A glimpse into the rich history of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat
26 September 1912: Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmadra undertook the journey to perform Hajj in late 1912. He was accompanied by his maternal grandfather, Hazrat Mir Nasir Nawabra and another travel companion by the name of Abdul Mohyi Arab Sahib. He left Qadian on this day, boarded the ship to Port Said from Bombay (16 October) and arrived in Mecca via Jeddah on 7 November.
To read more, see: “A young Mahmud’s pilgrimage to Arabia” at alhakam.org (19 February 2021, pp. 30-32).
26 September 2015: On this day, the complex adjacent to Baitul Futuh Mosque, Morden, Surrey, caught fire.
To read the account of this incident by one of the witnesses, see: “Where stars descend – Chapter 1 (Tawakkul) – Part I” at alhakam.org (26 June 2020, pp. 4-5).
27 September 1946: On this day, Hazrat Musleh Maudra had a meeting with Mr Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi in Delhi. Mr Gandhi was a political and communal activist and he was among the founding fathers of India. (Tarikh-e-Ahmadiyyat, Vol. 9, p. 351)
27 September 1975: Hazrat Khalifatul Masih IIIrh laid the foundation stone of the Nasir Mosque in Gothenburg, Sweden. To learn more about this, watch “Documentary: History of Nasir Mosque, Gothenburg, Sweden” at alislam.org.
28 September 1905: On this day, the Promised Messiahas received two guests: one from Turkey and a Jewish individual. Huzooras was asked some questions in Arabic and he too gave the answers in Arabic. The editor of Al Hakam, Hazrat Sheikh Yaqub Ali Irfanira, reproduced this interesting conversation in the newspaper in Urdu. During this detailed discussion, Hazrat Ahmadas removed many misunderstandings. (Malfuzat [1988], Vol. 4, pp. 446-451)
28 September 2013: On this day, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih Vaa held an audience with more than 20 Indonesian guests representing various media outlets, educational institutions and think tanks at the Taha Mosque in Singapore. During the 70-minute question and answer session, Huzooraa explained the true teachings of Islam and clarified various misconceptions concerning the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat. (“True Khilafat compatible with Democracy – Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat”, pressahmadiyya.com)
29 September 1933: On this day, Jamaat-e-Ahmadiyya Bengal held its 17th Salana Jalsa, which was blessed by Hazrat Mirza Sharif Ahmadra, son of the Promised Messiahas as the chief guest from the markaz.
During this journey, Hazrat Mirza Sharif Ahmadra, at the behest of Hazrat Musleh-e-Maudra, returned from Brahmanbaria and visited all the major jamaats from Calcutta to Qadian. On this historic Jalsa, Hazrat Musleh-e-Maudra also sent a special message. (Tarikh-e-Ahmadiyyat, Vol. 6, p. 123)
29 September 1951: Jamaat-e-Ahmadiyya Indonesia was holding its Jalsa Salana and requested Hazrat Musleh-e-Maudra for a message. Upon this, Hazrat Musleh-e-Maudra sent a special message, on this day, addressing these devout members of the Jamaat. (Tarikh-e-Ahmadiyyat, Vol. 13, pp. 384–387)
30 September 1889: The Promised Messiahas debunked the false and vicious theory of Maulvi Imamuddin of Punjab, who affixed to his name the title of Fateh-e-Kitab-e-Mubeen (Explainer of the Open Book). Huzooras replied to his letter on this date. This man was a judge by profession and of the view that the Holy Quran was not complete until it was coupled with a copy of the Bible. Hazrat Ahmadas took notice of this ruinous and baleful idea and admonished this person in a most wise way. (Maktubat-e-Ahmad, [2008], Vol. 1, pp. 413-414)
30 September 1980: Hazrat Khalifatul Masih IIIrh inaugurated mission houses in Manchester and Huddersfield in the United Kingdom on this day. It was an important and historic event because 55 years had passed since the inauguration of the Fazl Mosque in London, but no new mission house had been inaugurated in England during that time; however, during this blessed visit of Huzoorrh, five new mission houses were inaugurated. (Silsila-e-Ahmadiyya, Vol. 3, p. 638)
1 October 1942: On this day, Maulvi Muhammad Sharif Sahib, a missionary, reached Syria from Palestine to spread the message of Islam Ahmadiyyat. Maulvi Muhammad Sharif Sahib says:
“When I had spent two or three years in Arabia, I prayed to Allah the Almighty to grant me such a long period of service here that no other missionary before me had.
“Therefore, God Almighty accepted my prayer and gave me the ability to serve for a longer period than Hazrat Syed Zainul Abidin Waliullah Shahra, Hazrat Jalaluddin Shamsra and Hazrat Maulvi Abul Ata” (Tash-heezul-Azhan, January 1978, p. 11)
1 October 2004: During his Friday sermon on this day, while inaugurating the Darul Barakat Mosque in Birmingham, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih Vaa narrated the early history of the Jamaat in Birmingham. (Al Fazl, 15 October 2004, pp. 5-8)
2 October 1928: Mirza Sultan Ahmad Sahib, the eldest son of the Promised Messiahas, announced his allegiance to Jamaat-e-Ahmadiyya through an announcement in Al Fazl on this day. Later on, he performed bai‘at at the hands of Hazrat Khalifatul Masih IIra in 1930. (Al Fazl, 2 October 1928, p. 1)
2 October 2009: During his Friday Sermon on this day, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih Vaa mentioned Muhammad Azam Tahir Sahib of Uch Sharif, Pakistan, who had been martyred on 26 September.
