The Devotion of Life — Page 155
155 that time, many eminent scholars in the Indian sub- continent who provided an invaluable service by propagating the message of Islam in different parts of the world and are still occupied in that endeavour. Appeal for Religious Madrassah in Memory of The Promised Messiah as It was in the very early period of the Khilafat of Hadrat Khalifatul Masih I ra that he felt he should make an appeal to set up a religious Madrassah on a grand scale in memory of the Promised Messiah as where preachers and lecturers should be trained. During the lifetime of the Promised Messiah as in 1905, a branch of religious education had been set up in the Talimul Islam School but it did not really take off as desired because of shortage of funds. Therefore, on the instructions of Hadrat Khalifatul Masih I ra , Hadrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmood Ahmad ra , Hadrat Nawab Mohammad Ali Sahib ra , Hadrat Dr. Khalifa Rashidudin Sahib ra and Maulvi Mohammad Ali Sahib ra placed this proposal before the whole Jama’at and told them that to run a first class Madrassah requires a decent building and it is essential to have a comprehensive library there. This Madrassah would be instrumental in promoting Islam in the world and would also be a memory to the wishes of the Promised Messiah as. They urged all the members of the Jama’at to make maximum financial sacrifices for this Project. They further wrote that if anyone thought that the expenses were too great and the Jama’at could not sustain them, it would be a thought of weakness. (Tarikh-e-Ahmadiyyat; vol. 4, p. 230)