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xiv parents and good children in practice, for that is the out- standing quality of this booklet. May Allah bestow His special mercy on the deceased and on her late husband, and may He enable their progeny and all of us so to order our lives as to win His pleasure through service of the faith and service of His creatures. Amen. The booklet proved very popular and has had to be reprinted sev- eral times. On one occasion a Frontier Afghan Chieftain, who did not wish to be further identified, came upon a copy of it by chance, and was so deeply impressed by it, that he had one thou- sand copies of it printed for free distribution. He appended a per- sonal tribute, which ran as follows: I came across the booklet in Karachi when a friend lent me a copy. I was charmed by it and read it through several times, and made up my mind that I would not part with it. But my friend insisted upon its return and I had to restore it to him most reluctantly. For a whole year I continued my search for it. In the end another friend kindly offered to lend it to me. I have had a thousand cop- ies of it printed, and am arranging to furnish my friend with three hundred copies in return for the one that he lent me, so that he may present a copy free to any of his friends who may wish to read it. Normally, I should have obtained the author’s per- mission for printing it, but as I did not intend to have it printed for sale, and my sole purpose was to make it