An Introduction to Financial Sacrifice — Page 22
22 time they were told to sacrifice a paisa 42 out of a rupee for Chanda. Time went on, and once again they heard the call from Markaz to sacrifice their lives and properties for the faith. Once again they came and this time they were told to sacrifice two paisas out of a rupee instead of one paisa. Things continued in this manner, until the call which has began with a Dhela reached paisas. They were told to give two paisas and then three and then four. Once again, when the time came, they were told to make a Wa s iyyat of one tenth of their incomes and properties. Then they were told that this was not enough and that they should try to give one ninth and those whom Allah had given the means should give even more. Those whom Allah has blessed with a thinking and understanding mind know that with each step we are being drawn nearer to the ultimate purpose without which nations cannot stay alive. Some people are led to think that words like sacrifice and devotion which are used time and again don’t mean anything. They imagine sacrifice to mean giving an anna or anna and a half at most. As far as sacrificing time is concerned, they imagine that out of the twenty four hours it is enough to sacrifice an hour or two. They are completely oblivious of the fact that one day they could actually have to come forward to sacrifice their lives and property…. It is very likely that one day … there could come the true call from Allah’s representative requiring the true manifestation of the call which was made fifty or sixty years ago. At that time, some of you, due to the veil of indifference which will have covered you with the passage of time, may think that sacrificing property means only to give a rupee, and sacrificing life means to give an hour or so out of a week or a month, but this will not be so. It will not be the time to sacrifice an hour or two hours, rather it will be a matter of sacrificing one’s whole life……. Similarly, it will not suffice to 42 A Paisa was one hundredth of a Rupee.