Odyssey of Sacrifice — Page 73
! 75 continues to write, that he would collect as much as last year’s Tehrike Jadid chanda. When the time for paying the dues came close, he opened the box and saw that the amount he had collected was minimal. He was still wondering about how he would pay his dues when he said that the Tehrike Jadid secretary came to him and told him that they are lacking a certain amount of money from this year’s total target and they have given him the responsibility of fulfilling it. So he said in response that his inco me is very limited and he cannot give such a large amount. Where would he get the money from? He said, “In any case, since you have come all this way, I will give you at least a little bit, even though I usually give what I have collected over the entire y ear at one time. And whatever I have collected for next year’s Tehrike Jadid I have decided to pay it after the announcement of New Year of Tehrike Jadid. ” He continues on to say that, “Then, I thought to myself, ‘if I want to receive the pleasure of Allah , then what is the difference between paying this year or next? I should give the money now because I have not completely collected the amount anyways. ’” So he gave the requested amount to the secretary Tehrike Jadid. And he says that, “I had just arrived at my house when an envelope came from somewhere. It was a letter from someone along with a check for the exact amount that I had just given to the secretary. The writer of the letter said that, “I had taken a loan from you and had forgotten about it and I just remembered it today so I am repaying you now. And I return it with due apologies. Subsequently, I received an additional amount from another source. In this way, not only did Allah balance out my payment, but He also granted me additional money. ”