Conditions of Bai'at and Responsibilities of an Ahmadi — Page 229
The Spiritual Revolution 229 and was silent without crying or wailing. Indoors, some ladies started crying. She told them off firmly that the deceased was her husband and she did not cry, then who were they to cry! This pure model of patience and resolve of a lady, who was nurtured in elegance and had just lost a husband who was a spiritual king and who cared deeply for her, was a tremendous miracle. ( T a r i kh-e-Ahmadiyyat, vol. 6, p. 547, new edition) She also counseled her children not to think that their father had not left them anything, rather he had left them a great treasure of prayers which would continue to benefit them at the right time. Staying Away from Bad Customs The Promised Messiah as wished that everyone who joined his Community should act upon the commandments of the Holy Qur’an or at least tried to act upon them. His follower was one who fully believed in the Qur’an. The Promised Messiah as said that if one disobeyed even one commandment, such a person had no connection with him. It was his wish that those who believe in him should rise above the worldly customs and thus guard themselves from the greed and frivo- lous customs of this world; that they would strive only to do what Allah the Almighty and His Prophet sa have enjoined. Indeed, the Prophet of God has only commanded what is God’s commandment in the Holy Qur’an. This is the reason when someone asked Hadrat ‘ A ishah ra about the noble char- acter of the Holy Prophet sa , she had replied, ‘Do you not read