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96 He took the pot to the man who had sold him the land and told him , ‘This is your gold. Take it. ’ The seller of the land said , ‘ I sold you the land. Now, this is yours as well. ’ This continued until a fight was about to break out between the two. The issue went to the court and the judge stated that if one had a boy and the other a girl, they should marry them and sp end the gold on their wedding. ( If it was a woman from the current era , she would have commented, don’t [even try, you won’t] succeed ). There is a possibility that in future you w ill also vie with one an other to do more work and when the next report comes to me , it w ill state that there were only workers and no guests. ” After this H u z oo r ra led a long prayer. ( Lajna History, V ol. 2, p. 147) An Appeal for Donations for the Holland Mosque Delivered by Hazrat Mirza Bashir - ud - D in Mahmud Ahmad, Khalifat - ul - Masih II ra Rabwah May 12, 1950 “ Today, I very briefly call the Jama'at ’s attention towards th ose chanda initiatives which ha ve been regularly announced for some time by the Wa kalat Ma a l [ Department of F inance ] for some time in the [ Jama'at ] newspaper. It is for the funds that are needed for the construction of m osques in Holland and Washington. In every age, there are certain centers of population and then there are certain centers of civilization. In this age some nations have a special significance … The s econd appeal is for donations for the Holland Mosque. People say that women do not have money , but perhaps their hearts are big. Men are to raise nearly one hundred and fifty thousand rupees, but so far , they have pledged only eleven thousand seven hundred and fifty rupees. W omen were asked to raise an amount of sixty thousand , but they have already pledged sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty rupees. In other words , the pledges made by women are proportionately one and a