahim made a recovery stage by regular schedule, similar to are looking forward to the
24 October 1902: A debate started on this day in
stage and whoever looked at him was filled with what he follows in London. opening of the newly built
Mudd, a small village in the district of Amritsar,
gratitude to God Almighty and admitted that such
between Ahmadis and non-Ahmadis. The Promised Maghrib and Isha prayers mosque in Philadelphia, for
a one who was dead had undoubtedly been brought
Messiahas has given its details in his book, Ijaz-e-
back to life. were offered in the evening which we have been preparing
Ahmadi (The Miracle of Ahmad). hours after the mulaqats of since May this year.”
many families with Huzoor.   Bilal Rana Sahib, Sadr
Huzooraa has just Majlis Khuddam-ul-
inaugurated the newly built Ahmadiyya USA, said,
Bait-ul-Aafiyat Mosque in “Volunteers have taken
Philadelphia.   time off from work, schools,
“It was a splendid sight colleges and universities to
as thousands of Ahmadis contribute to the arrangements
anxiously waited for Huzoor in whatever way they can.
to arrive at Baitur Rehman Everyone seems ready to
Mosque,” said Dr Nasim make themselves available; all
Rahmatullah Sahib, Naib this for the love of Huzoor.”

Never before seen angle of the prayer at Fazl Mosque's foundation stone laying | Ahmadiyya ARC
Friday 19 October 2018 | AL HAKAM
Mufti Muhammad Sadiqra
An Early Ray of Western Sunrise
Tracing the roots of early Islam Ahmadiyyat in the USA
Asif M Basit
London, UK
T he history of Islam in America dates
back to the time of the thirteen colonies,
thus Islam has existed in this vast country
throughout its modern history. (The Oxford
Handbook of American Islam, p. 15)
Like many other deep and lasting socio-
cultural impressions of the African slave
trade on American society, Islam is no
exception. West African slaves that were
traded into America had brought with
them their faith of Islam and continued to
practise it even when it was near impossible
for them to live and act freely. (Ibid.)
It is interesting to note that the areas of
Africa first victimised by the transatlantic
slave trade had been the first to be
introduced to Islam. Both phenomena had
coincidentally been through trade; Islam
was brought to the West Africans by Muslim
merchant-missionaries and slavery through
the worst trade of human trafficking. Their
deep-rooted affiliation to Islam is evident
from the fact that they managed to practice
Islamic rituals like Salat (obligatory prayers),
fasting and even offered Zakat (prescribed
alms).
It was in the final two decades of the
nineteenth  century that the formerly
enslaved Africans began to decrease and
with their deaths, Islam as a religion started
to wane from America. The descendants of
these Muslim slaves had no connection with
the faith of their forefathers, although they
had saved their prayer mats, prayer beads
and their sacred book, the Holy Quran, as
relics and souvenirs. (Ibid., p. 21)
By the early twentieth century, Islam
had virtually disappeared from the canvas
of American society. This may be classified
as the first phase of Islam in America. The
second phase was destined to coincide with
the final phase of Islam itself, which was
prophesied by the Prophetsa of Islam. Islamic
eschatology, agreed upon by all sections and
denominations of Muslims, has it that the
second phase of Islamic glory is to resume
with the advent of the Messiah in the latter
days. It is also unanimously agreed upon by
all canonical works of Islamic tradition that
this would be the time when the sun would
rise from the West, symbolically meaning
that the message of Islam would reach the
Western hemisphere.
Advent of the “Mohammedan” Messiah
All major religions of the world awaited
a Saviour or Messiah, to relieve the world
of social, moral and spiritual ailments.
Islamic and Christian eschatology foretold
the advent of Jesus Christas, or someone
in his similitude, in the latter days for the
reformation of all mankind. The middle
of the nineteenth and almost all of the
twentieth century saw a proliferation of
reform movements in almost all major
religions. All faiths sought to reform
their beliefs so as to make their doctrines
compatible with the challenges of modern
life. They felt that by not being able to do so,
their faiths were prone to becoming extinct.
Islam was no exception and a vast array
of reform movements arose in various
parts of the Muslim world. From the anti-
innovation movement of Muhammad
Remains of Pier 53, Philadelphia where Hazrat Mufti Sahibra first disembarked in the USA | Ahmadiyya ARC
bin Abdul Wahab in Arabia to the South
Asian Anglophilic movement of Sir
Syed Ahmad Khan, a number of Islamic
reform movements took off during the
aforementioned span of time, bearing
testimony to the fact that the need for
reform and a reinterpretation of Islamic
doctrine was acute.
Whilst the interpretations of certain
Islamic doctrines were mooted, the most
powerful stroke came from Hazrat Mirza
Ghulam Ahmadas of Qadian, India. Through
Divine guidance, he set out to rectify the
most fundamental of misconceptions: that
of Jesusas being alive in the heavens. Hazrat
Ahmadas  proved from the Holy Quran that
Jesusas had died a natural death and that the
Messiah that was prophesied was meant
to be a person with similar characteristics
to Jesusas, rather than Jesusas  himself. This
metaphorical reincarnation of Jesusas,
Hazrat Ahmadas  claimed, was fulfilled
through his own self. He claimed to
be the Messiah and Mahdi (Divinely
Guided Leader) who had been Divinely
commissioned to reform the world of all
wrongdoing and stray behaviour.
The Dual Challenge for Hazrat Ahmadas
With this claim, Hazrat Ahmadas had to face
fierce opposition from not only the Muslims,
but also Christians. The arguments put
forward by Hazrat Ahmadas  were so logical
that both groups found no way to counter
them, hence resorting to illogical and
nonsensical accusations against the person
and character of Hazrat Ahmadas. Muslim
circles accused him of being an agent of
the British Government commissioned
to destroy the Muslim nation; a baseless
allegation with no grounds whatsoever,
as the prevalent Muslim appetite for
sectarianism and exclusionism left the
Muslim “nation” in no need of an external
agency to erode them. Another fact
overlooked by such an allegation was that
how could a person be an agent to a nation,
whilst challenging the very foundations of
their faith through his claims and widely
publicised writings?
A great deal of the writings of Hazrat
Ahmadas focused on proving that Jesusas had
died a natural death, was not alive in
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heaven and would not return to this
world in person. This was no less than a
fatal attack on the very foundations of the
Christian faith. Christian missionaries took
serious notice of this “new Messiah” and
their agitation was noticed in their reports
sent back home from India. Christian
missionary societies were perplexed at this
“novel approach” taken by a Muslim against
Christian beliefs. (Asif M Basit, The Holy
War, http://reviewofreligions.org/8918/the-
holy-war)
Amidst such tensions, where conflict and
fierce opposition clouded the skies, Hazrat
Ahmadas  stood firm not only in adhering
to his claims, but also to publicising and
proselytising his understanding of Islam.
The whole world, of course, included the
Western hemisphere where Christianity
was the dominant religion.
Foreign Missions and the Outreach
Scheme
Hazrat Ahmadas  began sending literature
for worldwide printing during his lifetime.
Newspapers from Australia to London and
from Europe to the Americas would, from
time to time, carry his message in their
publications. He had also begun a seminary
in Qadian to train missionaries who could
take the message of the true Islam to the
corners of the earth.
Soon after the demise of Hazrat
Ahmadas, Ahmadi missionaries were sent
to many countries, notably to England
and America, where the population was
predominantly Christian. What paved the
way for early missionary deployment in the
Western hemisphere was based on a vision
of Hazrat Ahmadas, when he had seen
himself conveying the message of Islam to
the Western world and its acceptance. An
even more basic motive was a tradition
of the Prophetsa  of Islam where the sun is
symbolically said to rise from the West in
the latter days.
The Ahmadiyya Muslim mission in
London was established in 1914 and Hazrat
Chaudhry Fateh Muhammad Sayalra  was
appointed as the first missionary. The
London mission served as a training
camp for almost all missionaries heading
to various parts of the world in the early
twentieth century.
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Cutting
from The
Philadelphia
Inquirer
(14 March
1920) in
which news
was given
on Hazrat
Mufti Sahib’s
detention
upon arrival
in the USA |
Ahmadiyya
ARC

Mufti Muhammad Sadiqra in London distributing literature and delivering journal that worked as the organ of to preach polygamy (Ibid., p. 116).  This
lectures far and wide in the country. An the  Société, acknowledged his lectures arrest was based on the Immigration Act of
One prominent name among the many
example of such booklets was  The Crying with high esteem (British Library shelf 1891 that deemed “Polygamists; or persons
missionaries who stayed in London and
Need of the Age Fulfilled, a print copy of mark: “General Reference Collection who admit their belief in the practice of
gained hands-on experience of preaching
a lecture delivered by Qazi Abdullahra, Ac.9756”). These lectures and publications polygamy” inadmissible to the United States
to the Western public was Hazrat Mufti
introducing the advent of the Promised not only won degrees for Mufti Sadiqra  but of America (The Cambridge Companion to
Muhammad Sadiqra. Mufti Sadiqra  would
Messiahas  and the revival of Islam (British also the hearts of many English men and American Islam, p. 208). The immigration
later be the first Ahmadi missionary to
Library shelf mark: X.100/26796).  The women who embraced Islam after receiving officers wanted to deport him, however
take the message of Islam to America,
booklet offered universities and societies an its true message. Mufti Sadiqra  asked for a chance to present
and among the very first to actually revive
opportunity to invite Mufti Sadiqra  or Qazi his case before the federal authorities. He
the message of Islam in America. Mufti
Abdullahra  to deliver lectures. Such offers The Sunrise from the West argued before the tribunal that there was
Sadiqra  is unanimously described as “a
were readily accepted by a great number of Mufti Sadiqra was instructed by Hazrat a difference between  Halal  (permissible)
learned and well-respected representative
institutions across the country. Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud Ahmadra and  Fardh (obligatory) in Islam. Islam, he
of his faith, a philologist and expert in
These lectures won him great renown (Second Successor to the Promised argued, does allow men to marry up to
Arabic and Hebrew. He also had a deep
amongst the intellectual circles of the Messiahas) in December 1919, to proceed four women at a time, but does not make
spiritual commitment, and came to his
country. It attracted the attention of to America and take the message of Islam it obligatory to do so. His argument was
task with ardour.” (The Oxford Handbook of
literary and religious societies which felt Ahmadiyyat to Americans (Al Fazl, Qadian, heard and accepted, resulting in him being
American Islam, p. 146.) But before moving
honoured to have him as a speaker. His 11 December 1919). Mufti Sadiqra boarded allowed to walk free with the condition that
onto his services for Islam in America, it
command on philology earned him acclaim the SS Haverford (a major transatlantic he would not promote polygamous trends
is important to take a look at the time he
and he was invited as a regular speaker at steamship) from Liverpool that set sail in America. (Richard Brent Turner, Islam in
spent in London as it laid the foundation
the  Société Internationale de Philologie, for the American state of Pennsylvania the African-American Experience, p. 116)
for many successes that came his way later
Sciences et Beaux-Arts. This “society was on January 24, 1920, arriving on February The time spent behind bars was not
serving as a missionary in America.
