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! 83 from the men and the women were not asked to participate. She said that she only now realized the importance of the Tehrike Jadid and that she felt that she needed to double her pledge from the one she currently had. This lady is a pious and sincere Ahmadi who had accepted Ahmadiyyat six years ago. ” The b lessings of financial sacrifice prevent a fatal accident Hadrat Khalifatul Masih V (aba), in his Friday sermon of June 21, 2012, spoke of the following incident: "Amir Sahib of Gambia says that two brothers accepted Ahmadiyyat in Njongon village. They were both preparing to attend an event of Majlis Khuddamul Ahmadiyya [Youth Auxiliary], when a non - Ahmadi man invited them to go fishing that day. One of the brothers declined and said that he had to attend the Ijtema [convention]. The other one instead paid the Ijtema dues and instead went fishing. During the event, news reached that the (non - Ahmadi) man has had an accident and the boat ha d capsized. The young man who had gone to the Ijtema said that his brother would survive, as he had paid chanda. Afterwards, they heard that indeed the brother had survived the accident, whereas their other friend had been killed. " The b lessings of c handa turn a d rought into r ain