KHILAFAT AND MUJADDIDIYYAT - Ahmadiyya Muslim Community

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by  Masood Nasir

KHILAFAT AND
MUJADDIDIYYAT

AN EXPOSITION

Hadhrat Hafiz Mirza Nasir Ahmad
Khalifatul Masih IIIrh
© 2008 Islam International Publications

First published in 1983 by The American Fazl Mosque

Typesetting by Masood Nasir

NOTE
This is the English translation of the full text of the concluding speech
of the late Hadhrat Mirza Nasir Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih III (Allah’s
mercy be upon him), delivered at the final day of the Annual Rally of
Majlis Khuddamul Ahmadiyya (Ahmadiyya Youth Organization), on
November 6, 1977, at Masjid Aqsa, Rabwah, Pakistan.

Ata Ullah Kaleem
KHILAFAT AND MUJADDIDIYYAT
After reciting Tashahhud, Ta'awwuz and Surah Fatiha, Hadhrat
Khalifatul Masih III said:
Our Annual Rallies are held every year but there did occur some
breaks. It is now the fourth year, since 1973, that this Rally was last
held. Due to this reason, coupled with the slackness of the Central
administrators as I understand, the number of the participating
Majaalis (branches) is lower in this Rally than those of the 1973
despite the fact that scores of new Majaalis (branches) and Jama’ats
have been established since 1973.
This year 493 branches have participated while in 1973 as many as
546 branches took part in the Rally, with 1954 foreign Khuddam and
1856 Rabwah Khuddam, totalling 3810 Khuddam. What has gone
wrong is gone. May Allah the Exalted grant us forgiveness. This
mistake should not occur next year. We should ever march forward.
The second thing I would like to say is that the Khuddamul
Ahmadiyya was entrusted with the responsibility of collecting
contributions from the Atfalul Ahmadiyya for Waqf-i-Jadid. The
young Atfal (boys) and Nasirat (girls) of Ahmadi families were
required to pay collectively one hundred thousand rupees (Rs.
100,000) during the current year. But even the pledges received so far
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amounted to nearly 68,000, while the actual amount received is only
Rs. 28,000. Hence, I hereby draw the attention of all the local office
bearers of Khuddamul Ahmadiyya of each branch — whether they are
present in this Rally or could not attend due to slackness — to try to
acquire the pledges in accordance with the budget and escalate the
speed of getting the pledges redeemed. We should have probably
received half the amount so far but even in this respect there is a
deficiency of Rs. 28,000. Hence pay heed to make up this deficiency.
May Allah the Exalted empower you to do so.
In my inaugural speech on Friday, brothers and children, I drew
your attention to the fact that the grand revolution, launched by the
Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of God be on him) for
traversing stages of advancement in the last days, has ushered in its
second phase. A prediction has been made in the Holy Quran
regarding this age. The Ummat of the Holy Prophet (peace and
blessings of God be on him) has been given glad tidings through the
Holy Prophet that in accordance with the happy news:
ﻪِﻠﱢﹸﻛ ﻦﹺ ﻳﺪﱢ ﻟﺍ ﻰﻠﹶﻋَ ُﻩﺮَﻬﹺ ﻈﹾ ُﻴﻟِ
that He may cause it to prevail over all religions 1

the Islamic faith would dominate over all other faiths and isms.

