Bright Lights of the Ahmadiyya Movement — Page 38
-· 38 BRIGHT LIGH TS O F THE AHMADIYYA MOVEM ENT THE BASKET OF MELONS (Amtul Nur Ahmad) My dear children, today I want to share with you a beautiful event of Hazrat Amman Jee's life. Do you know who she was? She was the respected wife of our beloved Imam, Hazrat Maulvi Nuruddin, Khalifatul Masih the First. Amman Jee's name was' Sughrah Bibi', but we call her Amman Jee which means' Dear Mother'. She was the very first lady to accept her Bai 'at or pledge in front of the Promised Messiah (peace be on him) on the very first day the first Bai'ats were taken. That was the beginning of the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam. She was a very generous, kind-hearted lady and was always concerned about the welfare of the Jamaat. Once, a poor lady, who had no money came to her. Amman Jee gave her some money and advised her to buy a bushel of melons from a garden. She could then make some money selling the melons. Dear reader, the next day the lady got up early in the morning and bought a bushel of melons. She came to Amman Jee and asked her to buy some melons and also to pray for her so she could have a blessed start. Do you know what Amman Jee did? She smiled and said, "Now where will you go to sell those melons? O. K. , I will buy them all. " Since the woman had sold all of her melons, her work was done for the day, so Amman Jee told her to rest for the day. And children, this became the lifetime routine of this poor lady, whose problems were now solved. Now let us see, why did Amman Jee do this? She did it because she did not want to hurt the self-respect of a poor woman. What great love and concern! My dear children, such was the lifestyle of the companions of the Promised Messiah (peace be upon him)! QUESTIONS: 1. Who was Amman Jee? 2. How did she help the poor lady? ,