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238 themselves. But I believe that other Ahmadis are also guilty. O nly because some person is very rich, you go and visit their homes. You dine with them and maintain a relationship of love and friendship. Your responsibility is that you should not even say Salaam [greeting of peace] to such a person. Then no doubt, it will be understood that you have a sense of honor and that you desire that the commandments of the Holy Prophet sa are obeyed. Instead, if you shake hands with that person, and say Salaam to him, and keep a n association with him, you become an offender just like them. Therefore, today I announce that those who take their wives out without purdah and attend mixed gatherings, if they are Ahmadis , it is your duty to have no relationship with them. N either shake hands with them nor say Salaam to them. Neither should you mix with their women , nor should you invite them for dinners, so that they feel that because of this weakness of theirs, their nation looks at them with repulsion. However , we do not have this rule for those who are not Ahmadis , because they are not members of our Jama'at. They are not bound to obey our rules. As they ar e not part of our Jama'at , they come under the ir Maulawi’s rulings , and we are not responsible for them in the sight of God Almighty. Their religious scholars will b e responsible. However, if you continue your relationship with these people, who call themselves Ahmadis , and yet go against the Holy Prophet ’s sa commandments , then not only will they be at fault, but so will you. God will say that you emboldened and bolstered them in this sin and led them to assume that their entire c ommunity approved of their actions. Therefore, in the future, you are not to shake hands with them, n or to say Salaam to them; neither socialize with their women , nor invite them to your parties. Y ou are not to say prayers behind them, nor give them any office in the Jama'at a nd if possible, do not even say their funeral prayers. Likewise, the women of our Jama ‘ at should not continue any sort of relationship with their women. It should not concern you how wealthy someone is. You have no need for wealthy people; you need God. If for the sake of God Almighty you sever your relationship with these wealthy families, then perhaps th e se ric h people will not visit your home, but God will visit your home. Now you tell me, is it more honorable for a wealthy person to visit your home, or for God Almighty to visit your home? Even the wealthies t of the wealthy is worthless before God Almighty.