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55 Witness No. 135. (called by Majlis-i-Amal): Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud Ahmad, Head of the Ahmadiyya Community at Rabwah, on S. A:- Q. You stated yesterday that liability for sin is individual suppose I am a Muslim subject of a Muslim State. I see another per- son doing something which is contrary to the Qur’an or the Sunnah. Is it my religious duty to stop him from such contra- vention, the meaning of religious duty being that if I do not stop him, I myself commit a sin? A. Your duty is merely to advise the man. Q. Even if I am sahib-i-amr? A. Even then your religious duty does not require you to stop him. Q. If I am sahib-i-amar, will it be my duty to make a temporal law making such contraventions punishable? A. No. It will not be your religious duty but the making of such legislation will be within your discretion. Q. Is not the denial of a true nabi kufr? A. Yes, it amounts to kufr. Kufr is of two kinds, that which turns a person out of the millat and that which does not turn him out. Disbelief in the kalima constitu t es kufr of the first kind. Kufr of the second kind is constituted by lesser heresies. Q. Will a person who does not believe in a nabi who appears after the Holy Prophet be liable to ultra mundane penalties? A. We consider such a person to be a sinner but whether Allah will hold him to account or not would be for Him to decide. Q. Do you read the letter “ ت ” in Khatim-un-Nabiyyin with fatah or with kasr? A. Both are right. Q. What is the true meaning of this expression? A. If it is read with a fatah, it means that our Holy Prophet is