Conditions of Bai'at and Responsibilities of an Ahmadi — Page 17
Condition I 17 my people will not worship the sun and the moon, the idol and the stone, they will suffer from ostentations in their actions and they will be prey to their hidden desires. One of them will start the day fasting but then he will come across a desire and he will break the fast and indulge in his desire. ”’ ( Musnadu Ahmadabni H a n bal , vol. 4. p. 124, printed in Beirut) Diverse Forms of Shirk It is clear from this h ad i th that even if one does not indulge in manifest shirk of worshipping idols or the moon, resorting to ostentation and following one’s desires are also forms of shirk. If an employee exceeds the limits of due obedience to his employer, and by way of flattery praises him and believes that his sustenance depends on him, that too is a form of shirk. If someone is proud of his sons and believes that he has so many sons who are growing up and would gain employment, make earnings and take care of him, or that none of his collaterals would be able to compete with him because of his grown sons, that too is shirk. (In the Indian subcontinent, rather in the entire third world, such competition with collaterals is a loathsome habit. ) Such people rely entirely upon their sons who turn out to be disobedient, or die in accidents, or become disabled; the entire support of such people thereby falls to the ground. The Promised Messiah as says: Tau hi d [Unity of God] does not simply mean that you say l a il a ha illAll a h 8 with your tongue but then hide hundreds of 8. There is none worthy of worship except Allah.