Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 450
; J Conditions of BaFat (Initiation f into the i Ahmadiyya Movement. ) 1 '"' The man who accepts Baiat should firmly make up la is ''mind: 4 -- Firstly, that up to the day of his death he will abstain- from Shirk, i. e. t settiug up equals to God. ' Secondly, that' he will keep away from falsehood, adultery, looking at women other than near relatives, cruelty, dishonesty, riot and rebellion, and in short, every kind of evil : and ; will not allow himself to be carried away by his passions, however 'strong they may be. ' ' ; ! \ Th i rd ly. ," that h e. w i 1 1 p ray five t i rn es a d ay wi t h 6u t f ai 1 , according to the cornmands'of Allah and His Apostle, and to the best of his ability will : try to offer his Tahajjud prayers (prayer of the latter part of the night), to invoke the blessings of God (Darud) upon His Prophet, to ask pardon for his sins and the help of God: and that- remembering the blessings of God he will always praise. Him* Fourthly, that he will in no way harm God's creatures generally and Moslems particularly under the influence of his passions neither with his hands, nor with his tongue, nor by any other means. '''- Fifthly, that in every state of sorrow or pleasure, prosperity or adversity felicity or misfortune, he will prove himself faithful to God and that in every condition he will accept the decree of God and in this way he will ready to bear every kind of insult and pain. At the time of any misfortune he will never turn away from Him but rather he will advance further.