73 Divisions in Islam and One True Jama'at

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73 DIVISIONS IN ISLAM AND ONE TRUE JAMA’AT 19 boys at him who pelted him with stone s and drove him out of town. Zaid was wounded and the prophet (peace be upon him) began to bleed profusely. ” One thing is very clear in this event that our beloved master (peace be upon him) got pelted with stones just because of holding the beliefs which were against the popular beliefs of the people of that time. This kind of treatment has been received by seve ral Ahmadi Muslims and the resemblance of Ahmadi Muslim to the H oly P rophet (peace be upon him) and his companion Hazrat Zai d (ra) in regards to the event of stoning by opponents had been shown to every generation so far since the foundation of Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam. The very first time this resemblance was manifested for mankind was in the form of shahada by stoning of an Ahmad i Muslim in Afghanistan. The event is described in detail by Promised Messia h (as) in his book “Tadhkiratush Shahaditain” [16]. Friedmann, an independent historian, has also recorded this event in the following words [17]. “Abdul Latif himself, who accepted Ghulam Ahmad’s religious claims in 1900 after he read some of his books, came to Qadian in 1902 and stayed there for several months. Upon his return to Kabul in January 1903 he was arrested. A religious disputation was ar ranged between himself and several orthodox divines. Predictably enough, it was decided that the Ahmadi views were unacceptable, and that those who held them were unbelievers. When Abdul Latif repeatedly refused to renounce his faith, he was stoned to deat h in July