Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 140
140 HAZRAT RA Deena to accept their Bai'at (the Pledge of Allegiance) as their new Khalifah. Upon this he said that he would answer after Prayer. So he requested water, performed ablution, and offered the supererogatory Prayer. He fell down in prostration and wept profusely. After finishing the Prayers he said, 'Let us all go where our master's blessed body is lying. ' Hazrat Noor-ud-Deen ra went with all the people to the garden where the blessed body of the Promised Messiah as was lying. Everyone gathered around and a companion named, Hazrat Mufti Muhammad Sadiq ra, stood up and read aloud a statement that had been signed by all the Ahmadis present in which they requested Hazrat Maulawi Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen ra to take their Bai'at. This is what it said: According to the command of the Promised Messiah as set out in Al-Wasiyyat, we Ahmadis, whose signatures are appended below,