The Will — Page 41
Appendix Relating to Risalah al-Wasiyyat 41 is facing some obstacles regarding the graveyard, it should be able to overcome them before giving permission for the burial. 6. If, God forbid, a person who has complied with all the conditions laid down in die of plague, it shall be obligatory that his/her body is placed in a coffin and bur- ied in trust at some other place for a period of two years. After two years, his/her body shall be brought to Qadian at a time when the place where the testator died as well as Qadian are free of the plague. 7. It should be kept in mind that [for burial in this graveyard] it is not enough merely that one tenth of one’s movable and immovable property is bequeathed, but it is also necessary that the testator, to the best of his/her capacity, complies with the commandments of Islam and strives for matters pertaining to Taqw a and Purity, is a Muslim, believes in one God, and has true faith in His Messenger. Moreover he/she does not violate the rights of fellow men. 8. If a person bequeaths one tenth of his/her assets and dies accidentally, for instance, by drowning; or if he dies in another country from where it is difficult to bring his/her body, his/her will shall remain valid and, in the sight of God, he/she will be considered to have been buried in this graveyard. And it shall be permissible that in his/her mem- ory a headstone—made of bricks or stone—be erected with an inscription stating some facts about him/her. 9. The Anjuman controlling these funds shall not be author- ised to spend them for purposes other than those pertain- ing to the objectives of Ahmadiyya Jam a ‘at and of these the