Khalifatul-Masih IV — Page 60
hazrat rta 60 mosquito would bite them. He asked if Huzoor rta could buy him one. Huzoor rta asked, ‘Which fan would you like to have?’ He replied, ‘Please buy us a pedestal fan. ’ Huzoor rta purchased it for them and had it placed on a tonga [a horse-drawn cart] and delivered to their home. When I came to the Waqf-e-Jadid office as a member of the staff, my home used to be in Darus-Sadr * and I did not have a bicycle. When I would return home, after office hours, Huzoor rta would have me sit behind him on his bicycle. He would not let me cycle even after I insisted and would simply say, ‘Please sit behind me. ’ I would say, ‘It is hot and the breeze does not reach the back. ’ Huzoor rta would reply, ‘Then come sit at the front. ’ 18 Sahibzadi Amatul Basit, Huzoor’s sister, narrates: Huzoor rta would distribute medicines from home. Once, on the third day of Jalsa, a daughter was born to him who passed * Name of a local neighbourhood.