founded in 1875 for the advancement and 15, 1920 (Richard Brent Turner, Islam in wasted as Mufti Sadiqra utilised this time in
The approach taken by Mufti Sadiqra,
encouragement of all branches of Science, the African-American Experience, p. 115). propagating the message of the true Islam.
like other early Ahmadi missionaries in
Literature, Music, and the Fine Arts This first step of the representative of the Many in the detention centre showed an
London, was to propagate the message of
generally, and particularly the science of Promised Messiahas and his Khalifa, was the interest and he converted nineteen inmates
Islam to members through general lectures
Philology.” (The Philomath, October 1921.) first significant step towards the revival of in a very short period of two months before
in Hyde Park on Sundays, and to members
The Society registered him as a member Islam in America. his release in April 1920. (Ibid., p. 117)
of various societies and clubs during the
and granted him an honorary degree of The first difficulty faced by Mufti
week. (Originally published in the Review of Reli-
B. Phil., acknowledging his work on the Sadiqra  upon his arrival was that he was
Mufti Sadiqra  and a co-missionary, gions, November 2015)
“comparison of the Arabic and Hebrew arrested by the American authorities on
Qazi Muhammad Abdullahra, would
languages.”  The Philomath, the literary suspicion that he had landed in their country
(To be continued...)
actively proselytise through printing and
Friday 19 October 2018 | AL HAKAM
Regional Jalsa Salana in Kamuli District, Uganda
Ahmad Kaire Batte
Uganda Correspondent
Otheir regional Jalsa Salana.
n 14 October 2018, Kamuli region held
The programme began with Zuhr and Asr
prayers. This was followed by the inspection
of different departments, including Langar
Khana,  water department, exhibition,
registration and others.  of the Jamaat were introduced to guests who
The formal part of the programme began
with the recitation of the Holy Quran (Ch.5:
V.9-12) by brother Shaban Ssentongo. This
was followed by an Urdu poem by Sheikh
Nasir Ahmad Ssonko.  Jamaat because when I was young, I lost
The first speech of the event was on The
Need for Khilafat by Sheikh Faisal Buyonjo.
To deal with this topic, he first elaborated on
the concept of Khilafat according to Islamic
terminology. Then he explained how other
people understand this concept, after which
he established the need of Khilafat according
to the Quran and Hadith.
Next on the programme was a speech
on  The True Meaning of Ahmadiyya by
Sheikh Adam Hamid Ssembajje. By using the
Quran (Ch.62: V.3-4), he explained the aims
of the Ahmadiyya Jamaat and then managed
to establish the true meaning of Ahmadiyya
by explaining the history of the establishment
of the Jamaat as compared to the prophecies
contained in verses 3-4 of Surah al-Jumu‘ah
and Hadith.  slogan was proclaimed again, a thing which
The Amir and Missionary In-charge
recognised the activities of  Humanity
First  and gave a brief history about the
organisation and the aims of its establishment.
He then briefly spoke about their various
projects  like  Water for Life,  where many
boreholes were constructed; Orphan
Care, where orphans are helped in attaining
knowledge through bursaries and Knowledge
for Life,  where poor families with bright
children are helped in giving children quality
education.
Amir Sahib called upon all Jamaat
members to give Humanity First a helping
hand because helping God’s creation is one
5
of the responsibilities placed upon every
Ahmadi Muslim according to the Promised
Messiahas. Amir Sahib then launched a fund
which will be a helping hand to Humanity
First.
Following Amir Sahib’s speech, members
had come to attend.
The District Councillor, Mr Mutaawe
Ronald, said:
“I have become a great friend of the
my father. The man who helped us so
much in this sorrowful situation was an
Ahmadi missionary called Sheikh Sulaiman
Sewannyana. Then, I was encouraged to go
for Jalsa Salana, though I was not a Muslim.
I ate to my full and I was given the best
hospitality, a thing which doesn’t happen
at other non-Ahmadi Muslim gatherings.
At the Jalsa, I saw that the teachings of the
Jamaat were exactly as what I saw in one of
the Ahmadi missionaries during the time of AMJ Uganda
the death of my father. This made me love
Ahmadiyyat a lot.”
Former MP of Kamuli Municipal
Council, Martin Muzaale Mugabi, was very
much interested in the  Jamaat slogan  and
asked to hear it again, to which the Jamaat
impressed him a lot. He then said:
“When I was still schooling at Wandegeya
Ahmadiyya high school, a missionary who
was in charge of that school took good
care of me. That man was called Sheikh
Sulaiman Sewannyana. I am working in the
government because of the Jamaat’s help. I
want to thank the Jamaat because at the time,
when I was still in the office of the MP, I was
greatly helped by the Jamaat to bring help to
our people.”
The Jalsa saw an attendance of 2,569
people, and these are the people who received
the message of the Promised Messiahas.
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Propagation of Islam in England
The Daily Sketch published this picture of Liberty Day Meeting at Westminster Central Hall. Hazrat Mufti Sahibra­ is seated at the far back, second
O ur existence, works and efforts, all
are insignificant and inconsequential
without the grace, forgiveness, mercy,
kindness, covering of faults and the
assistance of the Holy, Glorious, High
and Great God. This is because He is the
being Who possesses all power. It is He to
Whom belong all treasures. Everything
lies within the sphere of His control.
He gives to whomever He pleases and
takes away from whomever He pleases.
All are accountable to Him and there is
The Daily Telegraph published Winston
Churchill's speech of 4 July 1918. Here, Haz-
rat Mufti Sahibra (“A Voice”) affirmed Indian
sympathy with the British | Ahmadiyya ARC
100 Years Ago...
Al Fazl, 12 October 1918
no one who can bring Him to account.
Who can attain guidance in this rocky
land of blind Christianity and rebellious
irreligiousness? There is none save He
Who can guide mankind. Our endeavours
are weak, in fact, the word “weak” is weak
in itself to describe them.
Letters and invitational cards
are penned for weekly lectures,
announcements are made, with some
people in attendance, while others,
having quietly listened, depart. Some ask
questions while others promise to return.
A respectable lady by the name of
Miss Spitan, who attained the rank of
captain at […], attended a few lectures
and addresses. Then, one day, after much
deliberation, she finally accepted Islam.
She has been given the Islamic name,
Hasina. Her Bai‘at form is being sent in
from left | Ahmadiyya ARC
this post to Hazrat Khalifatul Masih for
approval. (Editor: It has arrived.)
ّٰ ّ ‫بالله‬ّٰ ّ
‫العلی العظيم اللھم زِد ف ِزد‬  ‫وما توفيقنا الا‬
[We possess no power but through Allah
the Great, the Highest. O Allah, increase
and increase further.]
Presently, the mail of Hindustan
arrives after every fifteen days. It used to
previously arrive weekly. The mail which
was meant to arrive on 5 July has not yet
(on 8 July) arrived. I have come to hear
some rumours about it.
If the mail has been lost, those friends
who wrote important letters from India
from 4 May to 25 May should write them
again. The missing batch most probably
contains these dates of letters. I used to
receive letters from friends every fifteen
days and would feel joyful. This time,
I did not experience this joy and had to
wait another fifteen days. I shall wait to
see when it arrives.
Around one hundred and fifty years
have passed since the United States of
America gained independence. From
that period onwards, the American
people uphold a celebratory gathering
each year on 4 July to commemorate
this independence. This year, celebratory
gatherings were not only held in America,
but also in England, Italy, France and
other countries.
In London, a very large gathering was
held for this function in which Lord Bryce,
Lord Armaghdale, the Earl of Coventry,
Lord Burnham, Lord […], the Duchess
of Marlborough and numerous esteemed
people gathered in a vast hall which is
renowned by the name of Westminster
Central Hall.
I also went to observe this gathering,
but having gone there, I came to know
that only selected people could attend this
gathering who had been sent invitations
with their names beforehand and that
chairs with names had been reserved for
every person. When I arrived at the doors,
the person assigned there enquired,
“Ticket?” I replied, “What sort of ticket?”
He became surprised and said, “Very well,
your turban is better than all such tickets.
