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CONDITIONS OF BAI‘AT AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF AN AHMADI
customs and bring a pure change within themselves as if those habits had never existed. We receive reports that habitual drunkards immediately started hating alcohol and this left a deep impression on others too. When they talk about such changes, their religious leaders say that Ahmadiyyat has put a magic spell upon them, and that is why they have quit drinking alcohol. I am reminded of an incident. One missionary informed me that a man in Ghana who became an Ahmadi used to have all sorts of bad habits such as drinking and adultery, etc. But then he underwent a marvellous change. As the people are poor, and there is a housing shortage, people rent rooms in larger houses. Renting a room is a common practice, and this man used to live in that kind of surroundings and had many associations with women. As soon as he became an Ahmadi, he told all of them not to come to him with evil intent. But one woman persisted in chasing him. To get rid of her he devised the method that upon seeing her coming, he would bolt the door from inside and started offering nawafil prayers or reciting the Holy Qur’an. Thus, he safeguarded himself against the temptation. Now, these are the revolutionary changes brought by Ahmadiyyat. Again, one of our missionaries Maulana Bashir Ahmad Qamar narrated the following: After ‘Eid prayer, this humble one, along with some other members of the Ghana Jama‘at, went to visit the Paramount Chief. He was waiting for us with other chiefs. On our entrance to his court, all the Ahmadi brothers started singing enthusiastically in front of the chiefs and their companions. One old Ahmadi man, standing right in front of the chief was 210
