Fazl-e-Umar — Page 327
Fazle Umar 327 Hadhrat Musleh Mau’ood [ra] was very concerned when no one put their names forward from the villages. He sent a message, and the person delivering the message told the villagers that they could not imagine how concerned Hadhrat Musleh Mau’ood [ra] was about Kashmir. He added: “I have brought the message of Huzur saying, ‘get up and offer your sacrifices for the Islamic World. ’” The person who carried the message at that time said that “a lady stood up and said, ‘I am astonished and filled with shame to see that the message of the Khalifa is before you and you are not moving. I have got one son and I offer him with the prayers that God Almighty should grant him martyrdom, and I should not see his face again. ’” This is the sense of honour that was being shown by the Ahmadi mothers. Hadhrat Musleh Mau’ood [ra] narrated this incident in his speech and said: “Look! I tell you, taking God as my witness, that a cry immediately issued from my heart when I heard about it: O Allah if a sacrifice of human blood has been decreed for this cause, then I beg that you take my son as a ransom for the son of this lady. ” Such was the enthusiasm with which the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community fought the jihad of freedom for Kashmir. The sons of the opponents of Ahmadiyyat were sitting miles away from the battle- fields. Hadhrat Musleh Mau’ood [ra] not only made the announcement of jihad but also sent his sons to the Kashmir Front, for which they suffered many difficulties on the war front. Some of them suffered with dysentery, some became weak because of starvation, but Hadhrat Musleh Mau’ood [ra] never called them back due to these severe illnesses. I remember that some of the children expressed extreme pain, their conditions being critical and the circumstances unfavourable, as well as some suffering