Cherished Memories of Africa — Page 13
13 miraculously established in the Gambia. Thereafter sometimes in the fulfilment of Divine promise السماء من ألیھم نوحی رجال یأتونک and sometimes acceptance of prayers and sometimes following an istikhara or logical and scriptural arguments the hardest hearts softened and the spiritual light passed on from one person to the next as a chain reaction and throughout the Gambia, many people fell in love with the Messiah. Then God’s angels spread the light of truth to the neighbouring countries like Senegal and Guinea. The Fortunate Ones, who served in The Gambia : Complying with the directive from the khalifas many brothers had the good fortune of serving in different fields in the Gambia devoting their lives ( waqfe zindagi ) or part of it ( waqfe aarzi ). Everyone did justice to it sincerely and faithfully. They included young and old, but the zeal of every one was young. An Elderly Doctor’s Passion for Serving his Faith : An elderly doctor arrived in the Gambia from Pakistan intoxicated with the passion for service to faith. His name was Dr Sayyed Zia-ul-Hassan. He had held the high rank of Brigadier in Pakistan Army. We can well imagine the life style of, and means and facilities available to a Brigadier. Answering the call of the then khalifa during the old age he bade farewell to all those facilities and jumped in to the field of jihad all on his own. Maulana Daud Hanif Sahib, the Ameer posted him at Basse. The hot weather of Basse and its location at country’s remote end has already been mentioned.