An Introduction to Financial Sacrifice — Page 24
24 also be made by a hypocrite. Now that the time has come to make greater sacrifices, the hypocrites have began to fall and the sincere ones are progressing in their sacrifices. The distinction we see today is not because there were no hypocrites before and there are now, rather it is because there was no such distinction between the hypocrites and the believers as there is now. " 45 THE WORKERS FOR CHANDA COLLECTION ARE ALSO MUJ A HID I N IN THE WAY OF ALLAH "When you read about Hadrat Kh a lid, Hadrat Sa‘d, Hadrat ‘Amr bin Ma‘di Karb and Hadrat Jarrar, you wish that you had lived at their time and achieved similar feats. What you forget is that for every time and every thing there is a proper place. In this age, Allah Almighty has opened the door to the Jihad of Spreading the faith and Jihad against one’s own self, instead of Jihad with the sword. And we cannot spread the faith without money. You are the Muj a hid i n of this age and you deserve the same reward which those people did, and indeed you are getting it. Do what you are told with diligence and also teach others, so that all of you become Muj a hid i n in the way of Allah. A m i n. " 46 H A D RAT KHAL I FATUL MA SIH III rh OUR OBLIGATION "Allah has created us for the victory of Islam. Our job is to do whatever is in our power bring this about and to offer every sacrifice in this cause. Even if our efforts fall short of the necessary requirement, Allah will 45 Report Majlis Mushawarat , 1936. 46 Letter Hadrat Khalifatul Masih II, to members of M a l Karachi dated March 03, 1957.