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33 everyone of the good they have done. On the other hand, the pious and righteous ones, who have the love of the faith in their hearts, and whose incomes are pure, spend out of their pure incomes and try their best that no one should know about what they have spent. Allah Almighty greatly reveres such people. " 56 NEW A H MAD I S SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN CHANDA "If the habit of paying Chanda is inculcated in them from the very beginning, and they are told that Allah commands us to make sacrifices in the cause of His Religion, their faith will get strengthened and they will get accustomed to paying Chanda. There are a lot of new Ahmad i s who are not even told that they have to offer financial sacrifices. It is most essential to tell them about this. The Promised Messiah as has said that the faith of such people lies in danger who do not offer financial sacrifices. If this habit had been inculcated in the new Ahmad i s of India and Africa, not only would our Chandas have increased wondrously, but even our numbers could have increased manifold……………. . Hence, I wish to remind the Jam a ‘ats once again to establish these links and make them wider and also to pay greater attention towards Tarbiyyat (teaching and training). Get rid of your own tardiness and bring these new members to the fold of financial sacrifices, even if at first they pay only token amounts. Similarly, as I said earlier, parents should include their newborns in their financial sacrifices as well. In case of W a qf i n-e-Nau , it is most essential that every child that is born is made part of this system. " 57 o 56 Friday Sermon, January 9, 2004. 57 Friday Sermon, November 5, 2004.