Conditions of Bai'at and Responsibilities of an Ahmadi — Page 35
Condition II 35 The businessmen need to ponder over this. Clean dealings are a condition of bai‘at. The Promised Messiah as says: It is established from h ad i th that the wicked should be punished before the disbelievers…. This is the way of Allah, that when a nation becomes wicked and immoral, another nation is made to rule over it. ( Malf uza t , new edition, vol. 2, p. 653) Then he says: When wickedness and immorality exceeded their limits, and people started disrespecting the commandments and signs of Allah, and were lost into the affairs of the world and its adorn- ment, God caused their ruin at the hands of Hal a k u and Changez Kh a n. It is written that at that time a cry was heard from heaven: 25 In short, the wicked and the immoral are lower and more despicable than disbelievers in the eyes of Allah. ( Malf uza t , new edition, vol. 3, p. 108) Then he says: The prayer of the wicked tyrant is not accepted because he is unmindful of Allah, and thus Allah cares not for him. If a son is unmindful of his obligations to his father, the father does not care about him, because of his disobedience. Why should 25. O disbelievers kill the transgressors.