Please go ahead.” In this manner, I headed
inside. The people with tickets were all at
their allocated seats. The gathering was
prepared to commence and there were
no free spaces. I headed straight for the
platform. I was asked for my ticket and
replied, “I have no ticket”. The person
in-charge of the stage said, “Well, there
happens to still be an empty seat beside
Viscount […]. Please seat yourself there.”
I sat down after expressing my gratitude.
The function commenced.
Viscount Bryce, the Bishop of London,
Mr Churchill, and General […] all
delivered addresses. The address of Mr
Churchill was lengthy and very powerful.
On behalf of this gathering, he sent a
telegram of congratulations to President
Wilson. During the speech, he said that all
hearts were united in the war, mentioning
Australians, Africans and others. He
happened to omit India. I was close to
him. I added, “And Indian”. He replied,
“Yes, Indian as well.” Upon this, people
cheered very loudly.
The newspaper, The Daily Telegraph,
mentioned it and The Daily Sketch
published a photo of those individuals
who were on the stage. My photo was also
included in it. A copy of this newspaper
has been sent to Hazrat Khalifatul Masih.
Due to this small incident, all attendees
had specially recognised me. For this
reason, many esteemed people met me
there while others met me outside after
the gathering. Some people, with great
desire, exchanged visiting cards. To some,
I had the opportunity to briefly perform
tabligh and convey the tidings of the
second coming of the Promised Messiahas.
All praise be to Allah.
(Translated by Fateh Alam, London, UK)
Friday 19 October 2018 | AL HAKAM
An Audience with Hazrat Khalifatul Masih Vaa
W hile Hazrat Khalifatul Masihaa is
gracing the Jalsa Salana of a country,
delegations that travel from various parts
of the world get the blessed opportunity
to have audience with Huzooraa and to get
to speak to him.
On the occasion of Jalsa Salana
Germany 2018, a delegation from
Uzbekistan and Lithuania got this
blessed opportunity. They asked Huzooraa
questions on a variety of issues. Some
of these questions and the enlightening
answers given by Hazrat Khalifatul Masih
Vaa are given below.
A gentleman asked Huzoor that since it
is becoming difficult to practice Islam
in Russia and other countries under
her influence, what are some measures
that Muslims should take to continue
practicing their faith. He also wanted
to know if Huzoor thought that the
situation could get any better, if new
leaders came to power.
Huzoor replied:
There is a very slim chance that replacing
the current leaders can bring about
much positive change. Who is it that
would come to power? Politicians? But
politicians that get elected and form a
government are usually those that are
backed by the same powers that are
against Islam. When politicians come to
power, they become cowardly and only
want to save their positions. All this is
part of the same scheme of the antichrist
that is fully functional against Islam. Since
Christianity – the religion of the West –
got abrogated and no longer exists in its
true form, they want the Quran, which
is still intact, to disintegrate in form
and meaning so that Islam too becomes
impracticable. Asking women to remove
their hijab is one of the initial steps that
they are taking.
One other demand made by the
Western powers is that the Quran
should adapt to the modern world and
not otherwise. When he speaks to the
Western media, Huzoor said, he tells
them that they want religion to follow
modern man whereas religion is there for
people to follow it and not vice versa.
Huzoor said that Muslim countries
should unite against this surge of Western
schemes against Islam and defend their
religion. It is the duty of anyone who
claims to be a Muslim to defend their
faith and uphold its teachings.
The gentleman asked that, if they
are legally required to do so, should
women remove hijabs.
Huzoor replied:
This could be an immediate and
Uzbek and Lithuanian Guests
temporary solution but Muslims should
voice their concerns and remind the
authorities that it is also a legal right of
every citizen to practice their religion.
When such sanctions are placed on our
women in universities or workplaces in
the West, they have spoken out and made
their point of view known. Their pleas
have been duly heard and, in many cases,
the authorities have decided in their
favour.
Huzoor said to the gentleman that
the ulema of his country should raise
the issue with the authorities; or, Huzoor
asked, are the ulema just there to receive
salaries?
The gentleman replied that one of the
Muslim ulema in their country had
recently helped restore a statue of
Lenin.
Huzoor said, “They are ready to restore
Lenin’s statue, but not their faith!”
Another gentleman in the audience
asked Huzoor how he had become what
he is.
Huzoor smiled and replied, “What am
I? I am only a human being. I am only a
humble servant of Allah.”
The gentleman repeated his question
by adding that how Huzoor had got to
the position of Khalifa.
To this, Huzoor replied that this was
a question that he had no answer to.
Huzoor said that he had thought about it
but had not got an answer to what it was
that brought him to this position.
A lady took the microphone and told
Huzoor that she had had the honour to
translate many speeches and addresses
of Huzoor into the Lithuanian
language. She said that Huzoor’s
message is always so strong that she
feels she is able to translate the message
but not the power behind the message.
“What do you suggest I should do?”
was her question.
Huzoor replied that if she had been
translating addresses that were delivered
in Urdu, and then translated into English
before she could translate them into
Lithuanian, then she was of course not
translating from the direct source. “In
this case,” Huzoor said, “I suggest that you
learn Urdu. That is all I can suggest”. This
was thoroughly enjoyed by the lady who
had asked, as well as by other members of
the audience.
Huzoor further explained that if
7
she was translating addresses originally
delivered in English, then she could get
closer to the meaning.
The lady’s passion became even more
evident when she asked again, “Some
sentences are so energetic that I feel that
I am unable to convey the energy behind
the words.”
Huzoor said that this is how
translations work and that she should
continue to do whatever she had been
doing because there is only so much that
can be done about it.
A gentleman in the audience asked
that he felt that his faith was not firm
enough. “What should I do?”
Huzoor asked him, “Do you believe in
God?”
He replied, “I do. I believe in Jesus Christ.”
Huzoor replied that then he should
pray to God – the Almighty and the
Omnipotent God – and fervently ask for
His help. Huzoor said that he was quite
sure that if he prayed to God with zeal
and passion in relation to this matter for
a number of days, his faith would become
stronger and firm.
A lady in the audience wanted to know
why men are not allowed physical
contact with women in Islam.
Huzoor stated:
Islam teaches to abstain from anything
that has even the slightest chance of
taking one astray and deviate them from
the right path. Islam understands that
men easily fall to temptation, so this
prohibition of physical contact is due to
the psyche and mentality of men. So this
is not something against women, rather it
should be men, if at all, objecting to this
and not women.
Huzoor said that the world is now
beginning to realise the importance
of avoiding physical contact between
opposite sexes, except in lawful relations.
The recent series of accusations raised by
women in Hollywood is an example of
where this physical contact can lead to.
There has been a lot of hue and cry about
this matter in the media. The West is also
becoming more cautious in this matter by
organising segregated concerts for men
and women like a recent one in Berlin.
Employers have considered segregated
work places for women.
Huzoor further clarified the matter
by explaining to the lady, “If you are in
difficulty and need help, you will see me
or any true Muslim to be at the forefront
to help you. If you are lying on the ground
for being ill or are unconscious, then I can
raise you up and touch your body with
my hands. So, where there is a need, we
do it; but without need, there is no need.”
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Friday Sermon
After reciting the Tashahud, Ta‘awuz, and Surah Al-Fatihah, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih Vaa stated:
B efore my last tour, I was relating
the accounts and incidents of the
Companions of the Holy Prophetsa who
took part during the Battle of Badr. Today,
I shall continue with the same subject. One
of the Companions whom I shall mention
today is Hazrat Ummarahra bin Hazm.
Hazrat Ummarahra is one of the seventy
Companions, who participated in the
Second Pledge at al-Aqabah. Both of his
brothers, Hazrat Amr bin Hazm and Hazrat
Muamar bin Hazm, were also Companions.
He joined the Holy Prophetsa in all the
battles, including Badr and Uhud. He was
holding the flag of the tribe of Malik bin
Najjar in his hands at the occasion of the
Victory of Mecca. After the migration,
the Holy Prophetsa established a bond of
brotherhood between Ummarah and Hazrat
Muhriz bin Nazlah. Upon the demise of
the Holy Prophetsa, when a fitna [disorder]
arose from among the apostates and they
initiated a war against Muslims, he joined
Hazrat Khalid bin Waleedra in the battle
[against them]. He attained martyrdom
during the Battle of Yamamah. (Ashaab-e-
Badr, Qazi Muhammad Sulaiman, p. 182,
Maktabatul Islamiyyah, Lahore, 2015)
His mother’s name was Khalidah bint
Anas. Abu Bakr bin Muhammad narrates,
“When a snake bit Hazrat Abdullah bin
Sahl, the Holy Prophetsa instructed that he
be taken to Hazrat Ummarah bin Hazm,
so that he may perform dam [special
prayer for health and protection] for him.
He replied, ‘O Messengersa of Allah! He is
about to die!’ The Holy Prophetsa said, ‘Take
him to Ummarah! When he will perform
dam, God Almighty will cure him.’” (Subul-
ul-Huda Wa al-Rishaad, Vol. 10, p. 771,
Cairo, 1995)
Certainly, the Holy Prophetsa must have
taught him that dam and that prayer. This
does not mean that, God forbid, the Holy
Prophetsa was in need of the dam prayer by
Hazrat Ummarah or that he was unable to
do it himself. Certain people are especially
appointed for certain roles, however the
actual source of the impact of the prayer
was owing to the holy power and the
blessings of the Holy Prophetsa.
It is stated in Sirat ibn Hisham that the
hypocrites used to come to the mosque of
the Holy Prophetsa and after listening to the
conversation of the Muslims and departing
from them, they used to mock them. They
used to ridicule their faith. Sometimes, they
would even do so in front of them. Once,
when some of the hypocrites gathered at the
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Mosque of the Prophet, the Holy Prophetsa
saw them conversing among themselves
secretly. The Holy Prophetsa instructed that
they be evicted from the mosque. Thus,
they were removed from the mosque.
