Conditions of Bai'at and Responsibilities of an Ahmadi — Page 205
The Spiritual Revolution 205 become a member of my Community, thus you should make the habit of saying your five daily Prayers, eschew lying, give up arrogance, stop usurping the rights of others, start loving each other. Now all this comes under obedience in matters of goodness. If one does not perform these actions and continues swearing that he would obey and act according to the direc- tives of the Promised Messiah as , this would not be considered obedience in mattrers of goodness. In the same manner, the Khulaf a’ launch various schemes at different times. They give instructions in spiritual matters asking to populate the mosques, to establish Prayers, to give proper training to the children, to strengthen moral values, to foster courage and perseverance. They also make appeals for inviting others towards Allah and making financial sacrifices. All these need to be followed unfailingly. In other words, they fall in the category of obedience to the good. No Prophet or Khalifah shall ever ask you to do anything against the commandments of God or against the dictates of wisdom. They will not ask you to jump into fire or drown yourselves in the ocean. In the last Friday sermon, I narrated a h ad i th where one Am i r had asked his subordinates to jump into the fire. There is another reference and it explains it further: Hadrat ‘Ab u Sa‘id Khudr i ra narrates that: The Holy Prophet sa sent Hadrat ‘Alqamah Bin Mujazziz ra for a battle. When he reached there or was on the way, a contingent of his army asked for permission to proceed separately. He gave them permission and appointed Hadrat ‘Abdull a h Bin H udh a fah Bin Qais as-Sahm i ra as their leader. I was among those who went with him. While they were in journey, they