The Afghan Martyrs — Page 149
So the Almighty has made me detennined that in order to show genuine gratitude one must remain entirely obedient to a benevolent government like our British Government. My Jamaat adheres to this principle. To give a practical shape to this issue I have written a number of books in Arabic, Persian and Urdu. I have written in detail that as Muslims are currently allowed complete freedom to propagate their faith and as without let or hinderance they can discharge their responsibilities in accordance with their station and as they are spending their days in peace under the rule of the British Indian Government, even to think of II J ehad" against a venerated and peace giving government is nothing short of grave i~ustice and insurgence. " (Tohfa Qaisariyya Page 9/1 0) The point of view of the Promised Messiah (PBUH) should be clear from the above excerpt i. -e. as in India the conditions for 'Jehad' are non existent there is no justification for 'Jehad' with a sword. An edict that 'Jehad' with a sword against the British Government was not permitted was not issued by the Promised Messiah (PB UH) alone. In that era all enlightened scholars also issued similar edicts. By abandoning 'Jehad' with a sword, in practice they put into practice their verbal and written edicts. Certain examples of the edicts are noted below. 1. From Moulvi Mohammad Husain Batalvl who was a prominent leader of the Ehle Hadeeth sect. (a) "Where there is complete peace and there is freedom to practice one's faith, Muslim subjects are not permitted either to 149