Three in One — Page 159
ALCOHOLISM. As customary with the enemies of the righteous, the author of. Two in One endeavours to cast suspicion on the character of. Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmadas by accusing him of alcoholism. . In support of this allegation, he quotes a letter allegedly written by Hadhrat Ahmadas to an Ahmadi Muslim in Lahore asking him to purchase for him a bottle of Tonic Wine, the nature of which Abdul Hafeez declares, when inquired from the shopkeeper was stated to be a 'type of strong and intoxicating wine which is imported from England in sealed bottles. '. In the first instance, it should be observed that in this letter itself which Abdul Hafeez quotes in his book as Hadhrat. Ahmad's as, the recipient of the letter was asked to 'purchase one bottle of Tonic wine. 1167 Now, if this product was, as falsely alleged, supposed to be a strong intoxicating wine, then would. Abdul Hafeez clarify as to how strong was it that the person whom he accuses of alcoholism ordered one solitary bottle of it only and not a full case?. Secondly, this letter was, according to Abdul Hafeez's own admission, written to: 'Hakeem Mohammad Hussain Qadiani, owner of Dispensary. Rafiq us Sehat Lahore. '168. If the product ordered was a strong intoxicating wine, then why should the request be sent to a qualified hakeem and an owner of a medical pharmacy, to purchase it from another pharmacy?. The mere fact that a request to purchase a bottle of Tonic Wine was sent to a qualified medical practitioner and an owner of pharmacy is in itself an indication that, as the word tonic suggests, it was a medical product. And, irrespective of Abdul. Hafeez's blatant lie that when the nature of this product was inquired from the shopkeeper from where this tonic was 166. Shah, Syed Abdul Hafeez. Two in One, p. 16 167. Ibid. 168. Ibid. 159