Conditions of Bai'at and Responsibilities of an Ahmadi — Page 223
[From the Friday sermon delivered at the Bait-ul-Fut uh Mosque, Morden, United Kingdom, on October 10, 2003] Fidelity with Allah the Almighty in All Conditions of Hardships and Comfort In the Friday sermon before last I was speaking on the changes that transpired among Ahmad i s once they joined the Community of the Promised Messiah as having promised to act upon the ten conditions of bai‘at. I had presented some inci- dents and now I shall take the subject further. In the fifth condition, the Promised Messiah as took the pledge that: Even if you are faced with hardship, adversity, trouble, problems, ignominy and humiliation, never find fault with Allah the Almighty. Indeed, continue to seek His grace with the undertaking that you would always remain pleased with the will of Allah the Almighty. I shall present some prac- tical examples of this. First and foremost is the example of Hadrat Khalifatul Masih I ra. In August 1905 his son ‘Abdul Qayy u m passed away after suffering from measles for a few days. He was about