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www.alhakam.org AL HAKAM | Friday 27 January 2023 | Issue CCLIV Ahmadiyya Archive & Research Centre (ARC), 22 Deer Park Road, London, SW19 3TL, UK info@alhakam.org | ISSN 2754-7388
Ahmadi Muslims follow the sunnah of the Holy Prophet Nasirat from Germany meet Hazrat Khalifatul Masih A group of 461 nasirat, aged 10-12, from Germany, were blessed with the opportunity to meet Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih V, may Allah be his Helper, in a virtual mulaqat on Sunday, 22 January 2023. After conveying salaam, Hazrat Amirul Momineenaa called Manahal Mahmood to recite a portion of the Holy Quran, followed by its German translation; Razia Mustafa read out the Urdu translation. Adeena Bushra presented a nazm (poem) composed by the Promised Messiahas. Thereafter, this fortunate group had the opportunity to ask Huzooraa questions that they had. These questions covered an array of everyday matters. Basima Tariq asked Huzooraa if it was permissible to offer Fajr at 6am before leaving the house if one was required to leave for school etc. at 6am while the stipulated Fajr time was 7am. Hazrat Amirul Momineenaa answered that if the Fajr time started at 7am, then she could not offer it before that and added that she could offer it on her bus, car or train as soon as the Fajr time starts. Fareeha Naeem asked what the best way was to express one’s love for Khilafat. Hazrat Khalifatul Masih Vaa said: “Pray to God that Allah may grant you the opportunity to establish a relationship with Khilafat. Secondly, try to follow what Continued on next page >>
Hadith-e-Rasul – Sayings of the Holy Prophet Muhammadsa
Whoever has ‘the longest hands’
َ َ َ َ َ ْ ّٰ َر ِض َی الل ُہ َعن َہا ا ّن بَ ْعﺾ،َع ْن َعاﰱِﺸة َّ ْ ُ َّ َ ّٰ َّ َْ از َو ِاج الن ِب ِّي َصلی الل ُہ َعل ْی ِه َو َسل َم قل َن َ َ ُ َ َّ َّ َ ّٰ َّ ل ِلن ِب ِّي َصلی الل ُہ َعل ْی ِه َو َسل َم ا ّينا أ ْ� َر ُع ُُ َْ َ َ ً ُ ُ َ ُ َََ ال اطوَلک َّن يَ ًدا فاخذوا ِبک لحوقا ق َ ََ َ ْ ً َ َ َْ ُ فکان ْﺖ َسوْ َدة اطوَل َ ُہ ّن،ق َص َبة يَذ َر ُعون َہا َ َف َع ِل ْم َنا بَ ْع ُد اَنَّ َما کَان َ ْﺖ ُط،يَ ًدا ول يَ ِد َہا ً ُ َ َ َ َ ُ َ َّ َ َ َوکان ْﺖ ا ْ� َر َعنا ل ُحوقا ِب ِه َوکان ْﺖ،الص َدقة َ َ َّ ُّ ُ .الص َدقة ت ِحب Hazrat Aishara narrates, “Some of the wives of the Holy Prophetsa asked him, ‘Who amongst us will be the first to follow you (i.e., to pass away after you)?’ He said, ‘Whoever amongst you has the longest hands.’ So, they started measuring their hands with a stick and Sauda’sra hands turned out to be the longest. Afterwards, we came to know that the ‘long hands’ was (a metaphor for) practising charity. So, the first one amongst us to follow him was the one who loved giving charity (i.e., Zaynab bint Jahshra).” (Sahih alBukhari, Kitab al-Zakat, Hadith 1420) Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmadas, In His Own Words
The hallmark of good deeds “These people fail to understand this and state: ‘What about ٰ us is unّ Islamic? We proclaim ���لا إ�� إلا ا (‘There is none worthy of worship except Allah’) and also observe the Prayers, fast during the days of Continued on next page >>