Cherished Memories of Africa — Page 134
116 Suggestion of Wasiyyat : One day I suggested to him that if he wanted affluence he should make a deal with Allah. He asked, ‘how?‘ I explained, ‘it is Divine promise that if you spend in the way of Allah, he would reward you ten-fold, so the best way is that you make the Will (wasiyyat)‘. He did that the same day and started paying one tenth of his income (CFA 500) honestly and sincerely. It was apparently a meagre amount, but Allah, the Almighty does not look at the face value of the sacrifice but at the intention that underlies it. Fruits of Divine promise start : After a few months, one of his friends, who worked in the security section of a press, had to go on leave and this young man filled in temporarily. His income doubled and he doubled the chanda accordingly. The owner of the press was impressed by the character, honesty and educational ability of the young man and gave him a better job leading to further increase in his pay. Thereafter, he started paying chanda that was five times the amount that he paid initially. Those days, a non-Ahmadi friend of mine was manager of a bank. I spoke to him and commended the young man to him for employment in his bank. He called him the next day and after a brief interview employed him in the bank. The young man worked diligently and attended several banking related courses with the help of the bank. Just imagine, he started paying CFA 500 as chanda wasiyyat and now, by the Grace of Allah, he is paying CFA80000 monthly اللہــم زد فــزد and is thereby inducing faith in Divine promises in other brothers as well. He is also working as central finance secretary of Ahmadiyya Jama’at Senegal.