2 That is, the Promised Messiah(as) will not fight.The other matter is about the abrogation of Jihad. This is the first thing the correspondent wrote, however, the significant point he raised was that we, God forbid, do not believe in the Holy Prophet(sa) a Prophet or that now his teaching is abolished. The other issue he raised was that of the abrogation of Jihad. With respect to this, the Muslim leaders who have been put on the spot under the pressure of the powers of whom they are toadies, and whom they scrounge, have given statements that the Jihad as defined today, and the frequent acts of certain Muslim organisations is not Jihad. It is totally against the teachings of Islam. Their statements have been printed in the newspapers. This has been the stance of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community from the very start. This is our ideology and this is our teaching that in the current age, under these circumstances, Jihad is abolished, and this is exactly in accordance with the Islamic teachings.
The Promised Messiah(as) says about this matter:
The battles of our Prophet(sa) and those of his esteemed Companions(ra) were either in defence of the attack by the non-Muslims or to maintain peace and to push back those by the sword who wanted to stop faith by the sword. However, who among the opponents, now picks up the sword to defend the faith? Who prevents one from becoming a Muslim, and who forbids calling the Adhan in mosques? (Tiryaqul-Qulub, Ruhani Khaza’in, Vol. 15, pp. 159-160)
That is who forbids calling the Adhan? It is only in Pakistan that the Ahmadis are forbidden to call the Adhan in mosques but we are silent despite this. We did not make a commotion, and we offer our Prayers without calling the Adhan.
He(as) further states:
There is a clear Hadith1 in Bukhari, which points to the glory of the Promised Messiah(as) 2 That is, the Promised Messiah(as) will not fight.
How astonishing it is that on one hand they maintain that after the Holy Qur'an, Sahih Bukhari is the most authentic book, and on the other hand they base their beliefs on other Ahadith, which are clearly contrary to the Hadith of Bukhari. (Taryaqul Qulub, Ruhani Khaza'in, Vol. 15, p. 159)
Thus, this is the ideology of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, which is in accordance to the Holy Qur'an and Hadith. We announce with a drumbeat and say, in fact we have always been saying, that what is being masqueraded as Jihad by these people in this day and age, is nothing but terrorism. It is not Jihad and is totally against the teachings of Islam.
Just yesterday, a suicide bombing took place in Karachi. People like these bring Islam in disrepute. With these attacks they kill innocent people of their own country. It is they who by doing such improper activities are refuting Islam and the teachings of the Holy Prophet(sa), whereas, the Ahmadis are engaged in the Jihad of taking the message of the Holy Prophet(sa) to the world. Who among these people is taking the message of Islam to the corners of the world in this manner? Certainly, the Ahmadis who never before have participated in your terrorist activities, and Jihadi efforts that bring Islam in disrepute, will not do so in the future. In any case, these are just the contemptible efforts to disgrace the Ahmadiyya Community that have always taken place.
1 Sahih Bukhari, Kitab-ul-Anbiya, Babu Nuzulin Isa bin Maryam
2 He will do away with war.