تاریخ احمدیت (جلد 17)

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تاریخ احمدیت (جلد 17) — Page 105

۱۰۵ property that he should contribute in his lifetime one tenth of his weekly or monthly income to the Central Ahmadiyya Association for the propagation of Islam and for the promotion of human wel- fare۔It is necessary that the document bequeathing the property or setting out the promise in respect of these contributions should make it clear that the bequest or contributions as the case may be are free from all conditions and limitations and that the donor or his heirs or executors will in no circumstances question the disposal or disbursement of the property or the income by the Central Ahmadiyya Association or by any other authority which may be set up for carrying out the purposes and objectives of the scheme۔Once you have studied the whole document carefully you will fully grasp its grand purpose and objective but I also request Brother Khalil Ahmad Nasir that he should arrange that the purpose and objective of Al-Wasiyyat Should be explained to you by representa- tives of the Movement in detail at your respective centres۔In com- pliance with the spirit of Al-Wasiyyat the Ahmadiyya Association of the United States of America will arrange for the purchase as early as may be of a suitable plot of land in some central locality which may be dedicated as a place of burial for those who make their wills in compliance with the conditions set out in Al-Wasiyyat and the rules promulgated from time to time by the Head of the Movement and the Central Ahmadiyya Association and Tahrik-i- Jadid۔I am convinced that once this project is put into effect in the States, it will quickly gather force and thousands of your country- men may even millions will in due course join this scheme and thus swell the numbers of those who shall continuously devote their efforts and substantial portions of their incomes and properties to the objects mentioned in Al-Wasiyyat۔As the number of such sincere and devoted Ahmadis increases it may become necessary to establish similar burial places in different parts of the country and this shall be done from time to time as necessity shall require۔The income derived from the property so bequeathed or from the sale thereof and from the contributions made in this behalf shall be disbursed as follows:- (a) One half shall be remitted to the Central Ahmadiyya Association for the maintenance of Central institutions and for the propagation of Islam throughout the world including the United States of America where for a long time to come workers specially trained at the Centre will continue to be needed۔The two central institutions responsible for carrying on the work of propagation of Islam are the Central Ahmadiyya,۔sociation and the Tahrik-i-Jadid,