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! 44 building the house of Allah then why shouldn’t we have firm faith that God w ill make a house for His poor servant in heaven and will reward her from His blessings. ” 32 Hadrat Khalifatul Masih II (ra) mentions an incident of the old times when there was a lot of poverty that an elderly widow pledged 50 cents a month. One can imagine the value of 50 cents in those days, and how difficult it would be for her to pay those 50 cents. But after paying 50 cents for a few months, that elderly woman became very anxious that it would take her a year to fulfill her pledge. She presented the rest of the amount to Hadrat Khalifat ul Masih II (ra) and said that she ha d decided that she would fulfill my pledge all at once even if she had to stay hungry. That woman actually had to stay hungry to save those 50 cents. Now, seemingly, this was a very smal l sacrifice but it was this passion, this devotion, donating one’s wealth being completely engrossed in the love of Allah , which is now working in favor of the community. Hadrat Khalifatul Masih IV (rh) mentioned in his speech of September 12 th , 1992 at t he occasion of Jalsa Salana Germany: “Hadrat Fadle Umar [Khalifatul Masih II (ra)] mentions the sacrifice of an Ahmadi Pakhtoon lady at the time of the construction of the Berlin mosque. He says that, ‘[she was] elderly and couldn’t walk with firm feet. Sh e came to me and put two rupees in my hands. Her language was Pashto. She could only speak a little Urdu with much difficulty. She was so poor that she was living on an allowance from the community. She !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! 32 Al - Fadl, March 14 th , 1944, p. 11