Perseverance — Page 93
Part II – My Life as a Muslim 93 Huzoor ra began his speech which lasted for approximately 3 ½ hours. This he did standing in spite of the condition of his legs. Huzoor’s work was not lessened. The meeting began at 9 o’clock and he said that his health was not good. It was in such condition that he said he was unable to stand and began the meeting sitting. It was on this day that he did most of the budget work because this was the day of the closing session and the committee had not solved their problems. After closing the meeting Huzoor ra said that if the committee wanted, they could meet him after the Zuhr and ‘ Asr prayers to finish the work. The prayers were joined and the session began. Hazrat S a hib began talking and gave explanations to the problems until 20 minutes to Seven. Finishing this work Huzoor ra when leaving the Mosque, was confronted by a person from the Tehr ī k-e- Jad ī d budget committee who asked, “Huzoor, what about the Tehr ī k budget?” Huzoor ra said, “You can come tomorrow and we will do it. ” The person asked at what time. Huzoor ra said, “Whatever time you come, eight or nine o’clock in the morning. ” Then Huzoor ra went into his home, made wuz u [ wu du ’ in Arabic] and returned to lead the Maghrib and ‘ Ish ā ’ prayers. APRIL 21, 1952 – THE DEATH OF THE MOTHER OF THE FAITHFUL R A , HAZRAT UMM-UL-MO’MININ Early in the morning about 12 or 1 o’clock [Rashid had written a notation in his memoirs that he was in doubt about this time], members of the Khudd ā m were going from door to door knocking,