Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 353
353 met with from this source. When one party which has the charge of these affairs shall die, their successor shall also have the same responsibilities and they shall fulfil their obliga- tions in accordance with the directions of the Ahmadiyya Mis- sion. The orphans and the poor and the new converts who have no means of livelihood and are members of this propaganda shall also be supported out of this income, and it will be lawful to in- vest the property thus collected in some commercial enterprise. Do not think that this is improbable, for it is the will of the Al- mighty who is the Ruler of heaven and earth. I am not anxious as to how so much property would be available and wherefrom shall rnen come who will snow this courage by the zeal of faith but I fear that. after our time there may be those who having charge of these incomes may stumble on account of the abundance of wealth and love of this world* Therefore I pray that this propaganda may always have such trustees in it who should work only for the sake of God. But it would be lawful that those who have no means of subsistence should be paid out of these funds by way of assistance. 3, The third condition is that the person who is buried in this graveyard should be a pious rnao, shunning all that is pro- hibited, not resorting to shirk or innovation ; in short, he should be a true and sincere Muslim. 4. Every righteous man who has no property and who cannot pay any subscription shall be entitled to be buried in this graveyard if in is proved that he devoted his life to his religion and \vas a pious man. DIRECTIONS. 1. Everyone who in accordance with the conditions above stated desires to make a will should, after it is executed proper- ly, make it over to the person who is in charge of such wills