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243 and beat me up badly and told me that I must not go outside and say that they have the buffalo. Once they were satisfied that I would not give up their secret, they took me outside and asked me whether they had stolen the buffalo. I said, ‘If I say something , you will be mad. ’ They said, ‘No , just tell them whether we t ook their buffalo ? ’ I said, ‘Yes, you certainly did, and she is standing inside. ’ The n they took me inside again and beat me up saying, ‘W e told you to say no , then why did you tell them ?’ I said, ‘Well, she is standing inside, how I could have said otherwise?’ ’ Thus , the truthfulness of Ahmadis had made such a strong impression on people that they would say, “He may be a non - believer, but when he speaks, he speaks the truth. ” So, a good example leaves a very strong impression on people. In the days when I was staying in Lahore due to Umm - e - Tahir ’s illness, a non - Ahmadi reli gious scholar came to see me at ten o’clock at night. He said, “Your Jama ‘ at is very good and you are doing a great service for Islam. There is however one flaw which should not be there and that is that you do not mix with us, you do not say prayers behind us, nor do you marry among us. If this one fault is corrected , then there is no better Jama ‘ at than yours. ” I said, “ Maulawi Sahib, these people whom you are praising, have they come from among you, or did they come from someplace else? When they have come from among your people and the teachings of the Promised Messiah as have brought about such a great change with in them, then you want them to mix with other Muslims and go back to being l ike the others who fail to practice good deeds ?” He was a smart person , so he said, “I understand it now. You should not mix with t he other Muslims at all and should stay a distinct (Jama'at). If the people of your Jama'at m ix with others , then the struggle your Jam a ‘at is undertaking to spread the name of Islam and the Holy Prophet sa w ill be wasted and the propagation of Islam will come to an end. At least there is now one Jama ‘ at which is spreading the name of the Holy Prophet sa. ” Just look , what impact a pious example has on people. Now due to their wealth, these people are becoming an obstacle in the way of A hmadiyyat. If they stop being a hindrance to Ahmadiyyat and they obey the commandments of Islam , then Ahmadiyyat can attain great progress. ( Al - F azl , 27 June 1958)