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102 – the story of al-haj Rashid ahmad american friend of S u f i M. R. Beng a l i. Mr. Braden was very impressed when he met Hazrat Khal ī fat-ul-Mas ī h. Braden informed Hazrat S a hib that S u f i Beng a l i s a hib was a good preacher. Then Hazrat S a hib asked him if he had heard about John Alexander Dowie, but Braden, with a confused look, replied that he had never heard of him. Then Hazrat S a hib said, “Then you should have met Dr. Muft i Muhammad Sa diq. ” NOVEMBER 19, 1952 An answer came to Hazrat S a hib about a report that I told him that I had heard from a missionary in America [I have deleted his name for this book]. The report I heard was that an individual was no longer an Ahmadi. This individual was a brother of a high standing Ahmadi in the United States. Huzoor ra told me that that report was all wrong. A letter came from America saying that my report was wrong. Hazrat S a hib asked me from where did I hear the report. I told him the name of the missionary. Huzoor ra responded that that missionary was not in America and he could not be the original source. He indicated there must be someone else from whom this report originated. I responded that maybe someone had written that missionary a letter. Hazrat S a hib then mentioned that if that were so, then he must be keeping contact with some renegade there. NOVEMBER 19, 1952 Hazrat S a hib came to lead the Zuhr prayer and informed me that that missionary wrote him a letter and said that he did not tell