Intro
This is an old essay of mine, from roughly 10 years ago….its about how MGA was supposed to be imprisoned, but somehow it was prevented. The summary that I give in the below comes from the Lahori-Ahmadiyya biography as well as Ian Adamson’s books, I was not able to check Tarikh-e-Ahmadiyya for additional details. Moreover, I seriously doubt that the story that “Khwaja Kamaluddin had 700 rupees in his pocket” is true… what most likely happened was that the British police prevented MGA from going into custody.
There is yet another story that surrounds the life of Khwaja Kamaluddin sahib in connection with MGA that has seemed to be forgotten by all ahmadis (Q and L).
The judge was an Arya Hindu, he wanted MGA to suffer one way or the other. This case dragged on with adjournment after adjournment, then, the case was transferred to another Arya Hindu judge who really disliked MGA. This judge would not allow MGA the use of a chair or even a drink of water, MGA was almost 70 years old, it was very hard for him to stand, let alone not have a drink of water. This Hindu judge had it out for MGA, he was bent on giving MGA some type of jail-time. These were the conditions that KK sahib and M. ali were given. It was very important for them to be steadfast and cognizant of the environment.
This Hindu judge had finally announced that he would give his judgement on a certain day, then he strategically changed it to a Saturday. He planned to give MGA a hefty fine which MGA would not be able to pay, MGA would be forced to spend the weekend in jail. Somehow, KK and M. ali discovered the plan of the hindu judge, I am not sure how they figured this out, maybe good lawyers are able to anticipate things of this nature.
[Note inserted by Zahid Aziz: They did not know the magistrate’s plan in advance.]
On Saturday afternoon just before the court was to close the judge called MGA forward and gave the police orders not to allow anyone in the court room. But MGA’s lawyer (I’m not sure whether this was M. ali or KK) brushed past the police officer claiming that it was illegal for MGA to stand in front of the judge without counsel.
[Note inserted by Zahid Aziz: It was KK.]
The lawyer (KK or m. ali) appeared just in the nick of time, the judge had ordered MGA to pay a fine of 500 rupees, immediately the lawyer presented the money, thus saving MGA from spending the weekend in jail.
[Note inserted by Zahid Aziz: The fine was 500 rupees for Hazrat Mirza sahib and 200 rupees for his co-defendant Hakim Fazl Din. By coincidence, before Khwaja Kamaluddin entered the court room, a former client who owed him 700 rupees handed him this money, which Khwaja sahib stuffed into his pocket in a hurry without thinking.]
I read this story in Ian Adamson’s book, “Ahmad the Guided One”. Ian Adamson did not mention the name of the lawyer who saved MGA. There is not any other book that gives this story. I am not even sure where Ian got his data from, Ian doesn’t give any references whatsoever.
Reference: At this link I have given the relevant pages from Mujaddid-i Azam by Dr Basharat Ahmad (v. 2, pages 975-980)
The link is provided below: see pg. 306
www.alislam.org/library/books/guidedone/index.htm?page=306#top
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