The Khalifah in the Ahmadiyya Movement

A Brief Review

by Maulana Hafiz Sher Muhammad

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