Fateh Muhammad Sial

Chaudhry Fateh Muhammad Sial (1887–1960) was a companion of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad and the first Ahmadi Muslim missionary sent from India, under the leadership of Hakeem Noor-ud-Din, the first Khalifa of the Ahmadiyya movement. In 1913 Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad asked for volunteers to serve as Ahmadi Muslim missionaries in England. Sial volunteered and travelled to England on June 22, 1913. There he served twice as a missionary. He earned an MA in Arabic from the Aligarh Muslim University.

In 1887, Sial was born to Chaudhry Nizam Din in Jora Kalan, a small town in the Kasur district of Punjab. In 1899, Sial and his father (Chaudhry Nizam Din) gave their Bay'ah, the oath of allegiance; to Mirza Ghulam Ahmad and in 1900, the family migrated to Qadian.

In 1910, Sial received his bachelor's degree at the Government College University, Lahore. He continued his studies at the Aligarh Muslim University and completed his master's degree in Arabic.

Sial responded to the call of his Master Ahmad, claiming to be the promised Messiah,

“Practical corroboration is essential with verbal promise. Therefore, it is necessary that you devote your life in the way of Allah. This is the true Islam and this is the purpose for which I have been sent….Do not worship spiritual guides but become a guide yourself!”

At the age of 20 he wrote a letter to his Master, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, accepting the call to devote his life to Islam. In 1913, sending a missionary to England was beyond the means of the small community in Qadian. Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad procured five hundred Rupees from the Majlis e Ansar ullah. Mir Nasir Nawwab (father in law of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad) personally donated one hundred and five Rupees. Additionally, poor Ahmadis individually collected a few Rupees. A total of seven hundred and eighty Rupees were collected and donated to the first Ahmadi Muslim Missionary of the Jama'at.

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