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323 acknowledge their ‘favour’ rather than acknowledge their sacrifices but then I did not utter the word favour because it is the obligation of every believer to make sacrifices for faith. That is the reason I said the Community cannot decline to acknowledge their sacrifices. However, there is no doubt that the task they are carrying out is a task of the Community and in this respect each person of the Community should remember these Missionaries in their prayers. Similarly, other Missionaries are also working with sincerity and sense of sacrifice in other countries. Sufi Mati ur Rahman Sahib is working in the USA and is facing some problems, Maulvi Mubarak Ahmad Sahib is working in East Africa, Maulvi Ramzan Ali Sahib is working in South America, Chaudhary Muhammad Sharif Sahib is working in Palestine and Egypt. I have already mentioned Hakeem Fazl ur Rahman, Maulvi Nazir Ahmad Sahib Mubasher Sialkoti is working in Gold Coast these days. Although some Jama’ats are established there, he is looking after a Jama’at of a thousand by himself. His sacrifice is of significance in this respect as well as that he is working on an honorary basis. The Community does not assist him at all. He too has been separated from his family and friends for about eight years. In fact, due to going away for Tabligh , he could not even arrange for the send-off ceremony of his wife. ” Merely with His Grace and Mercy Allah the Exalted accepted the imploring entreaties of Hadrat Ameerul Momineen and the Community, and protected these gallant