Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 454
:454 duties of a &rusliTn'and it has been considered as one of the disin> guishiug features of the : Moslems that they ask the people to do good and prohibit from doing evil a duty the performance of which made the Muslims so successful in the beginning, hence the Promised Messiah has laid much stress upon this point and has made it obligatory for the members of the Community that ; they should send a part of their income to Qadian for this "pur 4 - pose. This money is spent for the propagation of Islam on the lines fixed by the Promised Messiah. Hence every Ahmadi should make it- a rule for himself to send a part of his income for the furtherance of the objects of the Movement. The amount of this contribution has not been fixed but left to be determined by the love and zeal of a man for the Movement. Be the sum small or great, it is obligatory on every Ahmadi to help the Movement With his mite. Some friends spend one tenth and even more of their income for the help of their religion. The Management of the Ahmadiyya Movement. As has been the custom of God from timeHmmemqrial that He starts a line of successors for rooking after the welfare of the community which is prepared by the Messengers of God, so in this age too he has started a line of successors. Without it no progress is possible, for a disorganised body is incapable of per- forming anything great. Henoe for ihe purpose of keeping the community united, and for using its potentialities collectively for the welfare of Islam a line of successors has been started. This is our firm conviction, as it is also mentioned in chapter xxiv, 55, that successors are appointed by God. Hence it is the duty of every Ahmadi, as long as it pleases God fco favour us with V this blessing, accept. the. Baiab of the (Jaliphs one after another.