What is Ahmadiyyat?

by Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad

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What is Ahmadiyyat? — Page 35

( 35 ) such a war or ] ehad has one impbrtant condition. ·It is that the declaration of J ehad must be · made by the head of the believers. Unless responsibility for the declaration of ] ehad vests in the ·head, Muslims will not know when, where and how the duty· of ]ehad is to ·be pursued. There will have to be a division of duties, and selection of. personnel for the solemn and successful · u n d e r t a k i n g of J ekad. Without responsible 1 e ad e r s hi ·p. and. without organised effort, ] ehad would be next to useless. If conditions requiring 1 ehad arise and ther~ is no responsible leader5hip, then every Muslim who keeps out will be a sinner. . If, ·however, a responsible leader · and bead of all believers exist~, only t~ose Muslims will be answer a b 1 e who refuse to : und~rtake the. duties assigned to them. When Ahmadis b. e 1 o n g i n g to. any