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77 Ahmadis, apart from the reason which you have already given, namely, that you have acted in a retaliatory manner? A. The main reason is that which I have already given, namely that we do not say funeral prayers for non-Ahmadis because they do not say funeral prayers for Ahmadis. The proof of this assertion lies in the fact that for ten years after his claim Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Sahib not only allowed the Ahmadis to say prayers for non-Ahmadis, but he himself joined such prayers. The second reason, which is really a part of the first, is that, according to a unanimously accepted hadith, a person who declares another to be a kafir himself becomes a kafir. Q. Does your previous answer also apply to the refusal to say prayers after non-Ahmadi imams? A. Yes. Q. Please look at page 45 of “Alqaul-ul-fasl”, which contains the following passage:- ھے رحام یک یئگ اور اب رصف چ �پ�ی� ی روں ےک ف دا اعتل ٰ اک مکح آ� ی ا ےکسج دعب امنز � ف. “اےکس دعب � 20 دااعتل ٰ یک رطف ےس وہیت ےہ. ” ف رصف � ت رحم ت ی ت عنم ہن یھت ہکلب رحام یھت اور ح Does not this passage give a different reason for your injunction that Ahmadis should not say prayers behind non- Ahmadi imams? A. This only means that the reason for which the Ahmadis were forbidden to say prayers behind a non-Ahmadi imam was subsequently confirmed by wahi. Q. You have given a different reason at page 90 of Anwar-i- Khilafat where the following passage occurs:- � ی ھ� ھے امنز ہن ڑپ چ �پ�ی� اور اےکن � ی ھ� ب سم� ی ر ادمح�یوں وک املسمن ہن ف رض ےہ ہک مہ � ف ارا � ی � ہ �“ � ی م� س اک اعمہلم ےہ ا ف ی ی. � ی د� ہ ر � ف یبن ےک م ی دا اعتل ٰ ےک ا� ف وہ � ی د� ر ف ف ارے � ہ کی وہکن � 21. ” ی ف یار � ت ف یسک اک اانپ ا