The Devotion of Life — Page 208
208 sacrifices offered by the ‘Mujahideen’ is mentioned in the book ‘Tareekh-e-Ahmadiyyat’ as follows: “The ‘Mujahideen’ travelled on foot for several miles in fierce and intense heat. At times, let alone food they did not even have water to drink. At meal times they would either eat leftovers or dry-roasted chick peas. If there was nothing else available they would add salt to flour and cook a flat bread themselves. They would sleep wherever they could at night. The Malkanas tried to look after them by offering them drinks of milk but they gratefully declined. Some well-off people tried to offer porters to carry the luggage of the missionaries but these gallant soldiers continued to carry their own luggage and travel on foot. With their task accomplished in one village they would promptly move onwards, regardless of what time of day it was or how far the next village was. At times they travelled during dark nights through risky and hazardous routes where wild boars and wolves were found in abundance. These ‘Mujahids’ did not even trouble the Malkanas for a drink of water and would simply inform them that their people would come by to teach them religion and would take nothing from them, rather they would be supporting themselves. Due to the reason that these people had been most disenchanted by the greed of their clergy, it was a source of great amazement to them to see servants of faith who had taken the responsibility of propagating Islam on a voluntary basis.