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112 16. Keep the paths clean. 17. Protect women’s rights. 18. If possible members may build houses in Qadian. 19. Offer special prayers in order to succeed in these undertakings. Irsh a d a t With regard to some of the demands of Ta h r i k-e- Jad i d , Hadrat Khalifatul Masih II ra said: LEADING A SIMPLE LIFE "Financial sacrifice is greatly needed in this age. Therefore, all men and women should endeavour to make their lives simple and reduce expenses, so that whenever Allah calls for sacrifice they should be ready. Your intentions alone are not enough for you to sacrifice unless you also have the means to do so. A blind man cannot join Jihad no matter how much he may want to. A poor man, even if he desires to pay Zakat, cannot do so. A sick person cannot fast even if he craves to. Similarly, if we do not have the means, we can never offer the sacrifice which we want to. It is therefore essential to lead simple lives and be ready to present oneself before Allah when the time comes. 130 WAQF-E-ZINDAG I (LIFE DEVOTION) "He who devotes his life is not low rather he is great, if he abstains from every kind of laxity. " 131 "The nations which seek to save their lives are destroyed, only those nations live forever which are ever ready to sacrifice their lives. " 132 130 Al-Fa d l , June 12, 1935. 131 Friday Sermon, September 20, 1935. 132 Friday Sermon, February 5, 1937.