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CONDITIONS OF BAI‘AT AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF AN AHMADI
That is: Fighting (in the Holy city of Mecca) is a heinous thing, but to hinder men from the ways of Allah and to be ungrateful to Him, and to expel the righteous men from the Sacred Mosque is more heinous in the sight of Allah. And rebellion, that is, interfering in the peaceful living, is worse than killing… ( Jang-e-Muqaddas, Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 6, p. 255)
The Promised Messiahas also said: I see that many ignorant and mischievous people from among the Hindus and Muslims demonstrate such activities against the government that smell of rebellion. I suspect that a time will come when the ways of rebellion will be established in their hearts. Therefore, I admonish the members of my Jama‘at who are settled in Punjab and [the subcontinent of] India who, by the Grace of God, number in hundreds of thousands, that they should remember this teaching of mine that I have been impressing upon them in my speeches as well as in my writings for the last twenty-six years, that they should be truly loyal to this government that has done us favours…. Remember it well that a person who entertains any rebellious thoughts against the government cannot continue to be a member of my Jama‘at. I consider it a great impertinence that we be ungrateful to a government that delivered us from the clutches of tyrants and under which we are making progress. Almighty Allah says in the Holy Qur’an31:
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