Khilafat-e-Rashidah — Page 218
218 KHILAFAT-E-R A SHIDAH part of it in his book H ujjatull a h and has also sent it as gift from his own self to his friends at different places. It shows that the Promised Messiah as agreed with the viewpoint of Hadrat Maulaw i Abdul Karim ra , which he mentioned in Khilafat-e-R a shidah. 44 The second answer is that when the Khilafat of the first Khalifah is proven then the others’ is proven automatically. Just as Hadrat Abu Bakr ra became the first Khalifah, he then selected Hadrat Umar ra after consultation with Muslims and appointed him Khalifah. In this age Hadrat Khalifatul Masih I ra once gave a command by naming me, and a second time made a will without naming me. However, he established the Khilafat. The words of his will are: “This humble writes with full awareness that: [There is none to worship except Allah; Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah] My successor should be a righteous, popular, hard-working scholar, tolerant and forgiving in conduct with new and old friends of the Promised Messiah as. I am well wisher of all. He should also be a well wisher. Teaching of Quran and A ha d i th should continue. ” Wassalam Nuruddin 44 Khilafat-e-R a shidah by Hadrat Maulaw i Abdul Karim, part I, p. 110, published by Zia-ul-Islam Qadian, August 1904.