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106 calls, he picked it up, opened it, found the items I had mentioned plus my address and phone number on which he contacted me. He reassured me, told me about the hotel he was staying in where I could collect my briefcase. I could not believe it; the whole scenario looked like a dream. People here take the lost property as a bounty and use it without any qualms. Who was this angelic person who contacted me himself and delivered the goods safely! Then I thought it was the blessing of the chanda which I had paid, consequently Allah, the Almighty saved me from the worry and the loss. ’ Jama’at should not walk on foot Dr. Laeeq Farrukh, who was in-charge of Nusrat Jahan clinic in Basse, the Gambia narrated a very beautiful anecdote to me one day. I share it with you. In the town in Ghana (Swedru) where he served as a doctor there was an elderly Ahmadi called Alhaj (father of Ibrahim bin Yaqub – an Ahmadi muballigh). He walked to the mosque for prayers over several days. One day I asked him, ‘Alhaj! Why do you not come by car?’ He replied that the car was out of order and he did not have the money to get it repaired. After a while, a jama’at meeting was held in the mosque in which jama’at’s Tabligh programme was discussed. Among other things it was mentioned that mission’s car had been out of order for quite a while and that was causing problems in Tabligh work. Next day Alhaj bought a new car, brought it to the mission house and presented it to the jama’at for Tabligh work, as a gift. Later, the Alhaj started coming to the mosque on foot again. The