Khuddamul Ahmadiyya and the Spirit of Sacrifice — Page 1
‑ 1 ‑ 1 ِ ِنَْمَدُہٗ وَنُصَلِّْ عَٰ رَسُوْلِہِ الْکَرِیْم بِسْمِ ہللاِ الرَّحْٰنِ الرَّحِیْم After the recitation of tashahhud , ta‘awudh and Surah Al-Fatihah , Huzoor said: I am happy to announce that Khuddamul Ahmadiyya is organising its twelfth annual [ijtema]. This is the age of adolescence, [meaning to say] the phase of life where the first of the five stages of maturity begins. The second starts at 15 when a person can participate in jihad. The third stage begins in the eighteenth year as jihad becomes obligatory, and then at 21 a person attains ownership of their wealth and property in accordance with the [Islamic] sharia. The fifth 1 In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. We praise Allah, the Exalted, the Greatest, and we invoke His blessings on His Holy Messenger sa. [Publishers]