خطبات طاہر (جلد 1۔ 1982ء) — Page 433
Khutbat-e-Tahir Vol 1 433 October 8, 1982 they sit like judges over the characters of certain other Ahmadis۔They say, we know them; they are bad, whether they have evidence enough or not, whether they pursue the allegations in the proper manner of producing evidence according to the Islamic dictates or not, they are not concerned۔The only position they take is that we know such a such person is bad character, so he should not hold any office, particularly they take exceptions to his (صلوة)becoming Imam in the Slat So such a question was also raised at the time of Hadrat Muhammad Mustafa and decided for all times to come۔The question was that if somebody is badkar (S), somebody is vicious person, a wild person and he is bad thoroughly bad in character, if he is appointed as Imam-u-Slat (), you know how abhorring it may appear to some that such a person to be with in ( - ) with the righteousness should be made leader of those righteous people and standing in prayer, in congregation prayer before Allah۔So they said if such a person is made Imam-u-Slat what should the followers do? Hadur-e-Akram told them that they should follow him; it is Allah who accepts the prayer۔He will be answerable for his deeds and you will be answerable for your deeds۔If you follow such a man because you follow the organization and discipline, Allah will accept your prayer because it's not the Imam who is going to accept their prayer, it is Allah۔What a beautiful teaching! How beautiful