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133 the meeting. • You will be liable to pay all the travelling expenses. • Articles will be written to Senegalese newspapers • We will bring a lawsuit against you for deception in Senega - lese courts. ” That frightened them a bit and they promised to find some solution. Our connecting flight was due at about 9 O’clock next morning. I do not know how they did it, but they contacted the administration the same night and obtained 24-hour visas for us. The next morning a special member of the airline staff accompanied us to Germany. On arrival at the airport, somehow he bypassed the immigration control and brought us out to the luggage. Thus we arrived in Germany safely and, by the Grace of Allah, participated in the Jalsa, Alhamdolillah. You do not know the etiquettes of shedding tears; that water does wonders though! Life extended by four days by Allah A young Arabic teacher, Abdullah Jallow lived in a small village Keur Wali Penda in Passy area of Senegal. He came to Dakar to join a tarbiyyat class there. He had become Ahmadi a short while ago. The tarbiyyat class came to end according to the programme. After prayers, I instructed muallim Mahmood Balde to organise the return of all the participants and returned to the mission house. About midday I was out in the town when I received a call from Mahmood Balde that Abdullah Jallow has not gone back because he was sick. I told Mahmood Balde to take him to a nearby clinic for treatment. After a while Mahmood Balde rang