The Promised Son — Page 15
15 the mosque he would spend some time with Hazrat Amma Jaan ra. He always showed utmost respect and affection for Hazrat Amma Jaan ra. He would, in most of his travels, take her with him. She would be extremely worried if he was late in coming home from a journey. On one occasion when he was late Hazrat Amma Jaan ra took up a soft twig and as he entered she softly touched the young Khalifah with the twig saying, ‘Don’t be late again. It worries me to death. ’ This was a natural outburst of a worried mother and showed her love for him. When, some years later, Hazrat Amma Jaan ra died in Rabwah, Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad’s ra desire was to bury her in Qadian next to her husband the Promised Messiah as. A request was made to the Indian embassy for her funeral procession to be allowed to bury her in Qadian. It was a very rare case that a Pakistani citi- zen would be allowed to be buried in India if the death did not occur there. The Indian authorities informed the Jama’at that special permission had been granted and that the Government of India had agreed to issue visas for 20 people to accompany the body for burial in Qadian. Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad ra did not accept this offer, and he told the Jama’at that in view of Hazrat Amma Jaan’s status and position some 10,000 Ahmadis were needed to accompany her for burial in Qadian. Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad’s ra time