Nubuwwat & Khilafat Prophethood & its Successorship — Page 43
Khilafat-i-Ahmadiyyah and the Pledge of Allegiance to Khilafat 43 3) After the demise of the Promised Messiah as , the whole Jam a ‘at accepted Hadrat Maul a n a N u r-ud-D i n ra as the khal i fah and took the pledge of allegiance. Khw a j a Kam a l- ud-D i n, in his capacity as the Secretary of S adr Anjuman Ahmadiyyah, made the following announcement on behalf of all members of the Anjuman: Before the funeral prayers of the Promised Messiah as were offered, in accordance with al-Wa s iyyat of the Promised Messiah as and in consultation with the leaders of the S adr Anjuman Ahmadiyyah, relatives of the Promised Messiah as and with the permission of the Mother of the Faithful, the entire Jam a ‘at numbering about 1200, took a pledge at the hand of the most honoured, Pilgrim of the Holy Places, the respected H ak i m N u r-ud-D i n ra. The following respected person- ages were among those present at the occasion: Hadrat Maul a n a Sayyed Muhammad A h san, Sahibz a dah Mirz a Bashir-ud-Din Ma h m u d Ahmad, Naw a b Muhammad ‘Al i , Sheikh Ra h matull a h, Maulav i Muhammad ‘Al i , Dr. Mirz a Ya‘q u b Baig, Dr. Sayyed Muhammad H usain Sh a h, Khalifah Rash i d-ud- D i n, and the most humble Khw a j a Kam a l-ud-D i n. Continuing this statement Khw a j a Sahib said: All those present, whose number is mentioned above accepted him as Khalifatul Masih with unanimity. This letter is for the information of all members of the Jam a ‘at. On receiving this message, all members of the Jam a ‘at should personally or through letter, take a pledge of allegiance to Hadrat H ak i mul-Ummat khal i fah of the Mas ih and Mahd i. ( al- H akm , and Badr , June 2, 1908)