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other Ahmadis he was deeply devoted to the Promised Messiah. It so happened, on one occasion, that the Promised Messiah was making a speech in the mosque, and those coming late stood listening in rows at the fringe of the audience. When the pressure behind these people, who were standing around, increased, the Promised Messiah said that those standing should sit down, so that those who were arriving late should also have a chance to listen. When the Promised Messiah uttered these words, Baba Karim Bakhsh was in the street outside the mosque. Hearing the words of the Imam, he sat down where he was, and then crept forward in a sitting position, to reach the fringe of the audience in the mosque. If someone asked him why he had done this his reply used to be: "I sat down, where. I was, because if I had delayed obeying the command of the Imam, and I had happened to die in that condition, it occurred to me that I would have no excuse for having delayed rendering obedience to an order which had reached my ears. " (Seeratul Mehdi, rawayet 741). Next I would refer to Munshi Abdul. Aziz, who was a patwari in rural areas. He also was among the old companions of the. Promised Messiah; he was very righteous, and had a great capacity for sacrifice. He 80