Exemplary Servants of Islam Ahmadiyyat

A day of death is appointed for each person who comes in this world. God states that everything in this world is going to perish; however, He also gives the glad-tiding that after the end of the transitory life of this world, eternal life will begin. Those whose deeds will be in accordance to God’s pleasure, who will give preference to faith, will be inheritors of blessings in the eternal life. They will be granted forgiveness and mercy and will be given nearness to God because they would have tried to gain His pleasure and would have tried to make their lives worthwhile. It is true that the extent of God’s mercy and forgiveness encompasses the smallest of good done by any person. However, those who make endeavouring in the cause of God their everything and are ever engaged in paying the dues of God and the dues of mankind to the best of their abilities, whose objective and goal is the heightening and publication of the religion of God and whose standards of high morals are acknowledged by all are the people about whom God and His Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) has said that Paradise becomes binding for them. The glad-tiding of Paradise is also given to those who give their lives for faith and attain the status of martyrdom.

God states that doubtless such people depart from the world and in the eyes of the world they die but they attain an eternal life in the sight of God. He states that such people should not be considered dead because they are alive. The departure of such people also facilitates ways and means of life for those they leave behind. While people who are ever ready for the sake of gaining pleasure of God and to uphold His name and who give such a sacrifice fearlessly attain eternal life for themselves, they also teach lessons of eternal life to their coreligionist brothers.

Today it is only the people of the community of the Muhammadan Messiah who try to spend every minute of their lives for publication of faith, and they do so till their last breath, or they are martyred for the sake of their faith, targeted by the oppressors for the ‘crime’ of accepting the Muhammadan Messiah. Today’s sermon is about two such people; one of them a life-devotee of the community and the other a martyr.

Hafiz Jibarel Saeed sahib: He served the community of the Muhammadan Messiah from childhood till his passing away and took the message of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) to the world. The message for the publication of which, in accordance with God’s promise to the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him), the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) was sent. Hafiz sahib was a passionate and dedicated Ahmadi who remained active with all his capacities till his last moments. Certainly he fulfilled his pledge like a true servant of the community and a real life-devotee. He was born thousands of miles away from Rabwah and Qadian, in a small village of Ghana, probably where even proper education was not available. His father’s good intentions made him a Hafiz of the Holy Qur’an. Not only did he memorise the Holy Qur’an, he also became one of those who truly acquire insight into faith and thus he took the great teaching of the Holy Qur’an to his countrymen as well as many others. Thus, this sincere and loyal son of Ghana became an excellent helper of Khulafa of the time and garnered many honours for Ghana.

Hafiz Jibrael sahib was a missionary and naib Ameer of Ghana. He passed away on 12 November in a hospital in Accra after a month’s illness. Inna lillahe wa inna illaihe rajo’oon.  His medical reports had been sent here and also to USA because a proper diagnosis had not been done in Ghana and further tests were being carried out. Plans were also afoot for him to travel to London or the USA for treatment, but God’s decree came to pass.  

Hafiz sahib was born on 2 February 1954. His fa