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WA S IYYAT RULES 24 to transport his dead body, his Wa s iyyat shall nonetheless remain valid', provided that he has fulfilled all the conditions of Wa s iyyat ; 'and in the sight of Allah such a person shall be as though he were buried in the Bahishti Maqbarah ; and it would be permissible to erect a stone in his memory in the Bahishti Maqbarah. ’ (Appendix to Al-Wasiyyat Clause 8) Rule 90. Prior permission of Majlis Karpardaz shall be necessary for any inscription on a tomb-stone other than the usual ones. Rule 91. The case for burial of a non- M usi in Bahishti Maqbarah as prescribed in the booklet Al-Wasiyyat and clause 18 of appendix thereof, may be submitted to Hadrat Khalifatul Masih by the unanimous recommendation of S adr Anjuman Ahmadiyya Pakistan. The aforementioned condition of Booklet Al-Wasiyyat reads thus: ‘Every righteous person who possesses no property whatsoever and cannot render any financial service may be buried in this Graveyard, if it be established that he lived a life devoted to the cause of the Religion and was a righteous man. ’ Clause 18 of Appendix to booklet Al-Wasiyyat reads thus: ‘If a person possesses no movable or immovable property and yet it is proved that he is a righteous dervish, a God-fearing and a true believer with no element of hypocrisy or love of this world or shortcoming in his submission, may be buried in this graveyard with my permission or after me with the unanimous opinion of the Anjuman. ’