The Will

by Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad

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The Will — Page 40

T HE W IL L—AL-WA T HE W IL L—AL-WA S S IY YAT IY YAT 40 in full possession of his/her faculties. The testator should explicitly state that he/she bequeaths or endows one tenth of all of his/her movable and immovable property for the propagation of the objectives of the Ahmadiyya Jam a ‘at. And it shall be obligatory that the testator publishes this [declaration] in at least two newspapers. 3. It shall be binding on the Anjuman that, after fully satis- fying itself regarding the legal and shar‘ i 1 validity of the contents of , it issues a certificate to the testator, duly signed and sealed. And when, in accordance with the regulations stated above, a dead body is brought to the graveyard for burial, the certificate must be presented to the Anjuman , and in accordance with the directives of the Anjuman. After the Anjuman has surveyed where the deceased can be buried, the coffin shall be buried at the spot specified by the Anjuman for the burial. 4. Since all children who have not come of age go to heaven, they shall not be buried in this graveyard except when the Anjuman suggests that there are special circumstances owing to which such a burial could take place. Nor shall any relative of the deceased be buried in this graveyard, unless he/she on his/her own complies with the condi- tions laid down in ‘’. 5. It shall not be permissible for the body of a person who has not died in Qadian to be brought to Qadian without a coffin. Also it shall be necessary to inform the Anjuman one month in advance, so that if at the time the Anjuman 1. Pertaining to the Islamic Sharia (Islamic Law). [Publisher]