Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen – Khalifatul Masih I – The Way of the Righteous — Page 140
Khalifatul Masih I ra Sends Scholars to Spread the Message of Islam 139 Illness of Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra On November 18, 1910, Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra was returning from the house of Nawab Muhammad Ali Khan on a mare, when, suddenly, the mare startled and began running fast. Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra fell down from the mare but one of his feet remained tangled with the saddle and the mare dragged him for a distance of ten metres or so before he finally fell on a stone. His forehead was injured and he started bleeding and fainted. It was after a while that he became conscious. He got the best medical attention, but such a wound at the age of seventy took a toll on his health and the effect of this wound and injury continued for three years. He could not fully recover and remained confined to bed for about seven months. On April 21, 1911, Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra went in a palki (a carriage carried by two persons on their shoulders) to see Nawab Sahib. He remained there and his health improved. He delivered Dars-i- Qur'an and the Hadith. On May 19, he delivered his first Friday sermon after recovering from illness. He continued his activities in accordance with his previous routine. Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra also began teaching books on Fiqah. After Zuhr prayer, he would deliver lectures on Muslim Shareef (one of the four recognized books of the Hadith ), and after evening prayer, he would continue his medical clinic. On October 9, he started again giving Dars-i-Qur'an in the Aqsa Mosque. These activities continued despite the fact that he was convalescing. His religious leadership and activities and his age were both growing. At the time of the annual conference in Qadian in December 1913, he stood up to deliver his lecture. After saying a few words, he became ill and was carried home, but, however, he continued his Dars-i-Qur'an and the Hadith. This was the beginning of the fatal disease. Writing about these days, Sahibzada Mirza Bashir Ahmad ra in Silsila Ahmadiyya says: