An Introduction to Financial Sacrifice — Page 122
122 want to sacrifice even more but you must control yourselves. Secondly, only those should participate in this scheme who can say, with Allah as their witness, that their payment of obligatory Chandas is up to date and they pay at the prescribed rate, both in case of Chanda Wa s iyyat and Chanda ‘ A m. Those who have not yet been able to achieve this must not participate in this scheme either. " 142 Members of the Jam a ‘at responded to this scheme with enthusiasm. Under this scheme, a hundred accommodation quarters have been built and provided for poor and deserving people. In addition, many poor members of the Jam a ‘at have been partially aided to build their own houses. The repair and maintenance of these quarters is also ongoing. The Chanda given for this purpose is called the Chanda Buy u tul H amd. o Yat a ma Fund As a welcome for the second century of Ahmad i yyat, Sayyidn a Hadrat Khalifatul Masih IV rh announced that the Jam a ‘at would take care of one hundred orphans. So while the Jam a ‘at looked for the one hundred orphans who would be looked after, the faithful believers were called to pay Chanda for this purpose. Allah Almighty so ordained, that as soon as the particulars of orphans became available, the money that was required also began to pour in. Now this scheme is no longer confined to looking after one hundred orphans. The number of families being looked after has exceeded one 142 Friday Sermon October 29, 1982.