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C ONDITIONS OF B AI ‘ AT AND R ESPONSIBILITIES OF AN A H MAD I 214 he would drag his chair near the Prayer Room in the Ratan Bagh House to join in the congregational Prayer. When he shifted to his house in Model Town, he made special arrange- ments for five daily Prayers and in a way transformed the house into a mosque. He had asked for the adh a n to be called five times daily. Depending upon the weather, he would make arrangement for the prayer sheets to be spread either outside on the grassy lawn, or inside the house. Most of the time, he would be the first to come in and wait for the other worship- pers. To allow all kinds of persons in one’s house for five times every day in not an ordinary virtue. This virtue becomes all the more significant when the owner of the house has a high standard of living and the circle of his social contacts is vast. ( A sha b-e-Ahmad, vol. 12, pp. 152–153, published in 1965) The Promised Messiah as says about the assiduousness of Sheikh Ha mid ‘Al i ra with regards to the five daily Prayers: Sheikh Ha mid ‘Al i (whom I love for Allah the Almighty’s sake) is a pious young man belonging to a pious family. He has been in my service for seven or eight years approximately. I know full well that he is sincere and loves me. To grasp the subtleties of righteousness is a task for those endowed with deeper knowledge and piety, but as far as he can make it out, he tries his best to follow the sunnah and remain busy in following the path of righteousness. I have seen him when he was very sick, almost dying, debilitated like a dead body and yet he remained very regular in observing the five daily Prayers. He would offer his Prayer even in the most critical condition. I know that it is enough to see how one is so dili- gent in observing his Prayers to judge one’s uprightness and