Perseverance — Page 134
134 – the story of al-haj Rashid ahmad american After this camp, I went with a group to Sindh with the Second Khal ī fah and Hadrat Mirz a N as ir Ahmad was with us. The purpose of this trip was to inspect the Jam ā ‘ah’s lands. After arriving in Sindh, we traveled on horseback and the Second Khal ī fah was in a jeep. On one occasion we were instructed to travel in a single file line on horseback so that if the first horseman should encounter a problem, the second could take action to prevent the others from suffering from the same problem. For some reason my horse broke the formation and headed to my right in a gallop. The other horsemen were confused why I was not following orders. I could not control my horse. I then hugged its neck and patted its forehead to calm it down and convinced it to rejoin the line. However, after rejoining the line, my horse uncontrollably broke again from the line. Hadrat Mirz a N as ir Ahmad suggested that if I could not control my horse, I should exchange it with his horse. I agreed. As soon as I dismounted my horse he immediately discovered the problem. He pointed out that the bit was not in my horse’s mouth and was outside on its chin underneath its lip. This was causing the horse to run freely with no control when I pulled on the reins. I was blessed to be in close contact with him when he later became a khal ī fah.