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25 Himself do the rest by His grace…. Our spiritual eye can discern the victory of Islam over the horizon of the current turmoil, but we will still have to make sacrifices for it and will have to spend our time and money in this cause. " 47 WA S IYYAT IS A GREAT INSTITUTION "Through the Promised Messiah as , Allah Almighty has established the system of Wa s iyyat in Jam a ‘at Ahmad i yya. Wa s iyyat is indeed a great institution in every aspect. The purpose of Wa s iyyat is that among the members of the Ahmad i yya Movement, there should be a group which should fulfil its obligations in view of the teachings of Islam with such diligence and sacrifice, that it should become clearly distinguishable from the others. Wa s iyyat does not mean merely to sacrifice one tenth of one’s property. Rather it is a system which lifts man from the depths of the earth and elevates him to the heights of heaven. " 48 THE STATUS OF A M USI " Wa s iyyat is an institution which was established by Divine will. The rate of Wa s iyyat was fixed by the Promised Messiah as and no Khalifa can change it. 1/10 will always remain 1/10. So, anyone who promises to give 1/10 but actually gives less, ceases to be a M usi. A M usi is one who is foremost in his sincerity, his fear of Allah, his purity, his morals and indeed in every other quality. Similarly a M usi has to be foremost in his financial sacrifice as well. If a M usi does not live up to this standard, we should do him a favour and remove him from the list of M usia n. This is better for him rather than that he would die while in breach of his promise to Allah. 47 Message to Jals a S a l a na Qadian, 1978. 48 Friday Sermon, April 30, 1982.