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! 42 In 1920, Hadrat Khalifatul Masih II (ra) asked for financial sacrifice from women for the purpose of the building of the Berlin Mosque. His Holiness paid tribute to the grand sacrifices of the women in these words: “In 1920 the condition of the community was such that when I asked for 100,000 Rupees to be collected for the building of the Berlin Mosque, the women of the community collected that amount within a month. They took off their jewelry [for this purpose] … Whereas, in other people, the situation is this that people become apostate s due to [demands of] financial sacrifice, therein, we had this unique experience that I asked that this mosque will be built by Ahm adi women and it will be a gift from them to their Muslim brothers. Now, instead of the fact that these women, who are considered week, would back away after listening to this scheme. Instead, we saw a unique sight that 11 women entered the fold of Ahmadiy yat so that they can also partake in this blessed sacrifice … Hence, this scheme saved 11 souls from destruction and this was the first fruit of this blessed scheme. ” 30 Newspaper Al - Fadl was started in 1913. This is also an interesting tale of sacrifices, p resented here in the words of Hadrat Khalifatul Masih II (ra). Initiation of the Newspaper Al - Fadl and the great sacrifice of Hadrat Mahmooda Begum , w ife of Hadrat Khalifatul Masih II (ra) “Allah, the Almighty, put this in the heart of my wife the same w ay he put it in the heart of Hadrat Khadija (ra) to help the Holy Prophet (sa). She [my wife], knowing full well, that putting money in a newspaper is !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! 30 Friday Sermon published in Al - Azhar Li Zawatil Khumar