Hazrat Abu Ayyub advanced towards
Umar bin Qais, who belonged to the clan
of Ghanam bin Malik bin Najjar and who
used to take care of their idols during the
period of ignorance. He grabbed him by his
leg and dragged him out of the mosque. He
kept saying, “O Abu Ayyub! Are you going
to expel me from the company of Banu
Tha‘labah?” Then [Hazrat Abu Ayyub]
turned to Rafi bin Badi‘ah, who also hailed
from the clan of Najjar. He wrapped him in
his sheet of cloth, pulled him firmly, and hit
him and removed him from the mosque.
Abu Ayyub then said to him, “You wicked
hypocrite! May you be cursed. Get away
from the Mosque of the Prophet!” Hazrat
Ummarah bin Hazm went to Zaid bin Amr
and dragged him out of the mosque while
grabbing him by his beard. Then Hazrat
Ummarah struck both of his hands on his
chest with such force that he fell down.
He said, “O Ummarah! You have injured
me!” Upon this, Hazrat Ummarah replied,
“O hypocrite! May God destroy you!
The punishment that God Almighty has
prepared for you is more severe than that.
Thus, never come close to the Mosque of
the Prophet ever again!” (Sirat ibn Hisham,
p. 246, Dar-e-ibn-e-Hazm, 2009)
On the occasion of the battle of
Tabuk, when the Holy Prophetsa was on
route to Tabuk, the camel of the Holy
Prophetsa, Qaswa, disappeared from sight.
The Companions of the Holy Prophetsa
set out in order to search for it. Hazrat
Ummarah bin Hazm was also with the
Holy Prophetsa. He had taken part in the
pledge of initiation at al-Aqabah, he was a
Companion who participated in the battle
of Badr, as has already been mentioned,
and he was the brother of Hazrat Amr bin
Hazm. The person narrating this account
states that Hazrat Zaid bin Salat was in
the carriage of Hazrat Ummarah. In other
words, he was given the responsibility of
taking care of the rides and carriages and
he was the person to place the carriages on
the camels. Some people were assigned to
place a form of carriage or saddle on the
camel. He belonged to the tribe of Qaynuqa
and was a Jew, and although he became a
Muslim, he showed some hypocrisy. Zaid,
i.e. the person who became a Muslim but
had a sense of hypocrisy within him, asked
in a very pretentiously innocent manner,
“Does Muhammadsa not claim that he
is a prophet and that he informs you of
heavenly matters? Yet, he is unaware of
where his camel went!” Hazrat Ummarah
was near the Holy Prophetsa and somehow
this comment reached the Holy Prophetsa,
or God Almighty must have informed him
about it. The Holy Prophetsa then said, “A
person had commented that Muhammad
tells you people that he is a prophet and
that he informs you of heavenly matters,
whereas, he is unaware of where his camel
is.” After this, the Holy Prophetsa said, “By
God! I do not know of anything, but what
God Almighty has informed me of. I do
not know the unseen. However, I speak
as God Almighty informs me.” Following
this, in order to silence this hypocrite, the
Holy Prophetsa stated that God Almighty
informed him [of the camel]. The Holy
Prophetsa further said, “Indeed, God
Almighty has informed me in relation to
my camel that it is in such and such valley”.
The Holy Prophetsa then pointed into the
direction of the valley and said, “Its rein
got caught in a tree. Go and bring it to me.”
Hence, the companions went and brought it
back. In order to silence the hypocrite, God
Almighty then showed the Holy Prophetsa
the exact location of the camel.
Al-Bayhaqi and Abu Na‘eem state that
Hazrat Ummarah went to his carriage and
said, “By God! A strange thing occurred
today. Moments ago, the Holy Prophetsa
mentioned to us the comments of a certain
individual, which God Almighty had
informed him of.” Thus, it has become clear
that God Almighty had informed the Holy
Prophetsa of the comments of this hypocrite,
Zaid bin Salat. A person in the carriage
of Hazrat Ummarah then said, “By God!
Before you came, Zaid had uttered this
exact comment you have just mentioned to
us.” Upon this, Hazrat Ummarah grabbed
Zaid by the neck and said to his comrades,
“O servants of Allah! There was a snake in
my carriage and I was unaware of removing
it.” He then turned to Zaid and said that he
would cut off all his ties with him. According
to some people, Zaid repented later, while
according to others, he remained engaged
in such mischiefs until he died. (Tarikh-ul-
Khamis, Vol. 3, p. 18, Ghazwa Tabuk, Dar-
ul-Kutb Al-Ilmiyyah, 2009, Beirut)
Hazrat Ziyad bin Nuaim narrates from
Hazrat Ummarah bin Hazm that the Holy
Prophetsa said that there are four important
principles. If a person acts in accordance
with these, he becomes a Muslim. However,
if he leaves out even one, the other three
will be of no avail to him. Hazrat Ziyad says
that he asked Hazrat Ummarah about these
four principles and he said that these are,
prayers, Zakat [almsgiving], fasting and
Hajj [Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca]. (Usdul
Ghaba, Vol. 4, p. 129, Dar-ul-Kutub Al-
ilmiyyah, Beirut)
It is necessary to believe in and act
in accordance with these four principles.
Prayers are obligatory. Zakat [almsgiving]
is obligatory upon all those who are eligible.
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It is obligatory to fast if one has good
health. It is also obligatory to perform the
Hajj for those who have the means to do
it. Nevertheless, it is necessary to believe
and adhere to these four principles. These
principles have been written in [the book]
Usdul Ghaba. These are the very books in
which Muslims themselves have outlined
the definition of a Muslim. However, now
there are some scholars who issue edicts
of disbelief and have now formed a new
definition of being a Muslim.
The second Companion to be
mentioned today is Hazrat Abdullah bin
Mas‘ud. His title is Abdur-Rahman and he
belonged to the tribe of Banu Huzail. His
mother’s name was Umm-e-Abd. He passed
away in 32 AH. His father’s name was
Mas‘ud bin Ghafil. Abdullah bin Mas‘ud is
counted among the early converts to Islam.
He accepted Islam at the same time as the
sister of Hazrat Umarra, Hazrat Fatima bint
Khattab and her husband, Hazrat Sa‘eed bin
Zaid. (Usdul Ghaba, Vol. 4, p. 129, Dar-ul-
Kutub Al-ilmiyyah, Beirut)
He accepted Islam before the Holy
Prophetsa went to Dar-ul-Arqam (Al-
Tabqaat-ul-Kubra, Vol. 3, p. 112, Dar-ul-
Kutb Al-ilimiyya, Beirut, 1990). Dar-ul-
Arqam is the place which was built in Mecca
for Muslims to be able to gather. Hazrat
Abdullah bin Mas‘ud relates, “I was the
sixth person to accept Islam. At that time,
there was no other Muslim on the face of
the earth apart from the six of us.” Narrating
his acceptance of Islam, Hazrat Abdullah
bin Mas‘ud says, “When I reached the age
of understanding (an age where a person is
able to correctly recognise and distinguish
between good and bad, the age of maturity),
I was grazing the sheep of Uqba bin Mu‘ayt
one day. The Holy Prophetsa approached me
and Hazrat Abu Bakrra was also alongside
him. The Holy Prophetsa said to me, ‘Young
man! Do you have any milk?’ I replied that
I did, but as I had been entrusted with that,
I could not give him any.” He was extremely
pious from his very childhood. “The Holy
Prophetsa then said to bring him a sheep,
which is not expecting, nor producing any
milk.” He further states, “I brought a young
sheep to the Holy Prophetsa. Following this,
the Holy Prophetsa tied its feet together,
rubbed his hands on its teats and started to
pray until they were filled with milk. Hazrat
Abu Bakrra then brought a bowl, which the
Holy Prophetsa filled with its milk and then
told Hazrat Abu Bakrra to drink from it.
Hazrat Abu Bakrra drank the milk and then
the Holy Prophetsa drank from it. The Holy
Prophetsa then rubbed his hands over the
teats and said, “Contract” and they began
to contract and returned to their previous
form. I asked the Holy Prophetsa to teach
me the words he had recited. Upon this,
the Holy Prophetsa placed his hand on my
head and said, ‘You are an intelligent young
man.’” He then states that he memorised
seventy chapters of the Holy Quran directly
from the Holy Prophetsa. (Usdul Ghaba,
Vol. 3, p. 382, Dar-ul-Kutub Al-ilmiyyah,
Beirut)
With regard to him, Hazrat Mirza
Bashir Ahmadra also writes in Sirat Khatam-
un-Nabiyyeen [The Life and Character of
the Seal of Prophetsa] that Abdullah bin
Mas‘ud was not from among the people
of Quraish, but belonged to the tribe of
Huzail. He was a very poor man and used
to graze the sheep of Uqba bin Abi Mu‘ayt,
chief of the Quraish. After accepting Islam,
he stayed with the Holy Prophetsa and
eventually became a great scholar as a result
of the company of the Holy Prophetsa. The
majority of Fiqh Hanafiyyah [Hanafi School
of jurisprudence] is based on his accounts
and interpretations. (Sirat Khatam-un-
Nabiyyeen, Hazrat Mirza Bashir Ahmadra,
p. 124)
There is a narration regarding his
proficiency in religious knowledge. Hazrat
Ibn Mas‘ud states, “People know that I have
a lot of knowledge of the Holy Quran. I
know when and where each chapter and
every verse of this Holy Book was revealed.”
