First Grain of Sand — Page 148
132 FIRST GRAIN OF SAND if the Ahmadi Muslims of the other country would fight in a war against the British government knowing that the Community's headquarters were situated in British territory. I said Ahmadis would absolutely fight in such a war because that would be a war of one country against another, not a war of Ahmadi Muslims against Ahmadi Muslims. I told him in this scenario, Ahmadi Muslims of other countries would have to fight with the British in accordance with the orders of the ruler of their country to protect the lives, property, and honour of their coun- trymen. I said that if the ruler of their nation tells an Ahmadi Muslim to join them in a war and he does not agree, then he would be a traitor to his country. Similarly, Ahmadi Muslims liv- ing in British territory would be required to fight another country for the protection of their own country. After asking me a few more questions, the Colonel ordered to send me back to my cell. While staying in this cell, sometimes I would be ordered to clean the prison toilets. There were other prisoners who were also given this order, but I often felt that since I was a foreigner, the soldier gave me this order more than others. I remember vividly that whenever they told me to clean the toilets and I did so with the cleaning instruments, I would instinctively begin to repeat: 'Mahmood, I give my whole life to you. What I meant by this was that it was the grace of Allah Almighty that I came here to spread the religion of Almighty Allah, and in this path if I am compelled to [the point of] even cleaning toilets, this is a source of pride for me, not difficulty. This is a great favour from my master that he sent me for preaching, where I had the abil- ity to do this work for the sake of Allah Almighty. One evening, I was taken out of this cell to be transferred to