Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 115
11 February 1905 115 11 February 1905 (At Z uhr time) The Issue of Living under British Rule The Promised Messiah as left after performing the Z uhr Prayer. However, a relative of Sahibz a dah Sir a j-ul- H aqq Nu‘m a n i , Maulaw i Ahmad Sa‘ i d An sa r i Saharanpuri, had come for the purpose of establishing the truth. He was the nephew and disciple of the Rejuvenator of the Sunnah and the Eradicator of Innovation, Ha fi z of H ad i th, Khalifah, Maul a n a Sheikh Muhammad An sa r i Saharanpuri, born in Makkah and passed away a migrant. Therefore, Sahibz a dah Sahib requested the Promised Messiah, for a meeting with him. He came immediately upon receiving the request and sat for sometime in the gathering. After introducing name, place of residence, and other such niceties, the topic of jihad was mentioned. Incidentally, some groups were also mentioned who consider killing every disbeliever with the sword as being part of a religious war and consider living in the British countries as her- esy and disbelief. On this, the Promised Messiah, peace be on him, said: Their perspective is that they live apart in order to protect themselves from the influence of kufr [disbelief ], and if they are living as subjects of the British, then their eyes are forced to see the works of kufr and polytheism, and their ears are com- pelled to listen to the words of the idolaters. This is not cor- rect in my opinion because up till now, this Government has granted freedom to everyone regarding religion and everyone has the right to propagate their own faith in peace and security. The Government does not permit religious discrimination [in its affairs]. There are many living examples of this.