خطبات طاہر (جلد 1۔ 1982ء) — Page 376
Khutbat-e-Tahir Vol 1 376 September 17, 1982 apparently a short-lived problem, it's not a short- lived problem۔It is going to injure the cause of Ahmadiyyat in the long run, if we do not pay attention to these small things۔But more than that it has also been brought to my notice that some people borrow money, with promises of returning the money shortly after they return, but their shortness gets extended like their visit here۔Instead of a few days or weeks it gets extended into months and years some times۔This is a shame۔This is what I call enormity۔This must not be tolerated۔This is paying them back in a very bad coin, to say the least۔So I warn all the visitors to behave correctly۔If they cannot give them any reward, and no reward is expected by their hosts, at least they should behave like human beings; they should behave like gentlemen; much more so we should behave like۔Muslims, like the followers of Holy Prophet of Islam, Muhammad (peace be upon him)۔This is what I expect of them; not to fall below the human level۔That is a shame and this is what I call falling below the human level, to draw the best benefit of somebody's hospitality and then asking him for some money because he's short of money۔This exchange problem and this and that and telephones and so on and so forth and then forgetting about it; not to pay it۔It becomes a very great crime if such a thing is done by some body who is related to Hadrat Masih-e-Ma'ud And it particularly hurts me to think that any one related to Hadrat