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C ONDITIONS OF B AI ‘ AT AND R ESPONSIBILITIES OF AN A H MAD I 202 sense also prohibits you from. And he makes pure things lawful and impure things unlawful. And he removes the burdens from the nations that they were buried under. And he frees them from shackles that were preventing their necks from being straightened. Therefore, those people who will believe in him and will strengthen him by joining him and will help him and will follow the light that has been brought down with him, they will escape the hardships of this world and the here- after. ( Barahin-e-Ahmadiyyah , vol. 5, R uha n i Khaz a’ in , vol. 21, p. 420) As the Prophet complies with the commandments of Allah the Almighty, he only issues commands that are acceptable to sane reason. He forbids evil and enjoins goodness. He can never deviate from this objective. Similarly, a Khalifah who succeeds a Prophet through a divinely guided election conducted by a group of believers to continue the mission also furthers the injunctions of the same teachings laid down by a Prophet of God. In this time and age, the Promised Messiah as explained these teachings as had been prophesied by the Holy Prophet sa. The institution of khil a fat has been estab- lished in the Community through the Promised Messiah as in accordance with the prophecies of the Holy Prophet sa. Now, therefore, all the decisions shall be made in accordance with the shar i ‘ah and the dictates of wisdom; and insh a ’Allah , those decisions would be always based on goodness. If at some point in time due to a miscalculation or misunderstanding on the part of a Khalifah , a decision is made which could possibly be harmful to the community, then Allah the Almighty Himself provides such measures that the ill-effects of such a decision