Abu Wa-il narrates, “No one raised any
objection to this”, i.e when Hazrat Abdullah
bin Mas‘ud made this statement. (Ashaab-
e-Badr, Qazi Muhammad Sulaiman, p. 107,
Maktabatul Islamiyyah, Lahore, 2015)
The four Companions regarding
whom the Holy Prophetsa instructed [the
believers] to learn the Holy Quran from,
Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas‘ud is on the top
of this list. (Sahih Al-Bukhari, Kitaab-ul-
Munaaqib, Baab Munaaqib Abdullah bin
Mas’udra, Hadith no. 3760)
Hazrat Musleh Maudra has explained
this in detail in Dibacha Tafsirul Quran
[Introduction to the Study of the Holy Quran]
in the following manner, “As the eagerness
of the people for memorising the Quran
increased, the Holy Prophetsa appointed
four principal teachers of the Quran who
used to memorise it under the supervision
of the Holy Prophetsa and then taught other
people to commit it to memory. These
four in turn trained a number of other
people who became competent to teach
the Quran. These four were: Abdullah bin
Mas‘ud, Salim Maula Abi Hudhaifa, Mu‘az
bin Jabal and Ubayy ibn Ka‘b. The first two
of these were Muhajirin, early Muslims
who had migrated from Mecca to Medina,
and the last two were Ansar, early Muslims
of Medina. Abdullah bin Mas‘ud used to
occupy himself as a labourer, Salim was a
freed slave, and Mu‘az and Ubayy were two
of the leading men of Medina. Thus, the
Holy Prophetsa appointed teachers of the
Quran from among different sections of
society. It has been mentioned in a Hadith:
ّٰ
‫خذواالق ْرا َن ِم ْن ا ْرب َ َع ٍۃ ِم ْن ع ْب ُ ِدالل ِہ ابَْ ِن َم ْس ُع ْو ٍد َو َسال ٍِم َو‬
‫َم َعا ِذ ابْ ِن َج َب ٍل َو ٔاب َ ْی بِن ک ْع ٍب‬
‘Those of you who wish to learn the
Quran should learn it from Abdullah bin
Mas‘ud, Salim Maula Abi Hudhaifa, Mu‘az
bin Jabal or Ubayy ibn Ka‘b.’ These four had
learnt the whole of the Quran under the
supervision of the Holy Prophetsa. But many
other Companions of the Holy Prophetsa
had also learnt portions of it directly from
him. It is related that on one occasion when
Abdullah bin Mas‘ud was reciting the Quran,
Hazrat Umar pointed out that a certain
word should be pronounced in a particular
way. Abdullah bin Mas‘ud protested that
he had been taught by the Holy Prophetsa
to pronounce it in the manner in which
he had pronounced it. Hazrat Umarra took
him to the Holy Prophetsa and complained
that he did not recite the Quran correctly.
The Holy Prophetsa asked him to recite
the portion concerning which there was
a difference of opinion between the two
and when he recited it, the Holy Prophetsa
said he was quite right. Thereupon Hazrat
Umarra submitted that he had been taught
by the Prophet to pronounce the word
َ َ
differently. The Holy Prophetsa then asked
him to recite the verse and when he did so,
told him that that was also correct.” Hazrat
Musleh Maudra thus concluded from this
that “This shows that in addition to the
four Companions whom the Holy Prophetsa
used to teach the whole of the Quran, there
were others who used to learn portions of it
from him. Umar’s submission that he had
been taught to pronounce a certain word in
a particular way shows that he, too, used to
learn portions of the Quran from the Holy
Prophetsa himself.” (Dibacha Tafsirul Quran,
Anwar-ul-Uloom, Vol. 20, pp. 427-428)
It is mentioned that after the Holy
Prophetsa, Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas‘ud was
the one to recite the Holy Quran in public
for the very first time. There is an incident
mentioned regarding this:
“One day, the Companions had gathered
and it was mentioned that the Quraish had
not yet heard the recitation of the Holy
Quran aloud in public. They enquired
if there was anyone who could recite it
to them. Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas‘ud
responded, ‘I will recite the Holy Quran
to them.’ They replied, ‘We fear that the
disbelievers may cause you harm as you
are a poor man. It would be better to find
someone of a prominent status instead and
his tribe will protect him if the disbelievers
resort to violence.’ Hazrat Abdullah bin
Mas‘ud responded, ‘Do not worry about it as
God shall protect me.’” These Companions
had such extraordinary passion. “The next
morning, he began reciting the Holy Quran
publicly near the Ka‘bah. He recited:
ُ ْ َّ
‫الرَ ْح ٰم ُن َعل َم الق ْر ٰا َن‬
ّ ‫الرَ ِح ْیم۔‬
ّ ‫الرَ ْح ٰمن‬
ّ ‫الل ِہ‬
ِ ‫ِبس ِم‬
That is, ‘In the name of Allah, the
Gracious, the Merciful. It is God, the
Gracious. Who has taught the Qur’an’. (Al-
Rahman:1-3)
The people of Quraish were astonished
when they heard this and some said, ‘He
is reciting from the same scripture of
Muhammadsa recites’ and when they heard
this recitation they got up and began to
strike Abdullah bin Mas‘ud on his face.
However, he continued with the recitation
and finished the entire portion he had
intended to recite. When he returned, the
ٰ ُْ ُ ُ
Companions saw the marks on his face
because of the beating he had endured
and they said that this is exactly what they
feared that he would be attacked. Hazrat
Abdullah bin Mas‘ud replied, ‘In my sight,
these enemies of God have never been as
insignificant as they seemed when they
were attacking me. If you’d like, I can do
the same tomorrow.’ The Companions
responded, ‘No! This is enough. You made
them listen to something they did not want
to hear.’” (Usdul Ghaba, Vol. 3, p. 383, Dar-
ul-Kutub al-ilmiyyah, Beirut)
The Holy Prophetsa kept Hazrat
Abdullah bin Mas‘ud with him after he had
accepted Islam and he would serve the Holy
Prophetsa. The Holy Prophetsa had instructed
him that if he heard the voice of the Holy
Prophetsa and the entrance of his home was
uncovered (i.e. it was open) then he could
enter therein without permission. Meaning
that he should not enter without permission
when the entrance was covered. If, however,
the entrance was not covered, the door was
open and he could hear the Holy Prophet’s
voice, then he had his permission to enter
therein because it meant that there were
no ladies present inside at that time. He
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would do everything for the Holy Prophetsa.
He would assist in putting his shoes on, he
would travel with the Holy Prophetsa when
needed, he would hold the purdah (cover)
when the Holy Prophetsa took a bath. He
was known amongst the companions as
Sahib-ul-Swaaq. (Usdul Ghaba, Vol. 3, p.
383, Dar-ul-Kutub al-ilmiyyah, Beirut)
According to another narration he
was known as Sahib-ul-Swaaq, Sahib-ul-
Wasaad and Sahib-ul-Na‘layn as well. (Al-
Tabqaat-ul-Kubra, Vol. 3, p. 113, Dar-ul-
Kutb al-ilimiyya, Beirut, 1990).
Abdullah bin Mas‘ud was a confidant of
the Holy Prophetsa; he would prepare the
bedding of the Prophetsa and would carry
the Holy Prophet’s Miswaaq (short dry
twig used to clean teeth) and also carry his
shoes. The meaning of these Arabic words
just mentioned in fact refer to the services
he rendered and translate as: preparing
his bedding, providing the Miswaaq for
his teeth, help in arranging the water for
ablution and bathing. One who prepares
the bedding is known as Sahib-ul-Suwaad
and he would render this service for the
Holy Prophetsa and he would also repair
and carry the Holy Prophet’s shoes and
therefore was known as Sahib-ul-Na‘layn.
He would carry water for the Holy Prophetsa
to perform ablution. He would also take
care of these chores when the Holy Prophet
would travel.
Abu Maleeh narrates, “Hazrat Abdullah
bin Mas‘ud would provide a purdah
(covering) for the Holy Prophetsa when
he would bathe, he would wake the Holy
ّٰ ْ
Prophetsa when he would sleep and he
would also travel fully armed alongside the
Holy Prophetsa.” (Al-Tabqaat-ul-Kubra, Vol.
3, p. 113, Dar-ul-Kutb al-ilimiyya, Beirut,
1990).
Hazrat Abu Musa narrates, “When I
initially arrived in Medina from Yemen, I
thought that Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas‘ud
was amongst the Ahl-e-Bait [the family of
the Holy Prophetsa peace be upon him] as
he and his mother would often visit the
Holy Prophetsa.” (Usdul Ghaba, Vol. 3, p.
384, Dar-ul-Kutub al-ilmiyyah, Beirut)
Since they would often visit the Holy
Prophetsa and do a lot of his work, therefore
he states that those who newly came to
Medina would think that they too were
from among the family members of the
Holy Prophetsa. Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas‘ud
participated in both migrations – the
migration to Abyssinia and also to Medina.
He accompanied the Holy Prophetsa in
the Battle of Badr, Uhud, Khandaq, Bai‘at-
e-Rizwan and many other occasions.
After the demise of the Holy Prophetsa, he
participated in the Battle of Yarmuk. He
was amongst those companions who were
given the glad tiding of paradise by the Holy
Prophetsa in their lifetimes. (Usdul Ghaba,
Vol. 3, p. 383, Dar-ul-Kutub al-ilmiyyah,
Beirut)
He also played a huge role in putting
an end to Abu Jahl. It is narrated by Hazrat
Anas that at the end of the Battle of Badr, the
Holy Prophetsa said, “Is there anyone who
can find out the accurate and correct news
regarding Abu Jahl?” And so, Abdullah bin
Mas‘ud went and saw that Abu Jahl was lying
in the battlefield, wounded and in agony.
