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105 or asked to donate to charity, she is very generous. She detests lying and does not tolerate falsification in her presence. So, for such a woman, great virtue will not be increasing in financial sacrifice or despising falsehood. Instead, for her, greater piety would be to act upon this injunction of the Holy Qurān which commands you to keep your dress modest and to observe Purda. She is ignoring this directive considering it to be of little value, but later on this approach can shove her towards grave misdeeds. However, the standard of every vice and virtue is based on the state of each individual. Actions of different people, in diverse situations, define their piety or impiety for them. ” (Friday Sermon, delivered December 13, 2013 at Baitul Futuh Mosque, London, Al- Fazl International, January 3, 2014) The Custom of Burqa in Arabs and Turks At the occasion of Jalsa Salana UK, while addressing Ahmadi women and girls in particular, Huzoor Anwar atba focused their attention on fulfilling all aspects of observing veiling (Purda) and said: “Hazrat Musleh Mau‘ūd ra , after explaining various circumstances, remarked that the current custom of wearing Burqa (outer coat) in Arabs and Turks is quite nice. But like I have said, such a coat should have loose-fitting. With the grace of Almighty Allah, the majority of women in Jamā‘at Ahmadiyya dislike certain coats and if they see others wearing them, they write to me, and many of them have mended their ways after being counselled only once. But I worry when some girls in schools and colleges remove their coats because they feel shy and awkward. They should always remember that there is no need to suffer from any type of complex. The