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102 jama’at. ’ His devotion left a deep impress on my mind till today: how a poor Ahmadi made an offering to increase jama’at income. By the Grace of Allah, his financial condition is much better. Devotion of Dr Nyangado In Farafenni, the Gambia, lived a very pious, righteous and prayerful doctor regular with five daily prayers named Khalil Nyangado. He passed away a few years ago. Throughout the African countries that I have been familiar with, I do not know of anyone like him in financial sacrifice. In addition to the obligatory chandas he paid Zakat according to the prescribed rates. Moreover, he paid all the interest that he received from the bank to the jama’at. Our mosque was under construction in Farafenni. It was largely funded locally, as assistance from the centre was minimal those days. The main hall of the mosque was completed and we started praying therein but we could not build the enclosure because of lack of funds. One early morning the doctor came to me and said that we needed to build the enclosure soon as the stray animals entered the courtyard and defiled the sanctity of the mosque. I told him about lack of funds. He said that he would pay the total cost of the construction but he did not want anybody to know that. It was quite a big project and he got it completed on his own. This devotion, love and sacrifice is the result of blessings of the Messiah. May Allah grant him place in paradise!