Odyssey of Sacrifice — Page 71
! 73 thought then when Allah is providing in such a manner then why shouldn’t he increase his pledge to 10,000 instead of 5,000 rupees. Then, he told his wife that I have decided upon this and Al lah has started treating me in this manner, what do you want to do? The wife also increased her pledge to the same amount. I know them personally, there means are not such that they can easily pay this amount, but because they have an understanding of the Word of Allah, firm faith in the truthfulness of the Promised Messiah (as), have a realization of the needs of the community, they consider Khilafate Ahmadiyya to be a blessing of God that is why they were able to take such a fearless step. May Allah bless their, and every other such persons’, property and persons immensely. Allah never wastes such sacrifices. ” Sacrifice of savings for wedding for the donation of Tehrik - e - Jadid Hadrat Khalifatul Masih V (aba) in his Friday Sermon of 2012 about Tehrik - e - Jad id mentioned an incident of a woman who donated the money saved for her daughter’s wedding with her permission. Hadrat Khalifatul Masih V (aba) said: “Muhammad Shabab, inspector of Tehrik - e - Jadid , Andhra Pradesh, writes that a very sincere female member o f the Iskandarabad Jama’at presented a great example of financial sacrifice. The woman’s husband, who was hospitalized for a long time due to heart complications, was not able to render his Tehrik - e - Jadid donation. Their daughter was soon to be married as well. When the secretary of Tehrik - e - Jadid asked the woman to pay the chanda , the woman immediately paid the amount and