Three in One — Page 249
As regards the question of Hadhrat Ahmad as being complimentary to the British Government, if Abdul Hafeez was to see this in the historical perspective of what the Muslims of the Indian subcontinent had to suffer under the Sikh rule before the annexation of the Punjab by the British Government, he may yet understand Hadhrat Ahmad's as motivation in being favourably inclined to them. Nonetheless, if his favourable opinion makes him a seedling of the British, then what does the opinion of the then most revered leader of the Jami'at Ahle. Hadeeth wal Ahle Sunnat, Maulvi Nazir Husain Delhvi make him since he is on record for his statements that 'God Almighty has decreed that the British rule India' and that the 'British rule in India is an act of God Almighty's mercy?18 The Muhaddith of. Delhi also 'gave preference to the British over and above his own parents since he found them more affectionate than one's parents and stated: 'Having examined all the monarchies surrounding India, including those of Burma, Nepal, Afghanistan and also Persia,. Egypt and Arabia, and having searched from one end of the world to another, I could not find one emperor who was worth of being the monarch of India. There is not one amongst these prospective candidates who deserves to be the emperor of this country. It is my conclusion that the British alone deserve, nay, have the right to rule India and may they continue to rule the domain. '10. According to Shurush Kashmiri, whose hostile statements against the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community are cited in this hostile publication Two in One, the Muhaddith of Delhi, Maulvi. Nazir Husain was 'amongst those people who expressed an opinion that the authority of the British in India is lawful and in accordance with the Quranic injunction: O ye who believe, obey Allah and His Messenger and those in authority among 7. Delhvi, Maulvi Nazir Hussain. Majmu'a Lectures, 1890, p. 54 8. Ibid. , p. 19 9. Ibid. 249 10. Ibid. , p. 62