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Fazle Umar 78 1902 after the Asr prayers the party returned safely to Qadian. After Maghrib prayers Hadhrat Maulvi Nooruddin sahib [ra] congratulated the Promised Messiah [as] upon the Nikah and praised the sincerity of Doctor sahib. Huzur [as] expressing his pleasure stated that Allah Almighty had blessed Doctor sahib with great sincerity, possessing great aptitude, wisdom and the light of perception. 47 The Rukhstana ceremony was held in the second week of October 1903 in Agra. In those days Dr. Rashid Uddin sahib was a professor in the Agra Medical College. The wedding entourage returned to Qadian on 11 October 1903. The next day Huzur [as] distributed sweets in celebration of this event. 48 From Bombay, Seth Muhammad Ismail Adam sahib [ra] despatched a gift of a cap and a shawl on the occasion of the wedding. The Promised Messiah [as] sent a thank you letter to respected Seth Muhammad Ismail Adam sahib [ra] in which he stated: “Your gift that you despatched with love and sincerity for my beloved sons Mahmud and Bashir on the occasion of their wedding namely a cap and shawl have been received. I am most grateful for this gift and pray for you that Allah Almighty reward you for this in spiritual and worldly terms. Ameen. ” 49 In 1906, Allah Almighty blessed Hadhrat Sahibzada Sahib with his first child who was named Naseer Ahmad. Sahibzada Mirza Naseer Ahmad died in childhood and was buried in Lahore. 50 In November 1909 another boy, Sahibzada Mirza Nasir Ahmad was born. Allah Almighty had already given Hadhrat Sahibzada Sahib [ra] the glad tidings that this birth would be blessed. Hence, he stated in one of his letters of 26 September 1909: “I have also been given the glad tiding by God Almighty that I will bless you with such a son who will be a helper (Nasir) of the faith and shall be ever ready to serve the cause of Islam. 51