Nubuwwat & Khilafat Prophethood & its Successorship — Page 45
Khilafat-i-Ahmadiyyah and the Pledge of Allegiance to Khilafat 45 7) In December 1914, Khw a j a Kam a l-ud-D i n made a speech on “The Reasons for the Internal Controversy in Ahmadiyyah Community,” in which he said: When I performed the pledge, I stated that I would obey him and would also obey the future khulaf a ’. ( Reasons for the Internal Controversy in Ahmadiyyah Community , p. 70) From all these statements of those who did not pledge alle- giance to the khil a fat during the second khil a fat , it is clear that: • They agreed that the Jam a ‘at could not be established on firm grounds without khil a fat. • They understood from the writings of the Promised Messiah as in al-Wa s iyyat that there must be a khal i fah. • The election of Hadrat Khalifatul Masih I ra was exactly in accordance with al-Wa s iyyat. • Hadrat Khalifatul Masih I ra was a righteous Im a m whose obedience was obligatory and his sayings amounted to the sayings of the Promised Messiah as. They believed in the coming of future khulaf a’ after Hadrat Khalifatul Masih I ra. • They believed that many prophecies would be fulfilled at the hands of future khulaf a’. • All the leaders admonished all members of the Jam a ‘at— old and new—to take the pledge of allegiance.