1. The Holy Quran, 9:33
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Islam Will Prevail
I do not interpret Aladdeene Kullehee as only religions; rather, I
include all those principles of civilization, society and economics
which the human mind has formed and which people have taken as
substitutes for religion. It means to my mind that Le Yuzherahoo
Aladdeene Kullehee (ﻪِﻠﱢﹸﻛ ﻦﹺﻳﺪﱢﻟﺍ ﻰﻠﹶﻋَ ُﻩﺮَﻬﹺﻈﹾ ُﻴﻟِ ) does not only connote that the
truthfulness of Islam would be manifested to the Christians and not
to the atheists and communists. But rather, Islam, with its spiritual,
moral, and scientific principles, would also prevail over the
communistic order which they have established in their country and
in the regions under their influence as a substitute for religion. Islam
would also convince them of its worth. Similarly, the nations which
have drifted away from religion and have formed philosophical
principles for practical life shall have to admit that neither any old
creed in this age nor their own wisdom could lead them to the path of
salvation. Consequently, mankind would ultimately turn into one
Ummat and one family under the banner of the Holy Prophet
Muhammad (peace and blessings of God be on him).
Two Basic Demands
This grand revolution which was set in through the Holy Prophet
Muhammad (peace and blessings of God be on him) 1400 years ago, as
explained earlier, has ushered in its period of advancement wherein it
has to reach its climax and has to acquire final victory. The ushering in
of this great phase of the grand revolution in its final round is making
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two basic demands from us. It is on these two demands that I would
like to focus my present speech.
The First Demand
The task of turning mankind into one Ummat and one family under
the banner of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of God be on
him) demands that we have complete and durable unity among our
own ranks. I stated in the Ansarullah Rally that in the early period of
Islam — in the first three centuries of Islam’s first renaissance — there
occurred great revolutionary changes in human life through Islam and
the spiritual beneficence of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of
God be on him). Nevertheless, one thing is quite significant and that is
the diffusion which is very clearly seen in this unity, the unity of the
first period of Islam.
For instance, we take Fiqah (the Islamic jurisprudence) which in
fact is similar to the general law. When the general laws are produced
in accordance with Godly guidance they are termed as issues of Fiqah.
For example, the issues of bargaining, the issues of solving the disputes
and fights, the issues of matrimonial relations, the problems of trade,
the issues of partnerships in business, the safeguarding of one
another’s properties, anti embezzlement issues, problems relating to
honesty, and anti treason issues, etc. In short, all the laws have been
formulated by the jurists in the light of Islamic guidance.
Although there had been the law of the world before Islam, yet it is
a fact that the service rendered by the Muslim Jurists in this field for
mankind, after toiling day and night, has given humanity the foresight
which resulted in the opinion that this is the proper way in which
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these laws should be presented. No doubt, there are a few old laws in
the world which were promulgated by some nations and are pursued
by Europe even today, yet they are devoid of that basic beauty and
fundamental perfection that is found in Islamic jurisprudence.
Religions According to Human Nature
It was Islam alone that turned the comprehensive wisdom and
thinking of man towards the requirements of human nature. So the
Islamic Jurists have done a lot and the four Imams (of Jurisprudence)
have worked hard. They suffered great hardship for mankind and
provided it with fine Fiqah (Jurisprudence) and law. Notwithstanding
all this, the Muslim Ummat divided, into four divergent groups: the
Fiqah Hanafi
followers of (the jurisprudence of Imam Abu
Fiqah Shafi’ee
Haneefah), the followers of (The Jurisprudence of
Fiqah Malikee
Imam Shafiee), the followers of (the jurisprudence of
Fiqah Hanbali
Imam Malik), and the followers of (the jurisprudence
of Imam Ahmed Bin Hanbal). Then, there are internal differences in
each of these schools of thought. Hence, it is the same thing to say that
there had been diffusion in the unity or unity in the diffusion. We
cannot say that there was a total diffusion which shattered the Muslim
Ummat into pieces. They were broken into pieces yet they were
interlinked.
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The Grand Everlasting Guidance
They were one in their belief in God and His attributes; they were in
unison in taking Muhammad (peace and blessings of God be upon
him) as best of all the Messengers and Khatamal Anbiya — the seal of
the prophets. They were in full agreement in believing Islam, the
religion of God revealed to the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of
God be upon him), as the perfect and complete Shariat (Law) and
they were unanimous in taking the Holy Quran as grand and
everlasting guidance given in man’s hand for the guidance of entire
humanity. In short they were united in the fundamental issues.
Nevertheless, despite being in unison regarding the being of God,
there occurred differences in the detail, such as: the Uniqueness of
God and His attributes; His being characterised with excellent
attributes and being devoid of all defect, imperfection, abatement and
evil as disclosed by God Himself. One stumbled at one place and the
other at another. Basically there is marked unity, yet the diffusion is
wide. We notice both these things simultaneously in the first period of
this wave of grand revolution.
Nevertheless, as in accordance with the prophecies and the sayings
of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of God be upon him) the
welding of the entire humanity into one Ummat is the task of the
Messiah and Mahdi and his Jama’at, hence, there should be no
diffusion in his Jama’at. Our Jama’at must manifest the perfect model
of Unity and harmony without any split as enjoined in:
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ﺍﻮﹸﻗﺮﱠﻔﹶﺗَ ﻻﹶ ﻭَ ﺎﹰﻌﻴﻤِ ﺟَ ﻪِﻠﹼﻟﺍ ﻞﹺ ﺒْﺤَ ﺑﹺ ﺍﹾﻮﻤُ ﺼِ ﺘَﻋْ ﺍﻭَ
And hold fast, all together, to the rope of Allah and be not
divided.2
The Second Demand
The second demand, regarding the ushering in of this grand
revolution in its second period is that there should be coordination in
all the projects prepared and all the plans adopted for the dominance
of Islam and for bringing the entire humanity into a single Ummat.
This is required in particular because, as God the Exalted has opened
unlimited vistas for the spiritual progress of man, He has not provided
him immunity from Satanic whisperings and devil’s interference.
Man has been endowed with the perfect guidance through the
Holy Quran but simultaneously he has been given the choice to accept
or reject it. God says:
3ﺍﹰﺭﻮﹸﻔﻛﹶ ﺎﻣﱠﺇﹺﻭَ ﺍﹰﺮﻛِ ﺎﺷَ ﺎﻣﱠﺇﹺ

