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114 – the story of al-haj Rashid ahmad american NOVEMBER 13, 1954 After the Zuhr prayer, Hazrat S a hib ra asked me what was the difference in the dress between Pakistani Ahmadi women and American Ahmadi women. I said our women wore the scarf over their head and tried to cover their chest with it. Huzoor ra said it is somewhat difficult to cover the chest with that cloth as it may be somewhat difficult for an American woman to cover her face because of their work, but at least our women should wear those dresses which will cover up their neck and their breasts because the average dress for the American ladies is with that low cut neck. NOVEMBER 27, 1954 Prior to returning to America, I desired to take the oath of initiation [Arabic: bay‘ah, Urdu: bai‘at ] at the hands of the Khal ī fah ra himself. At the time of the ‘ Asr prayer [yesterday] at Masjid Mubarak, on the date of the 26 th of November, I asked Huzoor ra to take the initiation of bai‘at. He said, “I will take your bai‘at but not at this time, but at some other time. ” When Huzoor ra came for the Zuhr prayer today, he said, “When the prayer would finish, I would take your bai‘at at the ‘Asr prayer. ” Huzoor ra came into the mosque and said the ‘ Asr prayer. I took the bai‘at from Huzoor ra and after the bai‘at, I asked Huzoor ra to give me some name. Huzoor ra asked why. I said because Rashid Ahmad was a common name and there was apt to appear many Rashid Ahmads. Huzoor ra said, “Yes, that it