Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen – Khalifatul Masih I – The Way of the Righteous — Page 182
Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih - The Man 183 He was always concerned and worried about the education and care of children. He always suggested that kindness and affability was the way to treat children. Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra had put a lot of stress on the need for kindness and politeness. He had issued orders to all schools that no students be caned. The service of humanity always occupied a priority position. It so happened one night (during his stay in Jammu) that a messenger from the Rajah came to inform him that he was feeling unwell and needed to be attended by him; instantly there came a mahtarani (a lowly woman who sweeps the floor and removes the filth) wailing that her husband was seriously ill. He started walking towards her place, the messenger protested. Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra told him that he would be coming as soon as possible, and that she was in need more than the Rajah. Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra 's Modesty, Simplicity and Humbleness It is generally known that once a person attains distinction and an outstanding stature, he tends to become proud and arrogant and may avoid meeting friends, who may claim familiarity and friendship. But this was not the case with Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra. In every stage of his life whether he was a top physician, or a darling of his master, his conduct and his behaviour remained the same. It is, therefore, no wonder that during his lifetime and after his death, warm tributes continued to be paid to his character and to his endearing qualities of modesty, simplicity and humbleness. Once, during the time he was the Royal Physician of the State of Jammu, the Rajah issued an order that the courtiers, especially people holding high positions, should wear valuable attire which should be of the value equal to one month of his salary, but Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra never cared for this order and always attended court in his usual clothes. The author of the History of Ahmadiyyat (v. 4, pp. 572-573), Maulana Dost Muhammad Shahid, says: