Khalifatul-Masih IV — Page 7
7 BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD team was very strong. He agreed to play. Ironically, he used the same scissor kick on the very first player of the opposing team and broke his leg too! After this incident, he decided never to play kabaddi again and quit for good. However, his interest in the game never ceased. He was also very good at archery and was an excellent horseback rider and a strong swimmer. He was a very courageous and strong individual. His sister, respected Amatul Qayyum, narrates that in childhood when Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad rta was asked what he wanted to be when he grew up, he would say earnestly, ‘I will be the people’s shepherd. ’ In 1934, when Hazrat Musleh Mau’ood ra launched the Tahrik-e- Jadid and Waqf-e-Zindagi schemes, Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad rta was only nine years old but despite that, he presented himself for waqf, or a lifelong sacrifice to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. He also started to pay his chanda or obligatory alms regularly, which he would save out of his own pocket money.