Flowers for the Women Wearing Veils - Volume II — Page 52
52 Thus, with this announcement, I bring this new proposition before the Jama'at. Those women who are free from their household obligations and they consider themselves to be useful for Ahmadiyyat , if Allah grants them the opportunity , I invite them to spend their remaining life in the tabligh of Ahmadiyyat. Then those young ladies whose parents allow them and who believe they can do t abligh should also come forward. B ut they should remember that they will only be useful for the Jama'at if their husbands are also life devotees. If they are engaged to a life devotee, then it will be eas y for them to join this scheme. If they believe they can control their emotions and limit their selection of spouses to life devotees only, then they should come forward for this scheme. Yesterday when I mentioned this scheme , one of the girls said , “I would like to devote my life. ” I told he r, “F irst , persuade your husband to dedicate his life. ” My understanding is that this scheme will be very useful for t abligh. It will yield many fruitful results. And t his veil , which not only covered their bodies, but their intellect as well, will be lifted. In a few years , our t abligh efforts will increase manifold. However, in order to achieve this, we will have t o organize something new. I believe that the existing system for the life devotee men is also ineffective. I have been pondering over this for the past two years. If Allah w ill s, once I am permanently settled in Rabwah, I will make such changes in this system which will be more beneficial and effective for the Jama'at. ( Al - Fazl , 26 April 1950, p p. 3 - 4)