Hazrat Amman Jan - An Inspiration for Us All — Page 35
35 but their child , if he happened to be critically ill. Only a believer of the highest calibre could fulfil the command to Muslims to sacrifice their children for the sake of their faith and more specifically for their C ommunity, as Ahmadi Muslims do. 30 Yet , this is what Hadrat Amman Jan ra consistently did throughout her life. When Bashir - e - Awwal ’ s condition became critical in November 1888, the ill child was eighteen months old. Both Hadrat Amman Jan ra and the Promised Messiah as had harboured hopes that he may indeed be the “ promised son ”, whose birth had been revealed to them almost 2 years earlier. They were both acutely aware of the enemy taunts that would emerge should Bashir - e - Awwal pass away. (In view of the fact that the Promis ed Messiah as had had a revelation in February 1886 that he would have a special son, a “ musleh” (Reformer ). It is hard to conceive a more stressful situation for a mother, the devoted spouse of a prophet and the mother of a spiritual community. Hadrat Amman Jan's ra character was truly exemplary. Her son's condition was absolutely critical , but she still thought not to miss her prayers when the time arose. Hadrat Amman Jan ra did her ablutions and performed her prayers with perfect serenity, happy to be fulfilling Allah Almighty's c ommandments. She physically dissociated herself from the tense situation. After completing the prayers , she enquired how her son was, to be told that the little one had taken his last breath. Hadrat Amman Jan ra responded " Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi raji ’ un ". 31 After this she was silent. There 30 Refer to “The Conditions of Bai ’ at for Joining the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at”, by Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as (Condition 1 and Conditon VIII specifically). 31 Translation: “To Allah Almighty we belong and to Him shall we return”.