A glimpse into the rich history of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat
28 March 1920: On this day, Hazrat Mufti Muhammad Sadiqra boarded the SS Haverford, which set sail from Liverpool in the afternoon, bound for America.
For more details, see “100 Years Ago… – Mufti Sahib’s ship to America, Chinese converts and a fervent prayer”, at alhakam.org (24 April 2020, p. 13).
28 March 1999: On this day, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih IVrh led the Eid-ul-Adha at the proposed site of the Baitul Futuh Mosque, Morden, UK. (Al Fazl, 16 April 1999, p. 1)
29 March 2004: On this day, during his tour of Burkina Faso, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih Vaa visited the Ahmadiyya Humanity First Centre in Ouagadougou and granted audiences to the local mayor, Mr Ouadragou Zakaria, and the Minister of State for Agriculture, Hon Salif Dialo. (Al Fazl, 9 April 2004, p. 8)
29 March 2013: On this day, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih Vaa inaugurated an Ahmadiyya mosque in Valencia, Spain. It was the second mosque of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat in Spain after the Basharat Mosque in Pedro Abad. (Al Fazl, 19 April 2013, p. 5)
30 March 1905: On this day, the Promised Messiahas appointed Hazrat Mufti Muhammad Sadiqra as the editor of Al Badr [later Badr] after the demise of Babu Muhammad Afzal Sahibra. (Malfuzat [1988], Vol. 4, p. 251)
30 March 2004: On this day, during his tour of Burkina Faso, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih Vaa departed from Ouagadougou to Dori, and the distance was around 265 kilometres, of which only 105 kilometres were covered with a proper road. There, Huzooraa graced various events arranged by the local jamaat. (Al Fazl, 9 April 2004, p. 8)
31 March 1906: The Paisa Akhbar was a popular Urdu newspaper published in Lahore, British India. The paper was established in 1887. On this date, the Paisa Akhbar published the Promised Messiah’sas prophecy about the upcoming heavenly signs and global sufferings:
پهر چلے آتے ہيں يارو زلزلہ آنے كے دن
[O friends, the days of earthquakes are nigh again.]
This prophecy that was encapsulated in a poem spread far and wide through the circulation of this newspaper. (Majmu‘ah Ishtiharat, Vol. 3, p. 551)
31 March 1989: On this day, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih IVrh inaugurated an Ahmadiyya mission house in Galway, South Ireland, which he announced in his Friday sermon. It was the first journey of Huzoorrh in the second century of Jamaat. In the evening, a special reception was also held to mark the occasion, where many dignitaries participated. (Khutbat-e-Tahir, Vol. 8, p. 203; Silsila-e-Ahmadiyya, Vol. 4, p. 854)
31 March 1996: On this day, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih IVrh visited Birmingham, UK. (Silsila-e-Ahmadiyya, Vol. 4, p. 885)
1 April 1953: On this day, the Martial Law authorities of Pakistan arrested Hazrat Mirza Sharif Ahmadra and Hazrat Mirza Nasir Ahmadrh in Lahore, falsely accusing them of holding unauthorised arms. Following an imprisonment of about two months, both were acquitted by the courts, which found no evidence of criminal activity. (Tarikh-e-Ahmadiyyat, Vol. 15, p. 254)
2 April 1935: On this day, the Lahore High Court issued a ruling against the implementation of Section 144 in Qadian, which was imposed amidst the anti-Ahmadiyya agitation from the Ahrar. This meant that local Ahmadi were not allowed to move freely in town. On the next day, The Civil and Military Gazette wrote:
“The restrictions which were imposed upon the residents of Qadian by the District Magistrate of Gurdaspur under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code and which remained in force from 30 January to 30 March last were invalid, according to a judgement delivered by Mr Justice Currie of the Lahore High Court on Tuesday.”
For more details, see “Historical analysis of Ahrar’s anti-Ahmadiyya agitation – Part 2” at alhakam.org (13 October 2023, p. 14).
2 April 1950: On this day, Hazrat Musleh-e-Maudra addressed the convocation ceremony of the Talim-ul-Islam College Lahore. A day prior, The Civil and Military Gazette wrote, “Convocation and Prize Distribution of Talim-ul-Islam College, Lahore, 11:30 am, College Hall. Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad, Head of the Ahmadiyya Community, will deliver the address.”
The same newspaper published a detailed report of this event in its 3 April issue and published a photograph of Hazrat Musleh-e-Maudra in its 5 April issue.
For further details, see “Hazrat Musleh-e-Maud’s address at Talim-ul-Islam College Convocation, 1950” at alhakam.org (8 September 2023, p. 14).
3 April 1931: On this day, Hazrat Maulvi Jalaluddin Shamsra laid the foundation of the Mahmood Mosque in Kababir, which is the first Ahmadiyya mosque in the Arab world.
For further details, see “Pioneer Missionaries: Part 15 – Some early milestones of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in the Holy Land” at alhakam.org (22 December 2023, p. 6).
3 April 1987: On this day, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih IVrh initiated the blessed Waqf-e-Nau scheme after receiving divine guidance from Allah the Almighty. Huzoorrh called on Ahmadi parents to devote the lives of their unborn children to the propagation of Islam Ahmadiyyat.For more details, see “A new era of servants for Islam” at alhakam.org (3 April 2020, p. 19).