If you wish, you may act on the teachings of Islam, being grateful
servants of God; and if you desire, you may turn ungrateful to His
favours with your own free will and thus fall into the wrong paths. At
another place He says that the truth has come

2. The Holy Quran, 3:104
3. The Holy Quran, 76:4
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ﺮْﻔﹸﻜﹾ ﻴَﻠﹾﻓﹶ ﺀﺎﺷَ ﻦﻣَﻭَ ﻦﻣِﺆْ ﻴُﻠﹾﻓﹶ ﺀﺎﺷَ ﻦﻤَ ﻓﹶ
Let him who will, believe, and let him who will, disbelieve. 4
On the other side the Holy Quran has figuratively made a mention of
Satan. I do not like to indulge here in the discussion as to what is
Satan and how it attacks man, as it is not pertinent to the present
subject. I like to point out only that the Holy Quran says that God has
permitted Satan to misguide people, but simultaneously He has
declared that despite its doing its worst, those who are the servants of
God will ever remain His servants.
Now as our task is to turn the whole world, the entire mankind,
into a single Ummat and bring it to the threshold of God, hence, as
dictates of reason demand, the onslaught of Satan in this age should be
stronger than it ever was before in the past. Hence the Promised
Messiah (peace be on him) says:
"In accordance with this very ancient law, God has informed
through His Holy Prophets that when six thousand years since the
time of Adam would be coming to an end, the earth would be
engulfed in utter darkness and the deluge of sins would gush forth
and the love of God in the hearts dwindle and come to naught, then
God, only through heavenly means without any earthly sources,
would spiritually breathe the spirit of truth, love and knowledge in a
person as He did in Adam. This person will also be called Messiah
because God, with His own hands, will anoint his spirit. This
Messiah of the promise, who was in other words called the Promised
Messiah in the Books of God, would be made to face the Satan. This

4. The Holy Quran, 18:30