Truth About Ahmadiyyat — Page 119
119 Movement, that the Ahmadis were directed not to join the prayer services of the non - Ahmadis. Non - Ahmadi divines had throughout this period continued the condemnation of the Ahmadis as non - Muslims and outside the pale of Islam. It will thus be realized that the non - Ahmadis first forbade the entry of Ahmadis into their mosques and then charged them with failure to join the prayer services. Attention may be drawn, by way of illustration, to a few of the declarations of non - Ahmadi divines in this context. 1. Maulvi Nazir Hussain Sahib of Delhi declared that neither the Founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement nor any of his followers should be greeted with the Islamic Salutation or invited to a meal, nor should their invitation to a meal be accepted, nor should praye rs be said in the leadership of any of them. (Fatwa published in 1892 in the Ishaatus Sunnah, Vol. XIII, p. 85) 2. Maulvi Muhammad Hussain Sahib of Batala declared that to be a follower of the Founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement and to lead the Muslims in prayers is a contradiction which cannot be reconciled. (Sharai Faislah, p. 31) 3. Maulvi Rashid Ahmad Sahib Gangohi declared that it is forbidden to join a prayer service led by the Founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement or any of his followers. (Sharai Faislah, p. 31) 4. Maulvi Sanaullah Sahib of Amritsar declared that whatever the Founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement