Lawsuit

In 1897 a Christian missionary, Henry Martyn Clarke filed a lawsuit of attempted murder against Ahmad at the court of District Magistrate Captain William Douglas in the city of Ludhiana. The charge laid against him was that he hired a man by the name of Abdul Hameed to assassinate Clarke. However he was not detained by the police and was declared innocent by the then Magistrate Captain Douglas.[39][40]

Ahmad was offered permission to sue the plaintiff. However he declined to do so stating that he is answerable to God. Upon retirement, Captain Douglas stated: I was certain that a man with such a good face could not have committed the deeds that he was accused of. He was a smiling, open countenance.[39][40]