Khalifatul Masih II: Pearls of Wisdom

After tashahhud, ta’awwuz and recitation of Sura Al-Fatiha, Huzur Aqdas (may Allah strengthen him with His Mighty Help) said:

Two days ago looking at the Alfazal International, I saw the reminder Hazrat Khalifatul Masih II (ra) had given regarding the need to preserve the advices of the still present Companions of the Promised Messiah (as). This was in 1937 and he said that the need of such advice being preserved would become very obvious in later times.

He narrates by way of example a Companion who said that when he was very small, one day he took a hold of the Promised Messiah (as)’s hand and held on to it for quite a while. After some time the Promised Messiah (as) separated his hand and became involved in some work that needed his attention. Hazrat Khalifatul Masih II (ra) writes, that he said that “although I am a Companion this is all that I remember,” but even from such statements many results can deduced.

For example from this small statement we learn that even small children should be brought to the meetings of elders. Also that when the need arises, lovingly get your hand freed. The Promised Messiah (as) kept holding the hand but when the need to do something arose, he lovingly got his hand released.

Hazrat Khalifatul Masih II (ra) writes that such things provide sometimes answers for questions that arise later. So even the smallest things that are narrated that happened with the Promised Messiah (as) have a lesson.

Hazrat Khalifatul Masih II (ra) has mentioned in his addresses and in his writings some incidents that he was involved in. They contain lessons, they contain advices, and they contain history. They also contain information about the life of the Promised Messiah (as) by reading which we are shown many new aspects of his life. And all these things play a very important role in our lives. These are things that can make our lives much better.

One of our devotees, Habib ur Rehman Sahib, is trying to collect all of these by taking them out from the various places they are found. This is a good attempt but this is not sufficient, because without knowing the setting or the context, just collecting the incidents does not make it clear what lesson needs to be drawn. So we will have to make some rules and put in place some methods in order to do this properly. Nevertheless, when this is done and books are printed, it is hoped that once this work is given a particular shape and form it is hoped that this will be a good addition to our storehouse of literature.

At this time I have selected some incidents to mention here today. These are incidents relating to Hazrat Khalifatul Masih II (ra) himself, or they are incidents relating to others but mentioned by him. These relate to different topics and I will relate a few today and I am mentioning these in the sermons because through the MTA, the Friday Sermon is listened to most widely by the worldwide Jama’at Ahmadiyya members and because these can be very helpful in understanding some situations. So it is very important that this information reaches everyone and the Friday Sermon is the best way for this to be done.

Hazrat Musleh Maud (ra) mentions that once a dog came to the door of our house and I was standing there and inside the room was present, the Promised Messiah (as). Upon seeing the dog there, I addressed the dog while making gestures to him, and said, “Tipu, Tipu.”

Upon hearing this, the Promised Messiah (as) came out and he was extremely angry and he said to me, “Have you no shame! The Englishmen, by virtue of their enmity, have named their dogs Tipu, which was the name of a true Muslim and you, mimicking them, are calling the dog Tipu! Beware! You should never do such a thing again.”

Hazrat Khalifatul Masih II (ra) writes that my age at the time was perhaps 8 or 9 years. He says that was the first day that love for Sultan Tipu took a hold of my heart and I