The Devotion of Life — Page 207
207 At the occasion of Eid-ul-Adhia, cash in thousands was sent to slaughter animals for Malkan people for the apostasy cause. Some underprivileged people who did not have any cash sold their house, land or animal stock to participate in this. It is said that the famous Punjabi poet Dr. Manzoor Ahmad Sahib Bhairvi sold his buffalo and thus participated in this cause. Although he sold the buffalo at a loss, Dr. Sahib was most pleased at this apparent deficit deal. Along with men, ladies too proved their spirit of sacrifice. Lajna Ima’illah sent twenty large shawls to those Malkan women who stayed firm on Islam at the time of apostasy. The daughter of Hadrat Khalifatul Masih II ra , Sahibzadi Amatul Qayyum, who was six years old at the time gave a small shawl and said that it should be given to a young Malkan girl. (Karzad Shidhi p. 43 – 45 by Master Muhammad Shafi Aslam Sahib) The Sacrifices of the Life Devotees and their Magnificent Results Huzur ra initiated the practical side of this ‘Tehrik’ as early as the middle of March 1923. An office by the name of ‘Sigha Insidaad e Irtidaad’ (Department for the Prevention of Apostasy) was opened. Thus groups of large numbers of life devotees began going to the areas where apostasy was taking place through an organised system and by offering great sacrifices brought back followers of the Holy Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) to the true faith. A brief sketch of the difficulties faced and the