Conditions of Bai'at and Responsibilities of an Ahmadi — Page 162
C ONDITIONS OF B AI ‘ AT AND R ESPONSIBILITIES OF AN A H MAD I 162 …Verily, we fear our Lord, and the day that is: ‘ Ab u s and Qam t ar i r. ‘ Ab u s is hardship, constraint, and straitness. And Qam t ar i r is prolonged. It states that day of Day of Judgement will be hard and long. By virtue of feeding the hungry, Allah the Almighty will also safeguard one from the intensity and duration of suffering during a famine. As a result: 91 God Almighty protects one from the evil of this day, and this protection is due to one’s cheerfulness and happiness. I say once again: remember helping the poor and the needy in this day and age and it will save you from the difficulties of the Judgement Day. May God Almighty grant you and me the opportunity to strive for attaining the respect and pleasure of the Everlasting, A m i n. ( H aq a ’iq-ul-Furq a n , vol. 4, pp. 290–291) This is a distinction for Ahmadiyyah Muslim Jam a ‘at that it takes part in social welfare activities as much as it has the capacity for with the resources available to it. It does as much as it possibly can for the in service of people and \humanity, staying within its means, both as individuals and as the Jam a ‘at. The members of the Jam a ‘at help to fight hunger, treat the poor, help in education and in the marriages of the 91. So Allah will save them from the evil of that day, and will grant them cheerfulness and happiness. ( al-Dahr , 76:12)