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117 pretention or if their intention is always not to pay it and just simply agre e to whatever is being written down. Such people should have the Hadith in view in which the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) said such people are adulterers who agree to the haq mehr with this intention. May Allah have mercy. E ven if there are less than one percent of such people among us, even if there is one in a thousand, we should still be concerned because the levels of tarbiyyat ( spiritual and moral training) of long - term Ahmadis need to be excellent to carry out proper tarbiyyat of the new - comers! Therefore these matters need to be looked into very deeply!’ (Friday sermon delivered on 27 February 2004 at Baitul Futuh, London. Published in Al Fazl International 12 March 2004) Drawing attention to the payment of Haq Mehr Hu zoor e Anwer (may Allah be his Helper) said at another occasion: ‘Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) said: ‘A man who marries a woman and fixes haq mehr with the intenti on of not paying it, is an adulterer. And I count that person a thief who takes a loan with the intention of not paying it back. ’ (Majma al Zawa’id, Vol. IV, p. 131)