The Khalifah in the Ahmadiyya Movement
A Brief Review
by Maulana Hafiz Sher Muhammad
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This book discusses the term khilafat (successorship) from an Islamic point of view and its application to the successorship to Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian — the Founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam.
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Printer: Oceania Printers Ltd., 42 Raojibhai Patel Street, Suva, Fiji
Publisher: Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat-e-Islam (Fiji), 12 Bau Street, Suva, Fiji
Date of Publication: 1st September 1980
Publisher: Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat-e-Islam (Fiji), 12 Bau Street, Suva, Fiji
Date of Publication: 1st September 1980
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Table of Contents:
- A Comparative Study — Beliefs of the Two Sections of the Ahmadiyya Movement (Lahore Section and the Qadian Section)
- The Khalifah in the Ahmadiyya Movement — A Brief Review:
- Variety of Meanings of Khilafah
- Spiritual Successorship in Islam
- What kind of Khilafah was agreed on after the Promised Messiah’s [Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian] Death?
- The Promised Messiah was Mujaddid [Reformer] for both Shariah and Tariqat
- Successorship to Hazrat Mirza Sahib [Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian]:
- Arrangements for Baiat [Pledge]
- Administrative and Financial Arrangements after the Founder
- How the Dual Arrangements described above were enforced by Hazrat Mirza Sahib in his own Lifetime:
- Arrangements for Baiat [Pledge]
- Administrative and Financial Arrangements
- Hazrat Mirza Sahib’s Khalifahs are Khalifahs to a Shaikh not to Nabi
- The Summary
- The disagreement between the Rabwah Community and the Ahmadiyyah Anjuman Ishaat-e-Islam Labore
- Summary
- Some Questions addressed to the Qadiani Community
- We Believe