The Devotion of Life — Page 255
255 remember that they are Waqf till the Day of Judgment. ” (Friday Sermon Al Fazl 19 th October 1943) Devotion of Life to Become Rural Missionaries After a lengthy period of experience Hadrat Khalifatul Masih II ra observed that we could not prepare as many Missionaries as were needed. Allah the Exalted inspired him to start a Scheme for rural Missionaries. Huzur ra announced the third kind of Waqf (for rural Missionaries); He said: “I have decided that there should be two kinds of Missionaries- Those who could go and do Tabligh in large cities and towns, give lectures and hold seminars and can supervise other Missionaries working under them; other Missionaries would be sent for Tabligh in villages. Just as there are teachers of rural Primary schools, similarly rural Missionaries will be sent to people of the villages. They will be given a year’s education and made aware of salient matters and just as the village primary teachers are responsible for the education of the surrounding villages, similarly they will be responsible for Tabligh in their area. They will be taught commandments about the main issues of religion, for example, Salat , Fasting, Hajj, Zakat , Nikah etcetera. The translation of the Holy Qur’an will be taught, some Ahadith will be taught, and notes will be given on the important matters of the Movement. They will be given important instructions on education and training and they will