Flowers for the Women Wearing Veils - Volume II — Page 149
149 Financial Sacrifices of Ahmadi Women Friday Sermon Delivered by Hazrat Mirza Bashir - ud - D in Mahmud Ahmad, Khalifat - ul - Masih II ra Praise o f t he Sacrifices b y Women An appeal for funds for the Holland M osque was made to women, and they proved to be better than men in making financial sacrifice. Granted their target was not larg e, but women do not earn money in our country. If we observe Islam ic law, a woman ’s income should be half th at of a man, because Sharia h has established half a share for a woman and a whole share for a man. Thus , if a man donated forty thousand rupees, a woman should have given twenty thousand rupees. But the reality is that where the men have given one rupee in chanda , women have contribu ted nearly one hundred rupees. They [the women] have paid for the cost of the land, and there are still six to seven thousand rupees , with the addition of a little more money , that will cover the construction of the Hollan d M osque. Furthermore, they have given this contribution at a time when it is the case that the less money someone ha s the greater is their resolve. Because men have more money, they have less courage. As w omen possess less money , they say, “We don’t have any money anyway. Whatever we get, let us spend it in the way of Allah and so ear n the pleasure of Allah. ” Thu s, it has been our experience that women sacrifice much more than their means and capa city whilst men sacrifice less than their means and capa city. If we were to look, women always seem to have a higher position. W henever the Holy Prophet s a had a need for special sacrifice, he sa would appeal to women. This is because he sa knew that women are more passionate. W hen a woman decide s to sacrifice, she will sacrifice t o an extraordinary level. The Example o f a Female Companion’ s ra Sacrifice Once the Holy Prophet sa was in need [of fu nds], so after Eid prayers he made an appeal to the women. T hey immediately removed their