Questioner: And I should have your permission to ask this question?
Huzoor (rh): I’ve permitted you already, please.
Questioner: Sir, I have so many friends, Ahmadis friends. I have so many relatives who are Ahmadis, and they’re very nice people. I respect them. Very religious, yes. Muttaki, Parhezgaar, this and that. So, and I also believe that the population of Ahmadis in Pakistan is, I think, the largest, isn’t it?
Huzoor (rh): Is what?
Questioner: The largest, you know. Or, many people live in, you know, the number of Ahmadis in Pakistan.
Huzoor (rh): You mean, comparatively, more Ahmadis live in Pakistan than any other single country? Is that right?
Questioner: Yes, sir. That’s correct. That’s correct, sir. So, sir, these days, there are so many problems for Ahmadis. So many problems, which I am seeing, and I don’t like. You know, the things being done against them, I personally don’t like it. I condemn. I condemn the people who are doing it. Yes. As a human being, as a…
Huzoor (rh): Do you condemn them in our presence and not in their presence.
Questioner: No, sir, I do it. No, sir, I do it.
Huzoor (rh): No, I mean… I’m asking you… Because generally, this is what happens.
Questioner: Yes, no, sir, I do it. Very openly, very openly. I hear that. Very openly.
Huzoor (rh): So, you are a brave man. Good.
Questioner: Yes, sir. Yes. I said, no, you are wrong here. Everybody. لَاۤاِکۡرَاہَ فِی الدِّیۡنِ اِسۡلَامَ. So, sir, I think, this is only my personal opinion and suggestion, that your presence in Pakistan should have been in Pakistan. And you should have stayed in Pakistan.
Huzoor (rh): Why?
Questioner: To give them encouragement.
Huzoor (rh): Cease to work as Khalifa?
Questioner: No. No, sir. No, sir.
Huzoor (rh): How can I work in Pakistan under this ordinance as Khalifa? An ordinary Ahmadi can live normally the way Islam wants him to live, because he has no additional responsibilities to admonish others in the way I have. So, I can’t live there for a single moment without relinquishing my office in practice.
Questioner: That’s right, sir.
Huzoor (rh): You don’t understand that, sir?
Questioner: Yes, sir. That’s clear. Thank you very much. I am grateful.
Huzoor (rh): Thank you. You have very intelligently understood it immediately.
Questioner: Thank you very much.
Huzoor (rh): There are a lot of people I have to go, you know, a long distance with.
Questioner: Jazakamullah.
