What is Ahmadiyyat?

by Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad

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What is Ahmadiyyat? — Page 26

and the. haven of His paradise'? (89 ; 30-31) THE :HADITH It is also said that Ahmadis do not believe in the· Hadith, or that they do not hold in due regard the early interpreters of the Muslim Law. Both these allegations are wrong. On the question of taqlid or non-taqlid Ahmadis occupy a middle-of-the-road position. Ahmadis believe that anything which can be attributed ultimately to the Holy Prophet. must be received as the last word on any subject. To turn to· any- thing said by anybody else is, after this, to show disrespect to the Holy Prophet. In the presence of the master it is :dis. ; courteous to attend to the slave. When the founder has said his· say, a foUower cannot be heard. The ~arly interpreters ·of law, however important and learned,. ·can only have the status of followers of the Prophet. . Whatever ·authority