An Introduction to Financial Sacrifice — Page 43
43 Assessment of Income Budget Budget Assessment is a very vital and important matter and it is of fundamental value for stability in receiving Chandas and their gradual increase. Each year every Jam a ‘at should know what its potential is for Chanda , who is part of the Chanda system and who is not yet part of it, who is giving Chanda in keeping with his true income and who needs to be reformed in this matter. Jam a ‘ats are at times mistaken in thinking that if they draw their budgets in this manner, they will not be able to collect the whole payment and, in order to avoid being embarrassed before Markaz , they draw their budgets in keeping with the payments of their members rather than their potential. This is not right. In this way they create a false impression before the Markaz. The correct way is that all earning members should be included in the budget according to their true incomes. CHANDA FOR LADIES On the occasion of Mush a wrat 1937, Hadrat Khalifatul Masih II ra said: "As from now, Chanda will be received at the full rate not only from men but also from women who have regular incomes, whether it is in the form of pocket money they receive from their husbands or from some other source. Other women will not be bound to pay at the specified rate, but should make sacrifices according to their circumstances and their ability". 65 TO ASCERTAIN THE INCOME In reply to a query in this regard Hadrat Khalifatul Masih IV rh , said: 65 Report Majlis-e-Mushawarat 1937.