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227 that your lives are not yours but are for Islam, the day when you do not merely consider this in your heart but start to base your actions on this, that is the day you will be able to the say that you are a living Community. ” Requirement of Life “What has been required of you and the only real requirement is the requirement of your life. Not only should you fulfil this requirement, rather, this requirement should always be present in your minds because you cannot achieve courage and intrepidness unless, having considered your life insignificant, you are ever ready to sacrifice it for the faith. ” (Friday Sermon 11 th January 1935) Youth Should Dedicate Their Lives “In order to propagate Islam in the foreign countries as well as to raise the name of Allah the Exalted and to implement the tasks of the movement in this country, I am in need of young men who would dedicate their lives for faith. I have always been advising that we do not have the monetary resources to expand the task of 'Tehrik-e-Jadid'. Even if the entire Community hands over all its wealth we still cannot acquire the kind of funds needed to accomplish the task that is before us. The way we can make it work is if young men dedicate their lives and work and make ends meet on what would be meagre allowances for them. So today, once again, I