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C ONDITIONS OF B AI ‘ AT AND R ESPONSIBILITIES OF AN A H MAD I 212 the heart and life of Islam. ( D am i mah Anj a m-e- A tham, R uha n i Khaz a’ in , vol. 11, p. 315, Footnote) Here again I will give you an example of Ghana where people have brought a great change that I have myself observed. Some people travelled a very long distance and arrived very late at night. It was almost midnight when they got a chance to go to bed. On awakening at about 2 a. m. , I saw them in the mosque in prostrations. One more narration comes to mind. Hadrat Munsh i Muhammad Ism a‘i l ra says that he remembers missing only one prayer that he could not offer in congregation (unless due to a genuine reason), and that was only because he had to leave the mosque for some urgent task. ( A sha b-e-Ahmad, vol. 1, p. 196, published in 1951) There is also another account about Hadrat Munsh i Muhammad Ism a‘i l ra. After taking the oath of allegiance at the hand of the Promised Messiah as —on his return to his hometown, Sialkot—people noticed that he had given up all his previous meaningless habits, such as playing cards, engaging in idle talk, and sitting in the market place. Instead, he became very regular in offering the tahajjud Prayer. People were amazed to see this extraordinary change in his character. (Summarized from A sha b-e-Ahmad, vol. 1, p. 200, published in 1951) Concerning establishment of daily Prayers and tahajjud, Hadrat Naw a b Muhammad ‘Al i ra narrates: I was in Qadian at the time of Prayer on the occasion of the Solar Eclipse. Maulav i Muhammad A h s a n Amroh i led the