One of the conditions (of bai‘at) is that one should stay away from shirk [associating anyone with Allah]. Not only our men, but women also have set such high standards of being role-models in observance of this condition that our hearts are filled with Allah’s praise on looking at the revolutionary change in them, and one feels impelled to pray for the Promised Messiah(as). For example, there is an incident in the life of Hazrat Chaudhry Zafrullah Khan’s mother that shows how much she detested shirk.
It is said that many of her children died in their infancy. Once, a child fell ill and was being treated for his illness. Someone came to visit her and left an amulet as a curative charm for him. A woman attempted to put that charm around the child’s neck. The mother snatched it and threw it into fire, saying: ‘My full trust is in my Creator and the Master; these amulets hold no significance for me.’ Later, when the child was of two months, she took him to her in-laws in Daska and stayed there for six months. Now the child was eight months old. She brought him to her parents home. After six days, the same woman — Jay Devi — visited her once again. She kissed the boy and asked the mother for some garments and grains suggesting that they would ward off some evil from the child. In response, the mother said: ‘You are a poor widow; if you want something as charity, I will be happy to give it to you as much as I can afford, but I am not among those who believe in evil spirits. To me Allah the Almighty alone is the Master of life and death. I do not accept anything else as having any hand in these matters. For me, such thoughts are equal to faithlessness in to God. I hate them very much. For this very reason I am not willing to give you anything at all.’ Jay Devi responded: ‘Think it over; if you wish to save the life of your child, you must give me what I have asked for.’
After a few days, as the mother was giving a bath to [the same baby boy], Jay Devi visited once again and pointing to the child, making a gesture, said: ‘So is he the same prince?’ The mother replied in the affirmative saying: ‘Yes, this is the one!’ Jay Devi asked for the same articles once again, but she firmly refused to give her anything. At this, Jay Devi got annoyed and said: ‘All right! If you return home with your child alive, only then you can say that I was lying!’ She replied: ‘Whatever shall happen, that shall be the will of God!’ Jay Devi turned to leave and she was still in the porch, when during the bath right there and then Zafar vomited blood and also discharged blood from his bowels, and within moments his condition became extremely critical. Subsequently, within hours, he passed away. The mother entreated to Allah the Almighty in these words: ‘O, My Lord! You are the One who gave him to me and You are the One who have taken Him away! I am content with Your will! Please grant me resolve to remain patient!’ Then, she returned to Daskah [her home town] with an empty lap. (Ashab-e-Ahmad, vol. 2, pp. 15–16, published in 1969)
Now it is evident how Allah the Almighty comforted her with tremendous amounts of favours, so much so that He blessed her with a son of the calibre of Chaudhry Zafrullah Khan(ra) who lived a very long life, and earned extraordinary eminence and distinction in the world.