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80 the war. Then up on seeing him, others were also motivated , and they also began to sign up their names. That woman was not from a rank of land owner s, instead she was from the peasant class , about wh om the land owners often say with great contempt that they do not even know how to fight. But even as a non - land owner , she realized her responsibility, and realized it even in her situation as a widow with only one son, and no hope of having another son. She said , “When a call is rung out in the name of God and Islam , I must answer whether or not I am left with a son. ” Extreme emotions generate similar emotions in reaction. When she said this , many coward ly who were at first trying to save themselves , also began to offer their services. When I received this information and I read this incident in a letter, before I put that letter down , I prayed to God Almighty and said , Prayer for the Ahmadi W oman who M ade the S acrifice “O my Lord! This widowed woman is offering her only son for the service of Thy religion or for the cause of defending the Muslim country. O my Lord! It is my duty to offer more sacrifice than this widow. I plead to You , calling upon your Grandeur and pray to You that if there is a need for human sacrifice, then O my Lord, take not her son, but let it be my son who is killed. ” Similarly, our men went to another place, where there was another woman who was also not from the land owner class, but from the people who m the land owners contemptuously call Kameen [ the lowly ]. She also showed an excellent example of her sacrifice. She had two sons and two grandsons. When our men went and told them that in order to defend Pakistan, people should join the army, and th at she should offer one of her children to enlist in the army ; a t that time, the woman was standing outside and working. She right away called upon all four of her sons and grandsons and told our missionar y , “These are my two sons and two grandsons. Take all four of them with you. ” Then she turned to her sons and grand sons and said, “Look! I am not going to enter my home until you leave this place. ” When our man told her that at the moment they only needed one young man , not all four, she replied, “ I am prepared to send