The Founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at — Page 30
The Founder of the Ahmadiyyah Muslim Jam a ’at [ 30 ] Messiah as. Despite this, Allah’s help and succour are show- ered upon him. But the authors of this governmental pam- phlet do not realise this. They have not learned the lessons of history. They do not understand the kind of service that they are rendering to Islam by making these filthy, nonsen- sical, and baseless accusations. Think about the condition of Hadrat Ab u Hurairah ra. The same Ab u Hurairah ra who would pass out because of hunger. People would hit him with their shoes thinking that he was suffering from seizures; because in those days, the Arabs thought this was the treatment for epilepsy. In reality, the poor man would be unconscious due to extreme hunger and not due to epilepsy. But Hadrat Ab u Hurairah ra was enduring this for the sake of God, Who does not let anyone’s sacrifice go to waste. There came a time in the life of Hadrat Ab u Hurairah ra when Khusro’s empire was van- quished, and Hadrat ‘Umar ra presented him with a hand- kerchief, which the Emperor carried in his pocket as a symbol of grandeur and glory. Hadrat Ab u Hurairah ra spit on that handkerchief and said, ‘ Bakh-e Bakh-e Ab u Hurai- rah’, meaning, Ab u Hurairah, look at the status that you have achieved in obedience to the Holy Prophet sa. Today you are spitting on the handkerchief of Khusro. It is true that the Promised Messiah as was provided in abundance by God, but to his final day he kept on spitting on these worldly riches. He never valued them. There was a time when he used to eat the leftovers, which we do not