Jamaat Ul Sahih
Al Islam, Kerala conducted a Three-Day Camp on the occasion of the
historic inauguration of the Noor’ul Islam Mosque
at Mathra, July 22-24, 2011. Members of the
small Sahih Al Islam Community in Kerala participated with much enthusiasm and
spiritual fervour and spent time together discussing many issues and learning about
spiritual verities. It was almost like a family get together of the Sahih Al
Islam members in Kerala, with women members of the Jamaat (Siraj Makin) also being present. [The first part of a Report is being uploaded
here.]
With the arrival
of delegates from different parts of the State on the morning of Friday, July 22,
2011, at the home of Jamaluddin Sahib, the Amir/Jamaat at Mathra, the
Member Registration Process began at 11 a.m.
The Amir Sahib and his family informally welcomed everyone and
interacted with all those who were present. By the time of Jum’ah prayers at
1.00 p.m., 17 persons were registered at the Counter, including a few
non-Members.
For the Jum’ah
sermon, the Amir Sahib selected an important sermon of the Khalifatullah Hadhrat Munir Ahmad Azim Sahib
(atba) that explained the coming of a Khalifatullah in the light of
Qur’anic verses and the traditions of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (sa) and the
explanations thereof by the previous Mujaddid, Hadhrat Ahmad (as). In brief
remarks at the end of the sermon, the Amir Sahib formally declared the
Three-Day Camp open.
After the Jum’ah
prayers, lunch was served for everyone. The audio records of the Kodiyathoor Public Meeting
where the Amir Sahib and secretary Dr. Thahir Sahib made major speeches
introducing the message of the Khalifatullah were played over the mike system. As our Mosque shares borders with the
Ahmadiyya Centre in Mathra, and individual Ahmadis are prevented from reading
our literature, the audio records allowed us to project our message to even
those who cannot read it individually.
At 3.15 p.m. Fazil Jamal Sahib
made an hour-long speech on the subject of “Ahmadiyya
Khilafat and the Coming of a Mujaddid”. The speech drew upon his recent
research and subsequent writings on the impugned issues at the Sahih Al Islam Blog. Fazil Jamal Sahib drew attention to the ways in which the
Ahmadiyya Khilafat drifted away from the understanding of Hadhrat Ahmad (as) on
various spiritual issues such as the meaning of ‘Khilafat’; the future of
Mujaddidiyat and the interpretation of Khudrat-e-
Saniyah or the Second Manifestation of Divine Power etc. He also
contrasted the current perceptions of Ahmadis on the question of the need for
an Imam and the opinions on the issue held by the Promised Massih (as).
Apart from
narrating the doctrinal corruption, the speaker also graphically illustrated
how the Ahmadiyya Community today is
bedeviled by issues of financial impropriety, corruption and maladministration,
nepotism and injustice. The quest for protecting the vested interests of a
decadent system is forcing the Community’s leaders and scholars to command
Allah to stop sending His Elects and chosen Messengers including Mujaddidin.
Fazil Jamal sahib further explained that the Khalifatullah Munir A. Azim
Sahib (atba) was forced to confront them- including Maulvi Muhammad Ismail
Sahib of Kannur- through a Mubahala Challenge precisely because of their
contemptuous disregard of Islamic ethics by leveling false accusations against
him and spreading spurious charges about his disciples.
Moments after
the speech ended, a police team arrived at the Mosque. As Hindus, Christians
and common Muslims of the area are friendly with us, the police complaint against our
Programme could only be the machinations of certain elements within the
Ahmadiyya Jamaat who are completely inimical to us. Some Ahmadis
from the area are officers in the Police Department and would not hesitate to
use the Department for their own nefarious purposes if needed (an Ahmadi police officer
from the area joined duty only recently after being
under compulsory departmental punishment for two years- demoted to a lower rank- for his criminal offences while serving the Department in
the past).
While the local
Ahmadiyya leadership refused to take any credit for their involvement in the
arrival of the Police at the Mosque, they formally told the Police (when they
arrived) that they have objections against our speeches over the microphone
even if this is being done within our own premises as we are criticizing their
precepts and practices. Since the Ahmadis formally told the police about their
objections against the usage of microphone, Police feared that it might lead to
law and order issues and we were requested to switch off the mike system and to
conduct proceedings without it. In the interest of peace, we agreed to forego
the use of the mike system.
In
the evening, well known writer and public intellectual Dr. Thahir Sahib who is also the Secretary of the Kerala Jamaat,
led a study session on some verses of Surah Al Mu’mineen.
After the Darsul Qur’an, the Amir Sahib announced the glad news
about the Bai’at of a family of four. Amir
Sahib was really delighted that his son-in-law DA Zainul Abdeen Sahib and daughter Fauzia Jamal Sahiba along with
their children Fa-e-zah Maryam Zain and Zachariah Bin Zain expressed the desire
to join the new Jamaat. [ Fauzia Jamal Sahiba, who recently translated the
divine revelations vouchsafed to Hadhrat Khalifatullah Munir Ahmad Azim Sahib
(atba) into Malayalam, is a former editor of the ANNOOR Magazine, the official journal
of the Kerala
Lajna Imaaillah, the
women’s wing of the Ahmadiyya Jamaat]. For the benefit of the newly joining
members and to refresh the memory of the existing members, the Amir Sahib
explained the conditions of Bai’at and the responsibilities it entails.