Life of Ahmad — Page 662
POLICE HARASS AHMAD as as 662 It was signed by Muhammad Husain, the District Magistrate and Sh. N u r Ahmad, petition writer, as a witness. Exactly the same engagement was signed by Ahmad as on a separate paper except that the word was used instead of and the name of Ahmad as was written instead of Muhammad Husain and vice versa and it was signed by Khw a ja Kam a l-ud-D i n as witness. Inspite of this understanding and undertaking Ahmad as was free, so the District Magistrate assured him, to set the law in motion against Muhammad Husain and others for libel and defamation if he so liked. But Ahmad as did not do anything of the kind and simply instructed his followers, by a leaflet dated 26-2-1899, to observe the agreement, which he summarised as follows: 'In future any one of them will not offend the other by making any prophecy about the death, disgrace etc. of the other. They should not call each other Kafir, Dajj a l , impostor and liar nor should they invite each other to Mubahala. Qadian should not be spelt with the letter 'K' and Batala should not be written with the letter. They should use mild words with regard to each other, avoiding abuse and vituperation. Each of them will, as far as possible, instruct his friends and followers to abide by the same. Not only should the Musalmans observe this