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150 jewelry and donated it to the fund. Generally , women are greatly attached to their jewelry, as jewelry tends to be their only asset. However , when motivated by passion, she takes that very jewelry , which she loves so much and tosses it aside [in the cause of Allah]. This is exactly what th os e women did. T hey took off their jewelry. However , since most of the women were poor, they had less costly jewelry; some gave rings, some gave earrings, and others gave varying items of similar nature. The Holy Prophet sa told one of his c ompanions ra to collect the jewelry, so he walked around collecting the jewelry in a sack while the women sat with their faces covered in their veils. At that time , a girl from a rich family took a gold bracelet off her arm and put it in the collection sack. When the Holy Prophet sa saw that she had made a large donation for the sake of Allah , he said , “Y our other arm also begs to be saved from the fire of hell. ” At this , she donate d her second bracelet as well. I have observed that women have a greater capacity for sac rifice than men. To some extent, this is the result of being more passionate , but also because of the divine design that the less money one has, the greater is the spirit [of sacrifice]. If a woman, despite her natural weakness and inherent fragility can excel in the field of sacrifice; then why cannot men overcome their weakness? ( Al - Fazl , 20 December 1951, p. 5) Scheme for Chanda for Holland Mosque Delivered by Hazrat Mirza Bashir - u - D in Mahmud Ahmad, Khalifat - ul - Masih II ra 27 December 1951 Ha z rat Khalifat - ul - Masih II ra said: Today I normally have a speech on the women’s side as well. However, this year the women gave up their right on their own for some [prevailing] reasons. As women wear burqa it is not possible to fully monitor [them] for security. It is possible that a man may enter [disguised