Conditions of Bai'at and Responsibilities of an Ahmadi — Page 226
C ONDITIONS OF B AI ‘ AT AND R ESPONSIBILITIES OF AN A H MAD I 226 Almighty, with H u du r’s prayer that is exactly how it came to pass. This humble person continued to grow in patience and steadfastness under all circumstances. ( A sha b-e-Ahmad, vol. 6, pp. 12–13) Model of Hadrat Maulav i Burh a n-ud-D i n ra [ as narrated by his son ] When the Promised Messiah as arrived Sialkot in the early days, he was traveling with some friends to deliver his lecture. While he was passing through a street someone threw a basketful of ashes from a roof top. With the grace of Allah the Almighty, H u du r as was saved as he had passed through. The ashes fell on the head of my father. As a consequence, the old, grey haired man became a spectacle for people. As he passion- ately loved Hadrat Sahib, he stood right there in ecstasy and most cheerfully started saying, ‘Come on woman, throw some more!’ He used to say that it was a favour of Allah the Almighty that because of Hadrat Sahib as he had received the blessing. After Hadrat Sahib’s as departure from Sialkot, the khuddam were returning to their homes after seeing him off at the train station. Somehow he (Maulav i Burh a n-ud-D i n ra ) was left behind and the opponents caught him and deeply humil- iated him, so much so that they stuffed cow-dung in his mouth. However, he felt honour in this humiliation, and pleasure in this pain and would repeatedly say, ‘O Burh a n, how did you deserve these blessings!’ That is to say, these blessings do not easily come by; rarely is one victimised for the sake of faith, that it is good fortune to suffer in that