Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 119
LIFE IN QADIAN 119 complete devotion to his spiritual leader, the Promised Messiah as, who had been sent by God to bring about the revival of Islam. Many people suggested to him that instead of living in Qadian, he should build a hospital in Lahore or Amritsar. They felt that this would benefit him financially as he was acclaimed as Royal Physician of the Rajah of the Jammu State and people would flock to his clinic in droves. These suggestions did not appeal to him at all. He had come to Qadian to become part of its fabric. He gave preference to the small village of Qadian over those big cities and began to live in the same town as his beloved master, the Promised Messiah as. A wealthy citizen of Rawalpindi once came to Qadian and begged the Promised Messiah as to ask Hazrat Maulawi Noor-ud-Deen ra to go to Rawalpindi and treat a member of his family who was ill. The Promised Messiah as replied, 'I am sure if I were to ask Maulawi Sahib to plunge