Life of Ahmad — Page 445
as A RYA SAM A J EXPOSED 445 the Hindus do not openly practise or preach it. At first Ahmad as would not believe that man could sink so low in immorality. Therefore, he convened a public meeting on July 30th, 1895, in a mosque at Qadian and four members of the A rya Sam a j were invited to attend the meeting. They were then questioned about this doctrine and they had to admit it, as laid down in Saty a rath Park a sh. Decency does not permit one to go into the subject in detail but this account would be incomplete if no mention were made of this doctrine. I trust, therefore, the readers will excuse me. The essence of the doctrine of Niyug is this: If a man is without male issue he may permit his wife to have sexual intercourse with another man until the desired number of sons is obtained. The marriage bond is not dissolved and the wife must serve her husband also during this period. The husband need not be an imbecile or impotent. If he likes, he can also continue to have intercourse with his wife. The sons born of Niyug are regarded as the sons of the husband. A man can even have intercourse with another woman without marrying her if he cannot control his passions during the year of his own wife’s pregnancy. A man may contract Niyug with 11 women (one after the other), just as a woman may enter into the relation of Niyug with 11 men (one after the other). This doctrine