Khalifatul-Masih IV — Page 63
63 BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLES OF HIS PERSONALITY their spiritual leader loves them much more. What an accurate assessment the professor carried out! 21 Spending in the Way of Allah Bashir Ahmad, who was very close to Hazrat rta , says: You may have noticed that during his sermons and Jalsa addresses, whenever he used to launch a financial scheme, he would be the first to contribute a large amount to it. During the speech he would announce that he would be donating such amount to the scheme and would give that amount soon afterwards. When an appeal was made for the Baitul-Futuh Mosque in Morden, he made a promise of £50,000 which he fulfilled. Then when he made the appeal a second time, he announced that he would bear 10% of the cost himself, which was equiv- alent to £500,000. After the sermon when Huzoor rta returned to his residence, I said to him that he had announced that he would bear 10% of the cost and whether he realised that such