The Devotion of Life — Page 202
202 would not hesitate in spending the entire estate of his Community valued at approximately 20 million Rupees. (Tareekh-e-Ahmadiyyat vol. 5 p. 332) As a result, on 7 th March 1923 Huzur ra announced that to raise the banner against the crisis of apostasy, the Ahmadiyya Community should prepare to make every kind of sacrifice. Devotion of three months at a time On 9 th March 1923 during his Friday Sermon Huzur ra made a Tehrik (motivational appeal) that at the time one hundred and fifty devoted Ahmadis were needed to counter the apostasy crisis; that they should come to the forefront, regardless of the livelihood of their families. Explaining the extent of this crisis to the Community and informing them about his Scheme, he said: “We need about one hundred and fifty people right now who would work in this area. The method of this work would be that these people would be divided over groups of thirty Jama’ats each. They will have four groups of thirty each and thirty men will be kept in reserve for contingency needs. Each of these one hundred and fifty would have to devote three months for this at the moment. They will not be given a penny from us. They will have to support themselves and their families apart from those whose arrangements are made by us. They will be given travel expenses for travel in the lowest class regardless of their status in life and the allowances paid will also be minimal. Apart from these people,