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C ONDITIONS OF B AI ‘ AT AND R ESPONSIBILITIES OF AN A H MAD I 180 you should implement it without any delay. I have no reserva- tion in serving under your command, and I will continue to work as hard under you as I did when I was the commander. ’ This is the high standard of obedience. Some foolish person can say that it was ‘not a good decision’ of Hadrat ‘Umar ra. This is also a wrong notion. We do not know the circum- stances as to why Hadrat ‘Umar ra made that decision. He knew it better. There was nothing obvious in this decision that would be against the shar i ‘ah. Note that Allah the Almighty upheld the honour of this decision of Hadrat ‘Umar ra and the battle was won. During the battle, some occasions were such that there were a hundred enemy soldiers against a single Muslim soldier, yet the battle was won. The Promised Messiah as also received the distinction to be an arbitrator and a judge in the service of his Master—a service that is unparalleled. Therefore, in this age, the claim of obedience and love for the Holy Prophet sa and the claim for love for Allah can be justified by true obedience to the Promised Messiah as , just as Allah the Almighty says: 95 Say, ‘If you love Allah, follow me: then will Allah love you and forgive you your faults. And Allah is most Forgiving, Merciful. ’ 95. ( A l-e-‘Imr a n , 3:32)