Hazrat Ahmad — Page 26
26. HADHRAT AHMAD was destined to be brought about not by human means, it was to be effected by mighty attacks of God. . His Brother's Death. In 1884 his brother died childless so that he became the heir to his property also. He, however, refrained from taking possession of it out of regard for the feelings of his brother's widow and at her desire he gave up half of it to Mirza Sultan Ahmad, who she had, according to the custom of the country, adopted as her son. As regards the question of adoption, he adhered to the view that adoption was not permissible in Islam. In reference to the widowed sister-in-law, however, he gladly gave away half the property to please her and to provide for her maintenance. Regarding his own half of the property, he still refrained from entering into possession of it and it remained for a long time in the possession of his relatives. . An Eminent Disciple. A year and a half after the death of his brother, under Divine direction, he married for a second time into a very respected Syed family of Delhi. At this time, since the Barahin-i-Ahmadiyya had been published, occasional visitors began to arrive to meet him, and Qadian, situated in a remote corner of the land, began once a month or once in two months to have the honor of receiving a guest. The more widely the book was read the farther his fame began to spread. It was a study of this book which made that grand personality to the eminence of whose attainments and learning friends and foes have alike borne unanimous testimony and who in whatever company he chanced to be, invariably impressed it with the superiority of his genius, a lover and devotee of its author. . Himself the beloved of thousands it was his pride to be among the disciples of Ahmad. . I, of course, mean my honored teacher, the late Moulana. Maulvi Noor-ud-Din, who at the time of the publication of the. Barahin-i-Ahmadiyya was special physician of His Highness the. Maharaja of Jammu. It was at Jammu that he had occasion to study the book and he was so much captivated by it, that till the moment of his death he held to his allegiance to the Promised Messiah.