Conditions of Bai'at and Responsibilities of an Ahmadi — Page 231
The Spiritual Revolution 231 Today also our ladies should be mindful of these things. They should not blindly follow the regional or national customs. If they notice that a custom contains even a hint of shirk, they should eschew it. May Allah the Almighty grant all Ahmad i women this zeal in morally training themselves as well as their children! In our countries, Pakistan and India, Muslims follow the custom of not giving their daughters their due inherit- ance. Let alone what is due, they give nothing at all to their daughters, in particular in villages and among the farmers. An example to follow is that of Hadrat Chaudhry Na s rull a h Kh a n ra. His son writes, Our father gave our sister a lot of dowry at the time of her wedding as it was the custom. In his will he stated that his estate be distributed according to the Islamic shari‘ah among the sons and the daughters both. At the time of his death, his daughter got her inheritance according to shar i ‘ah. Unparalleled Examples of Obedience Evil Effects of Smoking This is an incident I like to relate: When the Promised Messiah as went to Jalandhar in 1892, he resided on the upper floor of a house. A maid placed a h u qq ah [hubble bubble] in the house and left to do something else. Accidentally some ashes from the h u qq ah fell and burned some parts of the floor. The fire was noticed and extinguished after the prayer service was concluded. At that time H u du r expressed his displeasure and dislike for those who smok the h u qq ah. The Ahmad i s who were downstairs came to know about this. Many of them