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C ONDITIONS OF B AI ‘ AT AND R ESPONSIBILITIES OF AN A H MAD I 258 other countries. In countries like Pakistan and India, there are many poor people; those who offer financial aid to them, benefit from the prayers of their patients. Members of our Jam a ‘at should continue this virtuous deed with greater zeal, as the suffering is also increasing rapidly. Now I want to present to you some incidents of our past elders who had great zeal for the service of fellow men. People who knew Hadrat Mirz a Ayy u b Beig ra relate: He was a living example of the h ad i th that says: ‘Like for your brother the same as you would like for yourself and do not treat your brother in a way that you would not like to be treated. ’ He always sought an occasion to serve and help any brother or friend. [It is related:] During his college studies, he used to attend the lecture given by a member of our Jam a ‘at and he used to meet every Ahmad i there. If any brother was sick, he used to visit him in the home and inquire about his health. Sometimes he used to visit these sick persons daily. Once when Muft i Muhammad Sa diq ra fell sick and his condition was critical, he stayed at Muft i Sahibs ra house for many days and looked after him day and night, and even took part in cleaning up his place. (From A sha b-e-Ahmad , vol. 1, p. 98, published in 1997) Hadrat Chaudhry Z afrull a h Kh a n ra has written about his mother who used to say, If Allah the Almighty is not the enemy, what harm can any enemy do? This way, I do not consider anyone as my enemy. She used to treat every adver- sary very well, and used to say: ‘The one who pleases us, we wish to treat him well. It is not something that you should seek a reward for. To please Allah the Almighty, we should