Truth About the Split — Page 153
153 went on pilgrimage during the time of Khalifatul Masih I ra ; that as Khalifatul Masih I ra was ill at the time, he ordered Maulawi Muhammad Ali to enlighten the Community on this question and even dictated to him some notes on it. The whole of this account, including the allusion to a fatwa issued by Khalifatul Masih I ra , permitting Ahmadis to pray behind non-Ahmadi Imams is false, as false as any of the others. The facts are that Khwaja Kamaluddin, from a natural timidity of temperament and a desire to win the goodwill of 'non-Ahmadis had ever been trying to secure an order permitting Ahmadis to pray behind non-Ahmadis. When he went to England, he wrote repeatedly to Khalifatul Masih I ra urgently requesting for the grant of such permission, even urging that unless such permission was given, there would be trouble. People in England would be prejudiced against Islam, and all his missionary activities would be jeopardised. As Khwaja Sahib was already looking for an excuse, Khalifatul Masih I ra , when he read his letter, said, "Let him pray behind them. " This, so-called permission was forthwith cabled to Khwaja Sahib by his friends, and was utilized by the former, in praying behind that prominent opponent of the Ahmadiyya Movement Zafar Ali Khan, editor of the Zami ń dar , to the