Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 176
STATUS OF KHALIFA Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I 176 Two or three days later Khal i fa Rash i d-ud-d i n ra , himself the very soul of sincerity and loyalty and utterly guileless, who held Maulaw i Muhammad ‘Al i in high esteem and considered him a pillar of strength for the Movement, came to Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra in great perturbation, as if heaven was about to fall, and blurted out: "A great calamity threatens. Kindly take immediate action to avert it. " On being asked to explain himself, he panted: "Maulaw i Muhammad ‘Al i says he has been grossly insulted and cannot continue to reside in Qadian. " Please do something quickly to dissuade him, lest he should depart from Qadian. On this Hadrat Khalifatul Masih said: "Go and tell Maulaw i Muhammad ‘Al i from me that he need not delay his departure. He is free to leave immediately. " Khal i fa Sahib was flabbergasted and murmured: "Then I fear great mischief will arise. " The Khalifatul Masih ra retorted: "Doctor Sahib, I have said my say. If mischief arises it will be directed against me. Why do you worry? Please tell him that if he desires to leave Qadian, he can depart immediately. " Thus it would be seen that in renewing their pledge of allegiance Maulaw i Muhammad ‘Al i and Khaw a ja Kam a l-ud-D i n had merely bent to the storm, and had no intention of changing their attitude. An occasion soon arose to put their sincerity to the test. H ak i m Fa d al D i n ra of Bhera, a close relation of Hadrat Khal i fatul Masih ra , had left a certain property in Bhera, which he had purchased very cheap from a Shia who had sold it under some temporary stress, as a legacy to the S adr Anjuman by his will. The Anjuman decided to sell the property. When its original vendor came to know that the property was for sale, he wrote to the Khalifatul Masih , setting out the background of his sale of the property to H ak i m Fa z al D i n ra , and requested that the property may be sold to him on