Conditions of Bai'at and Responsibilities of an Ahmadi — Page 6
C ONDITIONS OF B AI ‘ AT AND R ESPONSIBILITIES OF AN A H MAD I 6 that you will not associate anything with Allah, nor will you steal, nor will you commit adultery 2 , nor will you kill your children, nor will you slander, nor will you disobey me in anything good I ask you to do. So anyone of you who will prove true to this pledge of bai‘at , his reward is with Almighty Allah. Whoever falls short of fulfiling this pledge and suffers a loss in this world, his loss will become expiation for him. And he who falls short of fulfiling this pledge of bai‘at , and Almighty Allah covers his faults, his affair is with Almighty Allah; if He wills, He may punish him, and if He wills, He may forgive him. ’ ( S a hih Al-Bukh ari , Kit ab u Man aq ibil An sa ri, B a bu Wuf u dil An sa ri Ilan-Nabiyyi Bi Makkata Wa Bai‘atil ‘Aqabah) Then there are other a ha d i th Hadrat ‘Ub a dah Bin A s - Sa mit ra narrates that, ‘We pledged at the hand of the Holy Prophet sa on the condition that we will listen and obey during the times of comfort and also during the times of hardship, during periods of joy and also during periods of pain, and that we will not argue with those in authority, and wherever we might be, we will hold fast to truth and will not be afraid of the objections of any critics. ’ ( Sunan Al-Nasa’ i , Kit ab- ul-Bai‘ati, B a bul Bai‘ati ‘Alas Sam‘i Wa t Ta ‘ah) 2. The word adultery as used in this booklet covers all sexual relations outside the system of legitimate marriage.