Life of The Promised Messiah (as) — Page 27
27 catch the birds living in one’s own home. The one who has no mercy has no faith. 26 Both the Promised Messiah as and Hazrat Amman Jaan ra trusted their children, encouraging them to never do anything against their wishes. For instance, the Promised Messiah as was once sitting in a room on the roof of his house. One of his Companions, Hazrat Sayyed Fazl Shah ra, was also there peeling almonds. Mirza Bashir-ud-Deen Mahmood Ahmad ra , who was about four or five years old at the time, entered and collected all the almonds in his lap. The Promised Messiah as was watching this. He said, ‘He is such a good child. He will not take a lot. He will take only one or two and will put back the rest. ’ The child complied immediately and left with only one or two almonds. 27 Once, the Promised Messiah as went for a walk with some of his Companions. Along the way, was a fallen tree. Some of the Companions cut off a few twigs to be used for cleaning teeth and handed one to Mirza Bashir-ud-Deen Mahmood Ahmad ra. He inno- cently offered it to the Promised Messiah as saying, ‘ Father, have a miswak ’—meaning the twig. Huzoor as smiled and said, ‘ Miyan, first