Truth About Ahmadiyyat — Page 94
94 rebellion against the British Government is forbidden. ’ (Ishaatus Sunna, Vol. VI, No. 10) The same divine urged: Brethren, this is no longer the time of the sword. It has now become necessary to use the pen in place of the sword. (Ishaatus Sunnah, Vol. VI, No. 12) (2) Maulvi Muhammad Jafar Sahib of Thanesar, has recorded in his well - known biography of Hazrat Syed Ahmad Sahib Brelvi, the Reformer of the 13th century of Islam: It is a correct statement that when he was proceeding on Jihad against the Sikhs someone asked him why did he propose to go so far to carry out Jihad against the Sikhs? Why did he not start Jihad against the British, who are the rulers of this country and deny the truth of Islam? He could fight them at home and take over India from them. He would have the support of hundreds of thousands in this enterprise. To travel to Afghanistan through hundreds of miles of Sikh territory and to remain there for years fo r fighting the Sikhs is a design so difficult that the people are not willing to adopt it. To this Syed Sahib made answer that he did not desire to take over any country from the British or from the Sikhs and to rule over it himself. The only reason why he designed to carry out Jihad against the Sikhs was that they oppress the Muslims and obstruct them in the performance of their religious obligations like calling out the Azan. If at this