Blessings of Heeding Khalifah’s Call

By the Grace of Allah, we are blessed with the divine Ahmadiyya Khilafat. There are innumerable blessings of Khilafat that all of us witness everyday. One such blessing is to listen to Khalifah’s advice and say Labbaik to his calls and then see how Allah’s help makes things happen as a result of obedience.

I am a firm believer that if you heed the call of the Khalifah of the time and do your part with sincerity, Allah will do the rest. I would like to share a couple of such efforts that bore fruit just because they were done in responding to the call of the Khalifatul Masih.

For many years, my wife and I offered a copy of the book The Life of Muhammad to our local public library; however, each time the administrators declined our offer, stating that the library had plenty of books about the Prophet Muhammad (may peace and blessings of Allah be on him).

In 2012, in a Friday sermon, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih V (may Allah be his helper) encouraged members to distribute The Life of Muhammad. Inspired by Huzoor’s sermon, my wife and I tried once again to donate the book to the same library that had consistently refused to accept the book in the past. To our surprise and delight, the library accepted the book. No doubt, this time around, it was done in response to the call of our beloved Khalifah that resulted in a favorable outcome. Alhamdulillah.

That same year, also inspired by a Friday sermon of Huzoor, the San Diego Lajna decided to host the first Siratun-Nabi Day. Many guests were invited to attend the program. Lajna worked hard and did their due diligence by sending invitation and making personal phone calls to many women’s groups in the area and everyone prayed fervently for the success of the event. Again to our delight, the event had a very good turnout. In fact, there were more guests than Lajna members at the event. Perhaps the most rewarding moment, as my wife described, was when one woman entered the small Prayer space and exclaimed that she immediately felt that this was a place of peace. Since we were eager to respond to Huzoor’s call with action Allah showered His blessings and made the event a success. Alhamdulillah.

Both of these small incidents that were a result of following Huzoor’s instructions given in his Friday sermons, reaffirmed my faith. The Holy Qur’an defines the believer as someone who believes and does good work (A‘mal-i-Saliha). Through his weekly Friday sermons, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih not only encourages us to do good works, but also defines the exact A‘mal-i-Saliha needed at the time. It is by listening to Huzoor’s Friday sermons and implementing his advice on what A‘mal-i-Saliha to pursue that we will find success, Insha’allah.