The sons of Ifra had caused him to be in this
state. Hazrat Ibn Mas‘ud grabbed him by his
beard and said, “Are you Abu Jahl?” Even in
that state he very arrogantly replied, “Have
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you ever killed a greater chieftain than me?”
(Sahih Al-Bukhari, Kitab-ul-Maghazi, Baab
Qatl Abi Jahl, Hadith no. 3962)
The first narration was from Bukhari
however there is also a narration from Sahih
Muslim. The narration from Sahih Muslim
regarding this incident is that Hazrat
Abdullah bin Mas‘ud grabbed him by the
beard and asked him, “Are you Abu Jahl?”
Abu Jahl replied, “Have you ever killed a
great man like me before?” The narrator
states that Abu Jahl said, “If only a person
other than a farmer would have killed me.”
(Sahih Muslim, Kitab-ul-Jihad Wa Al-Sair,
Hadith no. 4662)
There were two boys of Medina who left
him in this state. Hazrat Khalifatul Masih
IIra has also mentioned this in Tafsir-e-
Kabir in great detail that how the opponents
burnt in the fire of spite and malice all their
lives and even at the time of their death they
were in this state. He writes that Hazrat
Abdullah bin Mas‘ud said, “After the battle,
I saw that Abu Jahl was groaning in agony
due to the wounds. I went to him and asked
how he was. He replied, ‘I am not regretful
of my death. It is soldiers who die after all.
I am regretful that I was killed by the hands
of two Ansari boys of Medina. I am going to
die so confer one favour upon me and sever
my head with a sword so that I am relieved
of this misery. But remember to sever my
head from the lower part of the neck so that
my head stands tall as generals are killed in
a similar manner from the lower part of the
neck.’” Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas‘ud said, “I
will not fulfil your last desire and will sever
your head from your chin.” At last he placed
his sword on his chin and beheaded him.
Hazrat Musleh Maudra writes, “Look at
the scale of this fire that was burning Abu
Jahl. All his life he was spiteful over the fact
that they were unable to inflict the pain that
they desired upon the Holy Prophetsa. Even
at the time of his death he was burning with
rage since he was going to die as a result of
an attack from the hands of two unskilled
boys of Medina. The last desire that he had
at the time of his death was also not fulfilled
and he was beheaded close to the chin.”
(Tafsir-e-Kabir, Vol. 6, p. 461). Ultimately
burning in all sorts of enraging fires he
departed from this world.
When Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas‘ud
migrated to Medina he stayed at the house
of Hazrat Mu‘az bin Jabal. According
to some, he stayed with Hazrat Sa‘d bin
Khaisma. In Mecca, a bond of brotherhood
was established between him and Hazrat
Zubair bin Al-Awam, whilst in Medina the
Holy Prophetsa appointed Mu‘az bin Jabal
as his brother in faith. In the early days of
Medina, his financial state was quite poor.
When the Holy Prophetsa made some
arrangements for the accommodation of
the Muhajireen near the Prophet’s Mosque,
certain people belonging to the Banu Zuhra
tribe displayed some hesitation in keeping
Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas‘ud with them,
saying that he was a layman, a poor person,
whilst they were of higher status. When the
Holy Prophetsa came to know about this,
standing up for his poor and weak servant,
he said, “Has God sent me so that you
can have these indifferences? Remember
that God Almighty never blesses such a
community in which a weak person is
not given his due rights.” Then the Holy
Prophetsa accommodated Hazrat Abdullah
bin Mas‘ud near the mosque whilst Banu
Zahra were placed far in a corner. (Al-
Tabqaat-ul-Kubra, Vol. 3, pp. 112-113, Dar-
ul-Kutb al-ilimiyya, Beirut, 1990).
Hazrat ibn Mas‘ud himself narrates
that the Holy Prophetsa instructed him to
recite Surah al-Nisa to him. (He is relating
his own incident and states,) “The Holy
Prophetsa instructed me to recite Surah al-
Nisa to him. I replied, ‘What can I recite
to you since this was revealed to you?’ The
Holy Prophetsa replied, ‘I like it when others
recite the Holy Quran and I listen to it.’” He
then states, “I began to recite it and when I
reached the verse:
َ ُ َ َْ َ
‫فک ْی َف ِاذا ِجئنا ِم ْن ک ِ ّل ا ّم ٍۃ ِبش ِہ ْی ٍد ّو ِجئنا ِبک َع ٰلی ٰہ ٔولَٓا ِء ش ِہ ْی ًدا‬
‘And how will it fare with them when We
shall bring a witness from every people, and
shall bring thee as a witness against these!’
(Al-Nisa:42) the eyes of the Holy Prophetsa
were filled with tears.” It is also mention
in the narrations that the Holy Prophetsa
instructed him to stop. (Usdul Ghaba,
Vol. 3, p. 383, Dar-ul-Kutub al-ilmiyyah,
Beirut), (Sahih Al-Bukhari, Kitab Fazail-ul-
Quran, Hadith no. 5050)
Once, Hazrat Umar Farooqra was at
Arafat when a man approached him and
said, “O Leader of the Faithful (this is after he
was elected as the Khalifa) I have come from
Kufa and I have seen a man there dictating
the Holy Quran without looking.” Hazrat
Umarra said angrily, “Woe to you! (This is
a style of speech of the Arabs) Who is this
man?” The man replied fearfully, “Abdullah
bin Mas‘ud.” When Hazrat Umarra heard
this his temper subsided and returned to
the state he was in before. He then said,
“In terms of undertaking this task, I do not
see anyone more worthy and befitting than
Abdullah bin Mas‘ud.” (Masnad Ahmad
bin Hanbal, Vol. 1, p. 128, Hadith no. 175,
Alim-ul-Kutb, Beirut, 1998). He could write
the entire Holy Quran without looking.
Hazrat Umarra states, “One night, Hazrat
Abu Bakrra and I were in the company of
the Holy Prophetsa when we passed by
Abdullah bin Mas‘ud who was reciting
the Holy Quran whilst offering voluntary
prayers. He was standing in prayer reciting
and the Holy Prophetsa stood listening to
his recitation. Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas‘ud
then bowed and went into prostration. The
Holy Prophetsa said, ‘O Abdullah, whatever
you now ask of God will be granted to you.’
The Holy Prophetsa then departed saying,
‘Whoever desires to read the Holy Quran
with such freshness as though it was just
revealed, then he should learn the Holy
Quran from Abdullah bin Mas‘ud.’” This
Hadith and narration is of Musnad Ahmad
bin Hanbal. (Masnad Ahmad bin Hanbal,
Vol. 1, pp. 156-157, Hadith no. 265, Alim-
ul-Kutb, Beirut, 1998)
Hazrat Abdur Rahman bin Yazid relates
that we went to Hazrat Huzaifah and said,
“Tell us of such a man who was closest
to the Holy Prophetsa in his practise, in
following his example and in his deeds, so
that we may learn from him and listen to
his narrations”. He told them, “The person
closest to the Holy Prophetsa in his practise
is Abdullah bin Mas‘ud”. (Usdul Ghaba, Vol.
3, p. 385, Dar-ul-Kutub al-ilmiyyah, Beirut)
The level of passion he had in following
the example of the Holy Prophetsa was such
that after the demise of the Holy Prophetsa,
when the Companions were asked which
companion was the closest to the Holy
Prophetsa in terms of conduct and habits,
his behaviour and characteristics, Hazrat
Huzaifah stated that to his knowledge, in
terms of conduct, dialogue and behaviour,
Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas‘ud was the closest
to the Holy Prophetsa. Perhaps this is the
reason why the Holy Prophetsa would say,
“Whatever Abdullah bin Mas‘ud prefers,
I desire the same for my people”. This is
a Hadith of Bukhari. (Sahih Al-Bukhari,
Kitaab-ul-Munaaqib, Baab Munaaqib
Abdullah bin Mas‘udra, Hadith no. 3762)
Hazrat Alqamah relates that Hazrat
Abdullah bin Mas‘ud’s behaviour, his
َ َُ ُ َْ َ ََ
good character and his moderation in his
practises were similar to those of the Holy
Prophetsa. Hazrat Abdullah bin Masu‘d’s
son, Ubaidullah, relates that he [Abdullah
bin Mas‘ud] had a habit of waking up for
the Tahajjud prayer at night when everyone
else was asleep. One night, he heard him
murmuring like the humming of a bee.
(Usdul Ghaba, Vol. 3, p. 386, Dar-ul-Kutub
Al-ilmiyyah, Beirut) i.e. he was murmuring
lightly as he supplicated or recited the Holy
Quran.
Hazrat Alira relates that the Holy
Prophetsa said, “If I was to ever appoint
someone as a governor without consultation
it would be Abdullah bin Mas‘ud.” (Usdul
Ghaba, Vol. 3, p. 385, Dar-ul-Kutub al-
ilmiyyah, Beirut)
Then, the same narration of Hazrat Alira
has been recorded in the following manner
in Al-Tabqaat-ul-Kubra wherein Hazrat
Alira relates, “The Holy Prophetsa told me
that if he was to appoint an Amir without
the consultation of the Muslims, he would
appoint Abdullah bin Mas‘ud as an Amir.”
Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas‘ud relates that
after embracing Islam he never slept beyond
the period of chasht [between sunrise and
noon]. (Al-Tabqaat-ul-Kubra, Vol. 3, p. 114,
Dar-ul-Kutb al-ilimiyya, Beirut, 1990).
Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas‘ud loved his
wife and children. When he entered the
home, he would clear his throat and speak
up so that the household members would
know [he arrived]. His wife, Hazrat Zainab
relates, “One day Hazrat Abdullah entered
the house when an elderly woman was
giving me an amulet to wear”. It is the habit
of women to sometimes make use of charms
or amulets perhaps in hope of gaining
blessings. She knew Abdullah bin Mas‘ud
did not like this. She says, “So in fear of him
I hid it beneath the bedstead I was sitting
on. He came and sat next to me and looking
to my neck he said, ‘What is this thread
which you have placed on your neck?’ I told
him it was an amulet. He broke it and threw
it away immediately saying that the family
of Abdullah is free from shirk [associating
partners with Allah]. Abdullah bin Mas‘ud
then said, ‘I heard from the Holy Prophetsa
that making use of charms and amulets is
shirk.’ I then said, ‘What are you saying? My
eyes would swell up and become painful
and so I would go to a certain Jewish woman
to use the amulet. and I would be relieved
after doing so.’ Abdullah bin Mas‘ud then
said to me, ‘These are all works of Satan.
The following prayer of the Holy Prophetsa
should suffice you:
َّ َ َ َّ َ ْ َ
‫ف َوانت الشا ِف ْی لا ِشفائ اِلا‬
ِ َ ‫اس اِش‬
ً‫ائ لا ی ُ َغاد ُِر َس َقما‬ً َ َ ُ َ
‘O Lord of mankind! Remove my illness and
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cure me. Only You can cure and there is no
cure except through You. Such a cure which
leaves behind no disease.’” (Sira Al-Sahaba,
Vol. 2, p. 225, Dar-ul-Isha‘at, Karachi)
So those people who go to mystics and
mendicants, who spend their entire day
intoxicated, not offering a single prayer,
they go to them to make use of charms
and amulets and then they claim that they
have been cured and have been bestowed a
great favour, or they have now been granted
offspring, or such and such has happened as
result; this is the answer to all those things.
Abdullah bin Mas‘ud once went to see
his friend, Abu Umair. However, he was
not at home. So he conveyed his greetings
to his wife and requested some water to
drink. There was no water available in
the house so she sent a female servant to
bring water from the neighbours, but she
did not return till very late. Umar’s wife
scolded their female servant saying she
was extremely lazy and cursed her. Having
heard her, Hazrat Abdullah returned home
thirsty. The following day he met Abu
Umair and he asked him why he returned
home so quickly without drinking water.
He answered, “When your wife cursed the
servant, the saying of the Holy Prophetsa
came to mind that whoever is cursed but
is innocent, the curse is reverted to the one
who cursed. So I thought that if the servant
was innocent then the curse would revert to
me without cause.” (Sira Al-Sahaba, Vol. 2,
p. 223, Dar-ul-Isha‘at, Karachi)
Therefore, it is better to go without
drinking. So this was the level of fear of
God these people possessed that if there was
even a remotest chance of God Almighty
being upset with them for any reason, they
would abstain and stay away from it.
Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas‘ud was
slim, short in height and had a wheatish
complexion. He would wear fine white
clothing and use perfume. Hazrat Talha
relates that he would be recognised by his
perfume. (Al-Tabqaat-ul-Kubra, Vol. 3, pp.
116-117, Dar-ul-Kutb al-Ilimiyya, Beirut,
1990).
Hazrat Alira relates that once the Holy
Prophetsa instructed Abdullah bin Mas‘ud
for a certain task to climb a tree. Seeing as
his calves were apparently thin and weak,
the Companions began laughing. The Holy
Prophetsa thereupon asked, “Why do you
laugh? The virtues of Abdullah bin Mas‘ud
will be heavier in the scales on the Day
of Judgement than the Uhud Mountain.”
(Usdul Ghaba, Vol. 3, p. 385, Dar-ul-Kutub
al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut)
Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas‘ud had hair
which he would lift from his ears. According
to one narration his hair reached his neck.
When he prayed he would put his hair
behind his ears. (Al-Tabqaat-ul-Kubra, Vol.
3, p. 117, Dar-ul-Kutb al-Ilimiyya, Beirut,
1990).
Zaid bin Wahhab narrates: “One day, I
was sitting with Hazrat Umarra when Hazrat
Abdullah bin Mas‘ud arrived. Since he had
a short stature it was difficult to see him in
the crowd of people that were seated.” The
other people seated in the congregation
were tall or perhaps they were seated in
a way that it was difficult to see him. He
ْ َّ َّ َ َ ْ َ ْ َْ
was almost concealed from view. “When
ِ ‫الن‬ ‫اذ ِھ ِب الباس رب‬
Hazrat Umarra saw him, he smiled and
‫ِشفاءک ِشف‬
then began to converse with him in a joyful
manner. During this discourse Hazrat
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Abdullah remained standing lest he became
obscured from view. When they finished
the conversation and Hazrat Abdullah left,
Hazrat Umar watched him until he was out
of sight. He then said: “This individual is an
extraordinary vessel of knowledge”. (Usdul
Ghaba, Vol. 3, p. 386, Dar-ul-Kutub Al-
ilmiyyah, Beirut)
One can gauge the level of Hazrat
Abdullah bin Mas‘ud’s knowledge and
stature from the following incident that
took place towards the end of Hazrat
Mu‘az bin Jabal’s life when people asked
him to give them some advice. He replied
by saying, “Knowledge and faith both hold
separate ranks. Knowledge has a certain
rank and so does faith. Whoever strives to
attain them both will be successful. He then
mentioned the names of four individuals
who led by example and Hazrat Abdullah
bin Mas‘ud was among those four people.
(Masnad Ahmad bin Hanbal, Vol. 7, p. 375,
Hadith no. 22455, Alim-ul-Kutb, Beirut,
1998)
After the demise of the Holy Prophetsa,
Hazrat Umarra appointed Hazrat Abdullah
bin Mas‘ud as a missionary for the
education and moral training of the people
of Kufa and at the same time appointed
Hazrat Ammar bin Yassir as the governor.
Hazrat Umarra then said to the people of
Kufa, “Both of these individuals are among
the close companions of the Holy Prophetsa
and have a special standing. They were
among the people who took part in the
Battle of Badr. You all should follow their
example and obey their directives and also
listen to what they say. For you, I have given
precedence to Abdullah bin Mas‘ud over
me.” (Usdul Ghaba, Vol. 3, p. 385, Dar-ul-
Kutub Al-ilmiyyah, Beirut)
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Sahib had earlier referred to Hazrat Musleh
Maud, pointing out that the purpose of
our service within Majlis Khuddam-ul-
Ahmadiyya is to train the next generation
so that a continuous improvement is
always maintained. Sadr Sahib then led
the congregation in silent prayer, thereby
concluding the final session with all four
proposals being approved for submission
to Huzooraa.
It was almost 9:30pm when the Shura
delegates were served with dinner in
the marquee to the rear of Baitul Futuh
Mosque. As per tradition, during this
meal, the outgoing members of Khuddam-
During his last days of his illness, Hazrat
Usmanra went to visit Hazrat Abdullah bin
Mas‘ud and asked him, “Do you have any
grievances”. He replied, “Now that you have
asked, my only grievances are my sins,
for there are many.” Hazrat Usmanra then
asked if he required anything, to which he
replied that he only required the Mercy of
God Almighty. Hazrat Usmanra then asked
him if he should arrange for a physician
to attend to him. To this he replied that
it was the physicians who had put him in
this condition, i.e. that whatever was taking
place was due to the Will of God and he was
content with it. Hazrat Usmanra then asked if
he should set an allowance for him to which
he replied that he did not require anything.
Hazrat Usmanra said that it would be useful
for his daughters. He replied by saying,
“From this, do you imply that my daughters
will be left impoverished?” He then further
said, “I have advised my daughters to recite
Surah al-Waqi‘ah every night. I heard the
Holy Prophetsa say that whoever recites
Surah al-Waqi‘ah every night, they will
never have to endure starvation.” (Usdul
Ghaba, Vol. 3, pp. 386-387, Dar-ul-Kutub
Al-ilmiyyah, Beirut)
This was the level of the trust in God and
the contentment of these shinning stars.
Salma bin Tawam says, “A person once
met Abdullah bin Mas‘ud and related his
dream and said, ‘I saw you in my dream last
night. I also saw that the Holy Prophetsa was
sat on a tall pulpit while you were sat below
the pulpit. The Holy Prophetsa then said, “O
Ibn Mas‘ud! Come close to me for you have
become so detached since I have gone.”’
Abdullah bin Mas‘ud then said, ‘Swear by
God that you really did see this dream.’ He
replied that indeed he did. Upon this, he
ul-Ahmadiyya – those entering Majlis
Ansarullah – who had rendered significant
services towards the Majlis in their time as
a Khuddam, were presented with tokens
of appreciation, including a special crystal
trophy. There were 45 such special guests
this year that received this award on behalf
of Majlis Khuddam-ul-Ahmadiyya UK.
The delegates and guests of Majlis-e-
Shura made their way home after a long
day, one which will Insha-Allah shape
the coming year and beyond for Majlis
Khuddam-ul-Ahmadiyya UK with a
desire and passion to seek continuous
improvement.
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then said, ‘Have you come from Medina to
offer my funeral prayer? As it seems that
my time has come.’ A short while later he
passed away.” (Usdul Ghaba, Vol. 3, p. 386,
Dar-ul-Kutub al-ilmiyyah, Beirut)
However, prior to his demise, when
Hazrat Usmanra learnt of his illness, he
called him to leave Kufa and come to
Medina. However, the people of Kufa urged
him to remain in Kufa and also assured him
that they will protect him. It is also possible
that this incident of Hazrat Usmanra calling
him to Medina was prior to his illness as
it seemed as if he was in good health then
when this incident took place wherein this
man related his dream to him. However, it
was after this that Hazrat Usmanra called him
from Kufa. And, even though the people of
Kufa desired for him to remain there and
promised to protect him, he said that it was
the instruction of the Khalifa of the time
and it was incumbent upon him to obey. He
also said that very soon, certain disorders
would emerge and he did not wish to be
the cause of them and after that he left to
go the Khalifa of the time. He passed away
in 32 AH in Medina. Hazrat Usmanra led his
funeral prayer and buried him in Jannat-ul-
Baqi. At the time of his demise, his age was
just a little over than 60. (Usdul Ghaba, Vol.
