Conditions of Bai'at and Responsibilities of an Ahmadi — Page 259
The Spiritual Revolution 259 treat people with whom we are displeased with favour and kindness. ’ He writes that she used to reside at Daskah and treated all the people there with great beneficence and the people also respected her greatly. When the conflict with the A h r a r started, its effect was noticed in that town also. The people, whom she used to help, now became hostile. But this had no effect upon my mother. If any relative reminded her that she was helping a person who had become our opponent and had joined the A h r a r, she would not like it and would say: ‘Why are you stopping me from service to humanity?’ At one time, it has been related that she was preparing some dresses. She was asked for whom she was preparing these clothes? She replied that they were for the children of a certain person. She was told: ‘You are strange, that person belongs to the A h r a r and is a strong opponent of our Jam a ‘at and you are preparing these clothes for him?’ She replied: ‘If these people commit mischief, Allah the Almighty will protect us. As long as Allah the Almighty is with us the hostility of the opponents cannot harm us. But this man is poor and he has no means to provide dresses for his children and grandchildren. I am preparing these clothes for him, considering him a needy person. As you are raising objection about it, your punishment is that when I have finished these clothes, you yourself shall take these to his house. ’ She also said: ‘This person is one of the A h r a r and other A h r a r may be watching him, you should go to him during the night, so that he may not be punished for receiving clothes from the