sentences:  The Bay'ah comprises the "shahadah", prayers of repentance and a promise to abide by the Ten Conditions stipulated by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad for joining the Community.The concept of "bay'ah" is considered very important to Ahmadi Muslims.Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, after claiming to be divinely appointed as the renewer of Islam, took the first "bay'ah" in 1889 at Ludhiana.