Conditions of Bai'at and Responsibilities of an Ahmadi — Page 34
C ONDITIONS OF B AI ‘ AT AND R ESPONSIBILITIES OF AN A H MAD I 34 to you and has made it look beautiful to your hearts, and He has made disbelief, wickedness and disobedience hateful to you. Such indeed are those who follow the right course. In a h ad i th pertaining to this subject, Hadrat Aswad ra narrates from Hadrat Ab u Hurairah ra that: When someone is fasting, he should not indulge in foul talk, nor talk of wickedness or ignorance. If someone deals with him in ways of ignorance, he should simply respond, ‘I am fasting. ’ ( Musnadu Ahmadabni H a n bal , vol. 2, p. 356, printed in Beirut) The Holy Prophet sa has also said, ‘To rebuke a believer is wickedness and to fight him is disbelief. ’ ( Musnadu Ahmadabni H a n bal , vol. 1, p. 439, printed in Beirut) ‘Abdur-Ra h m a n Bin Shibl narrates the Holy Prophet sa said, ‘The merchants are wicked. ’ The narrator adds that he was asked, ‘Does Allah not make trade lawful?’ The Holy Prophet sa said, ‘Why not? But when they make a deal, they tell lies and raise the price making statements under oath. ’ The narrator adds that: The Holy Prophet sa said, ‘The wicked will be in hell. ’ He was asked, ‘Who are the wicked?’ He answered, ‘Some women are wicked. ’ A man asked, ‘Prophet of Allah, are they not our mothers, sisters, and wives?’ He answered, ‘Why not? But when something is given to them, they are not grateful; and when a hardship befalls them, they do not show patience. ’ ( Musnadu Ahmadabni H a n bal , vol. 3, p. 428, printed in Beirut)