Conditions of Bai'at and Responsibilities of an Ahmadi — Page 164
C ONDITIONS OF B AI ‘ AT AND R ESPONSIBILITIES OF AN A H MAD I 164 The Promised Messiah as and His Concern for Humanity The Promised Messiah’s as advice on kindness to humanity, particularly the kindness and help for your brethren, was explained on one occasion: My condition is that if someone is in pain and his cry reaches me, even if I am in Prayer I feel like breaking my Prayer so that I may help him if he can benefit from it. I should show compassion to him as much I am capable. This is against good morals that one should not assist his brother in distress or hard- ship. If you cannot do anything for him, you should at least pray for him. You should apply the same morals towards strangers and Hindus, not just your brethren, and you should show compassion to them all. One should never be careless and unconcerned. Once I was out walking and someone named ‘Abdul Kar i m was with me. He was a little ahead of me. Along the way, we met an old lady of seventy or seventy-five years. She gave him a letter to read for her, but he scolded her and pushed her aside, and it grieved me. She gave me the letter. I stopped and read it, and I explained it to her thoroughly. This embarrassed him, because he had to stop and wait anyway even though he was deprived of the reward. ( Malf uza t , new edition, vol. 4, pp. 82–83) The Promised Messiah as also says: Be kind and merciful to humanity, for all are His creatures. Do not oppress them with your tongue, your hands, or in