Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 178
STATUS OF KHALIFA Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I 178 he arrived Hadrat Khalifatul Masih enquired from him: "How is it M i y an that my express directions are contravened?" He replied: "Sir, I do not recall any such default on my part. " "I had given a direction concerning the sale of H ak i m Fa d al D i n’s ra property in Bhera. Why has it been contravened?" "Sir, I was no party to the contravention. I had repeatedly urged compliance with your direction and had urged that your minute was expressive of displeasure and not of permission. " The Khalifatul Masih ra then turned to the others and said: "You say he is only a stripling, and yet he understood my minute aright and you failed to comprehend it. " 75 He admonished them at some length that obedience was a source of blessings, and that they should mend their ways, else they would disentitle themselves to Allah’s grace. H ak i m Fa d al D i n’s ra younger brother had been ready to pay a good price for the property, but when he learnt of the difference between Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra and the Anjuman , he drew back, and the Anjuman was left no choice but to comply with the wishes of the Khalifatul Masih. The obdurate trustees submitted profuse apologies to Hadrat Khalifatul Masih , but there was no change in their attitude and their propaganda against him went forward apace. In September 1909, he announced that if there was no real improvement in their attitude by ‘ I dul Fi t r , they would be expelled from the Community. In this situation the leaders of the group submitted a sort of