Blessings of Khilafat — Page 89
89 Eid day!’ I rushed to take it off and put on a turban. Shortly thereafter, I stopped wearing caps altogether. Anyway, the Editor insisted on boycotting the products made in countries opposed to Turkey. I said that we should first do full justice to the one boycott that we are doing at the moment, and only then we will pay attention to another. He asked me who we were boycotting. I said that we are boycotting Satan, and that in every nation Satan has taken control and is suppressing our rights with greater force every day. I said: ‘Don’t you ever think of boycotting him? We should first succeed in boycotting him, and then turn our attention elsewhere. ’ I said, ‘Islam is undergoing many hardships these days, and Satan is bent upon weakening it; why are you not worried about that? Instead, you are busy boycotting Austrian goods. ’ Having heard this, he became silent and felt deeply ashamed. Therefore, I would say that those who find peace in politics should go ahead with boycotting different countries; but those who love Islam cannot be concerned with anything other than severing their ties with Satan. If Islam’s prosperity demanded from us the sacrifice of our wives, children, friends and acquaintances, wealth and luxury and everything else, we should readily make that sacrifice and our hearts would thereby find true solace. The Ahmadiyya community is no more than a pinch of salt as compared to the needs of Islam, nay, not even that. Therefore, if we, who are already small in number, got involved in politics, then who else would serve Islam? Let these people who indulge in politics go their way. You should involve yourselves in the service of Islam.