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begins to get involved in similar exegesis while explaining the Holy. Prophet's Tradition which states that the Messiah would be buried in our beloved master's grave. 10 An interesting aspect of this entire contorversy is that inspite of passionate opposition to the concept of the interpretation of the Holy Prophet's Traditions and an uncompromising attitude towards it, "these contentious mullahs have the audacity to admit the authority of Hazrat Mirza Ghualam Ahmad's declaration that the Holy Prophet's Tradition in relation to the burial of the Messiah in the Holy Prophet's grave carries a metaphorical meaning. 12. ABROGATION OF JIZYA. However, if one was to give any credence to the anti Ahmadiyya mullahs' insistence that the Promised Messiah must abrogate the Jizya before he could seriously be considered to be the Messiah promised in our beloved Prophet's Traditions, one would find one's self treading upon very thin grounds. . The word abrogate, one must be clear, does not take stock of any mitigating circumstances. On the contrary, when used in the context of this Tradition of the Holy Prophet, it would mean that the Promised. Messiah would have to take deliberate steps to either, God forbid, revoke or cancel or else repeal the Quranic injunction of Jizya and one shudders at the thought of this Messiah's fate who, according to the critics of the. Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, would have the courage and audacity to interfere with God Almighty's most complete and perfect code of law the Holy Quran. 13. Jizya, one must understand, is an essential injunction of the Holy. Quran 14 and not even the opponents of the Ahmadiyya Muslim. Community would dare argue that a prophet of whatsoever description or status would ever have a right to issue an edict against its collection. . Maududi, one of the most formidable opponent of the Ahmadiyya. Muslim Community himself states: 'Belief in the Holy Quran should be of the nature that it is purely and absolutely God's own word, that it is perfectly true, that every word of 1C. Zaheer, E. E: Qadiyaniat. An Analytical Survey: pp 187/189 12. Ibid: pg 189 13. Al Quran: 5. 4 216 11. Ibid: pp 164/193 14. Al Quran 9. 29