Blessings of Khilafat — Page 96
96 written a letter pledging their bai‘at , thereby demanding that the family of the girl should marry their daughter to him. But nik ah s of this kind never result in true happiness, for the intention behind them is not good. God does not need a person who enters the Jam a ‘at only for the sake of marriage. Nor does such a person stay steadfast with his pledge of bai‘at , or change his way of life to adopt better morals. Even if he sticks to his pledge of bai‘at , he proves to be a constant source of annoyance for the Jam a ‘at. There have been a number of such incidents and their result has always been undesirable. At times, it was bad from the religious point of view and at times from the worldly point of view. There have been some exceptions as well, but they are very few indeed. In most cases, husbands start tormenting their wives once the nik ah has been solemnized, and force them to relinquish their religious beliefs. At times, they stop them from offering prayers or even reciting the Holy Quran. A few years back, I came to know of a man who had married his daughter to a person who had become an Ahmadi only for the sake of marriage. The family of that person began torturing the bride in various ways. When she performed S al a t , she was accused by them of practicing some magic; and of doing some magical tricks against the family when she recited the Holy Quran. That poor girl was rendered unable to offer prayers or recite the Holy Quran. Her father became extremely worried and started looking for some solution. But how could someone help him? It was the punishment of his own action that he was receiving. Another person wrote to me that he had married his daughter to a non-Ahmadi. His daughter’s husband insisted that he will neither keep her as a wife, nor will he divorce her, and that instead he will