Nubuwwat & Khilafat Prophethood & its Successorship — Page 44
N UBUWWAT AND K HIL A FAT 44 4) At the end of 1913, the following announcement was made under the signature of Maulav i Muhammad ‘Al i , Maulav i S adr D i n and Sayyed Muhammad H usain Sh a h: The whole Jam a ‘at is his follower (i. e. , of Hadrat Khalifatul Masih I ra ) and all members of the Executive Committee [of S adr Anjuman Ahmadiyyah] are under a pledge of allegiance to him and are most obedient to him. ( Paigh a m-e- S ul h , December 4, 1913) 5) It was also stated by these leaders that: Pledge of allegiance was in no way contradictory to al- Wa s iyyat; indeed, it was exactly in accordance with it. ( Paigh a m-e- S ul h , April 19, 1914) 6) A few days after the demise of the Promised Messiah as , on June 21 st , 1908, Maulav i Muhammad ‘Al i made a speech in Lahore in which he said: When in the authentic books of these people, Hadrat Ab u Bakr ra is regarded as the successor to the Holy Prophet sa and it is clearly admitted that the killing of Musailmah in the presence of Hadrat Ab u Bakr ra amounted to his being killed in the presence of the Holy Prophet sa , and also that the attainment of the treasures of Roman and Persian emperors by Hadrat ‘Umar ra amounted to the victory of the Holy Prophet sa over these empires, then why do they not wait that some of the prophecies of the Promised Messiah as be fulfilled by his successors, sincere devotees, or progeny. (al-Hakm, July 18, 1908, vol. 12, p. 42)