Life of Ahmad — Page 702
THE WALL as 702 discharged because he had nothing to do with the matter. He lived the life of a fakir having disconnected himself all worldly affairs. This request was accepted. Ahmad as was summoned as a defence witness; so he left Qadian in a 'feenis' (a covered seat fixed on two long poles carried on shoulders by four men) at about 7 a. m. on July 15th, 1901. Maulaw i N u r-ud- D i n ra , Sh. Ya‘q u b Ali ra and other friends got into ekkas to go to Gurdaspur via Batala; while Ahmad as went direct and reached there at about 3 p. m. As requested by Maulaw i Muhammad Ali the party stayed at the house of his father-in-law, Munshi Nab i Bakhsh. Khw a ja Kam a l-ud-D i n came from Peshawar in the evening. It was very hot and Ahmad as was not feeling very well, so he could not sleep the whole night. Ahmad as left for the court at about 10 a. m. on the 16th and stopped at the south eastern corner of the pakka tank in front of the courts as they were situated then. There were about 40 persons in the party. As Ahmad as sat there on a carpet waiting for the court call, the multitude flocked to see him from all directions. In a few minutes the hearing of the case began and Khw a ja Kam a l-ud-D i n and Maulaw i Muhammad Ali, pleaders in the case, went in. After the statements of B u r Singh and Sant Singh, defence witnesses, Ahmad as made the following statement in court: