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40 KHILAFAT-E-R A SHIDAH Intense Love of Followers with their Prophet The plea of Ali bin Abdur Razzaq is valid to the extent that the companions of a Prophet have an intense love for their Prophet. We are eyewitnesses of the fact that thousands of members of our community imitated the acts of the Promised Messiah as. Once, someone raised the objection, in the presence of the Promised Messiah as , that some members of his Community shaved their beard. The Promised Messiah as said: “Once they acquire perfect love, they will automatically start maintaining a beard because I have one; there would, then, be no need of any advice or directive”. There is no doubt that the love between a Prophet and his followers is so intense that its like cannot be found in worldly relationships. In fact, sometime, in the intensity of love, man apparently ignores sensibility. It was the habit of Hadrat Abdullah bin Umar ra that whenever he went for Hajj, he used to sit at one place to pass water. Someone enquired of him why he did thus. He replied, “The fact is that the Prophet sa once sat here to pass water. Whenever I come here, it brings to my mind the act of the Prophet sa and I sit here for a short time without fail. ” 7 7 Musnad Ahmad bin Hambal, Vol. 1, p. 131, by Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Hambal bin Hil a l bin Asad, Published by Baitul Afk a r Ad-Dauliyya, Al- Ri ad , AH 1419, AD 1998. Note: Volume and page No. are according to Nuskha Maimaniyyah.