Khalifatul Masih II: Pearls of Wisdom

Today’s Friday sermon was based on some accounts of Hazrat Musleh Maud (may Allah be pleased with him) illustrating the blessed life of the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace).

Hazrat Musleh Maud (may Allah be pleased with him) said that intellectually speaking he did not accept the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) simply because he was his father. When he was eleven years old he made a resolve that if his research led him to, God forbid, the Promised Messiah being false, he would leave home. However, he understood and comprehended the Promised Messiah’s (on whom be peace) truthfulness and his belief in him grew and grew and it was enhanced further still after passing away of the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace). He said that when he took his Bai’at in person at the age of ten years the emotions that he felt cannot be expressed in words.

The Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) always advised to pray and supplicate God. He was someone appointed by God who had been assured of acceptance of his prayers in the revelation of: ‘I shall accept all your prayers but not in the matter of your collaterals.’ [Tadhkirah, p. 33]. During the court case of Henry Martyn Clark, Musleh Maud was only nine years old but the Promised Messiah asked him to pray for the matter and also asked the male and female attendants of the household to pray. If a person who had received God’s promise as regards fulfilment of his prayers laid so much emphasis on prayers, how much more we need to do so.

The aforementioned revelation came when the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) supplicated regarding a court case his brother Mirza Ghulam Qadir Sahib was fighting on behalf of the family. He believed firmly in the strength of their case but when the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) received the revelation he told his relatives not to proceed with the case as they would not succeed but they paid no heed to his warning. In the court of first instance the decision went in favour of Mirza Ghulam Qadir Sahib but finally in the Chief Court the case was lost.

Hazrat Musleh Maud (may Allah be pleased with him) related this account with reference to prayer but also as advice to doctors. In these countries and also in other parts of the world nowadays a team of doctors confers on critical matters. Yet some doctors do believe that if they are treating someone a second opinion or advice is not required. Hazrat Sara Begum, wife of Hazrat Musleh Maud (may Allah be pleased with her) died in child birth and he felt had consultation taken place between doctors one of the two lives may have been saved.

Once Dr Mirza Yaqub Baig Sahib came to see the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) and gave him some news. The Promised Messiah told him that although he was also not well, the doctor should treat Mahmood (Hazrat Musleh Maud) very carefully as he was also ailing and his ailment was the Promised Messiah’s main concern.

There is a famous account of a court case about a wall that was built by some family members of the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) at such a place that their way to the mosque was blocked and it obstructed those who came to offer Prayers at the mosque. Although Hazrat Musleh Maud was a child at the time, he clearly recalled that some relatives used to plant stakes in the ground around the area so that people coming to the mosque would stumble in the dark. Some Ahmadis wanted to take the wall down but the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) told them that they should be steadfast and obey the law. Hazrat Musleh Maud (may Allah be pleased with him) used to see true dreams even at a young age. He had a dream that the wall is being taken down and Hazrat Maulawi Nur ud din Sahib (may Allah be pleased with him) is coming from the direction of the mosque. When, after the decision of the court, time to take the wall down came, after delivering his dars at the mosque, Hazrat Maulawi Nu