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226 A dvice to Office - Holders Advice and Admonition to Office - Holders Hazrat Khalifatul Masih V (may Allah be his Helper) gave most important counsel to office - holders with reference to fulfilling the requisites of fairness and justice in one of his Friday sermons. He said: ‘ Office - holders wrongly try and side with men. I say to t he office - holders to change their attitudes. If Allah has given them the opportunity to serve, they should derive benefit from it, lest I also have to take disciplinary action against office - holders who are devoid of righteousness! ’ ( Friday sermon delivere d on 24 June 2005 at International Centre, Toronto, Canada Published Al Fazl International 8 July 2005) Huzoor e Anwer continued with the subject in his next Friday sermon and said: ‘ Just as I earlier spoke to the office - holders that they should make decisi ons fulfilling the requisites of fairness, I will also say to the parties concerned that you too should give the benefit of doubt and if decisions are given against you, leave the matter with Allah. And just as the Hadith relates let the other party fill their belly with a ball of fire. Rather than prolong disagreements and speak against the Nizam