3, p. 387, Dar-ul-Kutub al-ilmiyyah, Beirut)
According to another narration he was
just over 70 when he passed away. (Al-
Tabqaat-ul-Kubra, translated by Abdullah
Al‘amadi, Pt. 3, p. 230, Vol. 3, p. 387, Nafees
Academy, Karachi)
Upon the demise of Hazrat Abduallah
bin Mas‘ud, Hazrat Abu Musa said to Hazrat
Abu Mas‘ud, “Do you think that Hazrat
Abdullah bin Mas‘ud has left behind after
him a person who possesses the same kind
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of qualities?” Hazrat Abu Mas‘ud replied,
“The fact is that during certain times when
we were not allowed to go and visit the Holy
Prophetsa, Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas‘ud was
permitted to enter the Holy Prophetsa’s
home. When we were not around the Holy
Prophetsa, Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas‘ud
however had the opportunity to serve
the Holy Prophetsa and benefit from his
company. Thus, how can it be that there is
someone else who possesses the same kind
of qualities?” (Al-Tabqaat-ul-Kubra, Vol.
3, p. 119, Dar-ul-Kutb Al-ilimiyya, Beirut,
1990).
Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas‘ud would
fully adhere to the noble practise of the
Holy Prophetsa. Once, Hazrat Aishara was
asked [in regards to the correct practise
of breaking one’s fast] that there are two
Companions; one of them breaks his fast
quickly, that is, he breaks his fast as soon
as the sun sets and also offers his prayers
immediately, while the other Companion
does both of these relatively later. Hazrat
Aishara enquired as to which Companion
does it immediately and she was informed
that it was Abdullah bin Mas’ud. Hazrat
Aishara said that this was also the practise
of the Holy Prophetsa which the Abduallah
bin Mas‘ud followed. (Masnad Ahmad bin
Hanbal, Vol. 8, p. 51, Hadith no. 24716,
Alim-ul-Kutub, Beirut, 1998)
There are many other traditions and
accounts regarding Hazrat Abdullah bin
Mas‘ud which I will Insha-Allah relate in
the future. May God Almighty enable us to
follow the example of these shinning stars.
(Translated by The Review of Religions)
to 155mph (249 km/h). Relief operations
began immediately after the hurricane.
Humanity First, in association with the
Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat USA, imme-
diately set out with members driving from
Atlanta all the way down to Panama City in
Florida with relief supplies to assist those
that had been affected. The Humanity First
volunteers worked alongside the Nation-
al Guard of the United States to distribute
these supplies to those most in need.
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National Majlis Khuddam-ul-Ahmadiyya UK
Shura 2018
Hamid Choudhry
Motamid MKA UK
O n Saturday 13 October, Majlis
Khuddam-ul-Ahmadiyya UK held
their 30 Majlis-e-Shura, in Baitul Futuh
th
Mosque, Morden. The event formally
commenced at 9:30am with the recitation
of the Holy Quran, followed by the
declaration of the Khuddam Pledge by all
delegates.
Sadr Majlis Khuddam-ul-Ahmadiyya
(Sahibzada Mirza Waqas Ahmad Sahib)
then delivered a welcome address and
summary report of key activities from
the previous year. The many activities and
initiatives undertaken by the Majlis over
the year offered a moment of reflection
for the delegates, who were able to
appreciate the significant achievements
and advancements through their efforts
and those of their peers. However, as was
noted by Sadr Sahib, all of the humble
efforts made by the Majlis are only ever
sacrifices in the name of Allah, Who is the
actual doer of all good things.
In his address, Mirza Waqas Ahmad
Sahib referred to the guidance of
the founder of Majlis Khuddam-ul-
Ahmadiyya, Hazrat Mirza Bashiruddin
Mahmud Ahmadra – al-Musleh al-Maud –
may Allah be pleased with him.
After the opening session, the
implementation reports of the previous
year’s Shura proposals were delivered by
the respectively allocated chairpersons.
Following these implementation reports,
the proposals for this year’s Majlis-e-Shura
were presented by Motamid MKA UK
(Hamid Choudhry).
In total, 26 proposals were presented
to the National Amila by members
throughout the country, across many
different departments. Of these proposals,
4 had been proposed to, and approved by,
Hazrat Amirul Momineen, may Allah be
his Helper.
At around 11am, the sub-committees
were formed, based on delegates being
nominated by their respective regional
qaideen, as well as special appointments by
Sadr Majlis.
As this year’s Majlis-e-Shura was also
required to conduct an election for Sadr
Majlis, since Mirza Waqas Ahmad Sahib
had now served 3 consecutive 2-year terms,
his morning address was noted by him
as his final formal opportunity to address
the distinguished delegation of Khuddam
before him, in the position of Sadr. His
address was therefore an opportunity to
reflect and pass on some words of advice
and support to the Majlis.
Notably, Mirza Waqas Ahmad Sahib
referred to the guidance that he had
received from Hazrat Amirul Momineenaa
upon his appointment to the office of Sadr
Majlis, which was to always refer to Mashal-
e-Rah (a compilation of the speeches given
about Majlis Khuddam-ul-Ahmadiyya by
Hazrat Musleh Maudra) to seek guidance
and wisdom, especially in difficult and
trying times.
The address by Mirza Waqas Ahmad
Sahib was indeed a moment of reflection
MKA UK
for all those in the audience, who had been
serving under his passionate leadership
for the past six years. Nonetheless, the
audience found themselves having to
prepare now for another challenging task
– electing the next Sadr Majlis Khuddam-
ul-Ahmadiyya.
This year, a record number of delegates
were present to conduct the election – 402
delegates would vote to determine the
names to be presented before Huzooraa, as
recommended by the Shura.
Huzooraa had appointed Hafiz
Zafarullah Sahib from the Markaz to
preside as chairman of the Sadr election.
At around 12:30pm, the election began
with silent prayer. Hafiz Zafrullah Sahib
pointed out that all members should
spend that critically important moment
in reciting Durud Sharif and Istighfar. He
advised the delegation to pray sincerely so
that the Shura may present some suitable
suggestions for candidates to lead this
Majlis before Hazrat Khalifatul Masihaa.
This year, MKA UK Aitimad department
had developed a digital solution to support
the counting of votes cast against all the
nominated candidates. In total, there were 7
candidates nominated. With all candidates
having to place 3 votes, the system was
designed to capture votes and stream the
results live for presentation on a dashboard
that was placed in front of the chairman.
Allhamdolillah, the voting was counted
and validated by the system in record
time, saving significant time and ensuring
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greater accuracy. The names along with
their respective votes were documented by
Hafiz Zafarullah Sahib and were presented
to Huzooraa for his consideration.
After the Zuhr and Asr prayers were
combined, a delicious Chinese-style lunch
was offered for all to enjoy – lovingly
prepared by the exceptional and well-
regarded chefs of MKA UK’s Ziafat team.
After lunch, the sub-committees
that had been formed were able to now
deliberate over their respective proposals.
To keep the size of sub-committees to a
reasonable number, allowing discussions
to be manageable and meaningful, there
were inevitably a number of unallocated
delegates. Therefore, in parallel to the sub-
committee deliberations, two presentations
were delivered to these members:
1. General Data Protection Regulation,
delivered by Naib Sadr, Muddassar Ahmad
Sahib and members of the Khuddam IT
Committee)
2. Dealing with Disabilities, delivered by
Mohtamim Khidmat-e-Khalq (Abdul Rauf
Lodhi Sahib)
The plenary & closing session of the
Shura commenced at around 6pm, with
tilawat. The sub-committee chairmen
along with their secretaries presented their
summary reports of the deliberations and
recommendations made. The floor was
then opened up for questions, comments
and suggested additions/amendments to
the recommendations. The proposals were
then voted upon for approval to be sent to
Huzooraa for review and approval.
Soon after the plenary session had
commenced, Hafiz Zafrullah Sahib had
returned with a message from Huzooraa,
something everyone had been anticipating.
The announcement was thus made that
Hazrat Khalifatul Masihaa had graciously
appointed Abdul Quddus Arif Sahib as
Sadr Majlis Khuddam-ul-Ahmadiyya UK
for the next 2 years. Abdul Quddus Arif
Sahib, is currently a serving missionary
and teacher at Jamia Ahmadiyya UK.
Abdul Quddus Arif Sahib came up onto
the stage and after embracing him, Mirza
Waqas Ahmad Sahib congratulated him
and the entire Majlis on his appointment
and asked that everyone should pray for
him and offer their full support to him.
Shortly after, Magrhib and Isha prayers
were offered and the plenary and closing
session reconvened. Once all proposals had
been presented and reviewed by the Shura
delegates, a few closing remarks were given
by Mirza Waqas Ahmad Sahib, in which he
thanked all the Majlis for their support and
hard work, as well as requesting prayers for
himself and his family.
The Majlis-e-Shura then repeated the
Pledge after the newly appointed Sadr
Majlis Khuddam-ul-Ahmadiyya UK.
A short address was then given by Sadr
Sahib, in which he reflected upon the
speech in which Mirza Waqas Ahmad
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