This Week in History: 13-19 January

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A selection from the first 15 blessed years of Khilafat-e-Khamisa

11p54ub Hazrat Khalifatul Masih V aa inaugurating the Noor Mosque in Crawley
Hazrat Khalifatul Masih Vaa inaugurating the Noor Mosque in Crawley

13 January 2005: During his tour of Spain, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih Vaa granted an audience to the missionaries serving in Spain, and gave them valuable guidance in relation to fulfilling their duties.

14 January 2005: During his Friday Sermon on this day, delivered from the Basharat Mosque, Spain, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih Vaa urged the Jamaat in Spain to build a mosque in Valencia, which is the third most populous city in the country. 

15 January 2016: During his Friday Sermon on this day, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih Vaa spoke about Chaudhry Abdul Aziz Dogar Sahib, who had passed away on 11 January. He had the opportunity to serve the Jamaat in various capacities, in Pakistan, the Gambia and Germany. In 1974, he had been unjustly imprisoned due to his faith. He had the opportunity to serve as the chairman of the Ahmadiyya Medical Association and the president of the Ahmadiyya Traders’ Association as well.  

16 January 2004: During his Friday Sermon on this day, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih Vaa urged the members of the Jamaat to pray for the Jalsa Salana Bangladesh, which was being held despite severe opposition from the opponents.

16 January 2009: During his Friday Sermon on this day, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih Vaa mentioned the oppression being inflicted on the Palestinian Muslims, and called the attention of the Jamaat to remember them in prayers, and to make donations to UN-approved organisations such as Save The Children to help the oppressed ones. Huzooraa mentioned that Humanity First would also send its help there.

16 January 2015: During his Friday Sermon on this day, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih Vaa spoke about Maulvi Abdul Qadir Sahib Dehlavi, a darwesh of Qadian, who passed away on 10 January 2015 at the age of 97. He had graduated from Madrassa-e-Ahmadiyya as Maulvi Fazil, and had the opportunity to serve the Jamaat in various capacities, such as general secretary of the Ahmadiyya neighbourhood in Qadian, Naib Nazir Da‘wat-o-Tabligh, Mu‘awin Nazir-e-A‘la, Nazim Jaidad, Qazi-e-Silsila, Auditor Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyya, Secretary Bahishti Maqbarah, and Naib Sadr Ansarullah.

16 January 2016: Hazrat Khalifatul Masih Vaa addressed the joint convocation ceremony of Jamia Ahmadiyya UK and Canada in Haslemere, UK.

Seventeen graduates from the UK and eight graduates from Canada received their Shahid degrees from Huzooraa.

1rzrodt Hazrat Khalifatul Masih V aa addressing the Joint convocation of Jamia UK and Canada
Hazrat Khalifatul Masih Vaa addressing the joint convocation ceremony of Jamia Ahmadiyya UK and Canada

17 January 2014: During his Friday Sermon on this day, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih Vaa mentioned Arsalan Sarwar Sahib of Rawalpindi, Pakistan, who was martyred on 14 January, aged 17. He was studying FSc (pre-engineering). He was a musi, and was serving as sa’iq in Majlis Khuddam-ul-Ahmadiyya Satellite Town, Rawalpindi.

18 January 2014: Hazrat Khalifatul Masih Vaa inaugurated the Noor Mosque in Crawley in West Sussex, UK.

18 January 2015: During his Friday Sermon on this day, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih Vaa responded to the publication of another caricature depicting the Holy Prophet Muhammadsa on the cover of Charlie Hebdo.

Addressing the issue, Huzooraa said that such caricatures grieved and pained peace-loving Muslims throughout the world and were to be condemned. However, he said that any form of violent or illegal response could never be justified and was completely against the teachings of Islam. Huzooraa also said that taking to the streets in protest was not an appropriate response but rather Muslims should respond by increasing in prayer and by offering salutations on the Holy Prophetsa.

19 January 2018: During his Friday Sermon on this day, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih Vaa mentioned Sahibzada Mirza Khurshid Ahmad Sahib, who had recently passed away. He was serving as the Nazir-e-A‘la and Amir-e-Muqami, Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyya Pakistan. He was the great-grandson of the Promised Messiahas.

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