Conditions of Bai'at and Responsibilities of an Ahmadi — Page 37
Condition II 37 Some people fail to discharge the obligations to their sisters, brothers and neighbours, or illegally occupy their properties and land. Please ponder over this. As Ahmad i s, the conditions upon which we have taken the pledge require us not to usurp the rights of anyone, nor to be cruel. We need to fear Allah greatly about this matter. There is a h ad i th that: Hadrat Ab u Hurairah ra has related that the Holy Prophet sa said, ‘Do you know who a pauper is?’ We answered, ‘Among us a pauper is one who has no cash or property. ’ He said, ‘A pauper from among my people would be one who faces the Day of Judgement with a record of S al a t and fasting and Zak a t , but who will have abused one, falsely calumniated someone else, devoured the substance of a third, shed the blood of a fourth and beaten a fifth. Then each of them will be allotted a portion of his good deeds. Should they not suffice, their sins and defaults will be transferred from them to him and he will be thrown into the Fire. ’ ( S a hih Muslim , Kit a b-ul-Birri wa s - S ilah, B a bu Ta h r i mi z - Z ulmi) Please ponder over this matter. All of us who are guilty of such misdeeds need to be fearful. May Allah safeguard every one of us from appearing in His presence in the condition of such a pauper. The Promised Messiah as says: The members of my Jam a ‘at, wherever they might be, should listen with attention. The purpose of their joining this Move- ment and establishing the mutual relationship of spiritual preceptor and disciple with me is that they should achieve a