An Exposition of Some Criticisms Against Khilafat-e-Rashida — Page 18
AN EXPOSITION OF SOME CRITICI SMS AG AINST KHILAFAT - E - RASHIDA 18 History fails to find any rulers and dictators rising to similar high morals and making such candid pledges. The Necessity of Obedience to Khilafat - i - Rashida Since a Rashid Khalifa stands in the footsteps of the Prophet in order to complete his mission, to expand his following, to create unity and strength of his people and personally bear the noble characteristics enumerated in the foregoing, it becomes essent ial that he should be followed completely faithfully. The Holy Prophet is reported to have said: “Anyone who follows my Emir shall be regarded as having followed me but anyone who disobeys My Emir shall be regarded as having d isobeyed Me “. The same loyalty was echoed by the elders of Ahmadiyyat upon the election of Maulana Hakim Nur - u - Din as the first Khalifa to the Promised Messiah, when they declared: “In future, every command of Hazrat Maulvi Sahib would have the same authority as had the command of the Promised Messiah and Mahdi, on whom be peace. ” (Badr, 2. 6. 1908). Difference between Khalifa Rashid and a Dictator The big difference between a Dictator and Khalifa Rashid is that while the former is more concerned about interests of his personal power, the latter is mostly busy in the welfare of his people, and while the world is asleep, he supplicates before his