Truth About Ahmadiyyat — Page 121
121 join a prayer service led by a member of the Ahmadiyya Movement, or to join his funeral prayer, or to enter into a matrimonial alliance with him, or to eat the meat of an animal slaughtered by him, or to keep company with him, or to talk to him, was subjec t to the same discipline as applied to the apostates from Islam. (Hissamul Haramain, p. 95) These declarations were widely published and were read out in the mosque of cities, towns and villages throughout the subcontinent and thus the entry of Ahmadis into the mosques of the non - Ahmadis was forbidden and condemned. If in consequence of all this the Ahmadis were directed by the Head of the Movement that they should not join the prayer services of non - Ahmadis, such action was only perfectly appropriate but was called for in the interest of avoiding disorderliness in the mosques. The same was the situation with regard to the funeral services and burial of deceased Ahmadis. Numerous declarations were made by non - Ahmadi divines that non - Ahmadis should not join the funeral prayers of an Ahmadi and should not permit an Ahmadi to be bur ied in their graveyards. The bodies of deceased Ahmadis awaiting burial were shamefully treated, and in many cases they were disinterred after burial and thrown away. There is scarcely any disgrace or dishonor that could be inflicted upon a dead body to wh ich the dead bodies of the Ahmadis were not subjected. Having suffered such indignities it is not a matter for surprise, far less of condemnation, that the Ahmadis refrained from joining in the funeral prayers of non - Ahmadis. This was also appropriate in o rder to avoid disorderliness and provocation.