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! 74 said, “Do not mention this to my husband because I have taken this amount from our daughter’s wedding gifts with her approval. ” Hadhra t Khalifatul Masih III (rh) relates the story of a person who sacrificed for the Nusrat Jahaan Reserve Fund in the following manner: “One time, I reminded people of the Jama’at about pledging to the Reserve Fund and in response to this, I received a lett er from an Ahmadi in London few days ago, in which he wrote that I had saved up some money for my wedding, but since I have received your letter, I have decided to give this money to the Nusrat JahaanReserve Fund and have postponed my marriage. Thus, it is with the sacrifices of these kinds of people that the Nusrat Jahaan Reserve Fund has been established. ” 47 Next y ear’s c handa p aid in the c urrent y ear and Allah returned the e xact a mount Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih V (aba) presented a great example of the tru st of Allah in his Friday sermon on January 5, 2010: “A man wrote that for the entire year, he had been collecting money in a box so that when the announce ment to pledge money for Tehrike Jadid comes, he would donate the money collected. It was his desir e, he !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! 47 Mahmud Mujeeb Asghar, Hayate Nasir, p. 534