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160 – the story of al-haj Rashid ahmad american progress corroborates my claim that Khil ā fah is the only key to success, and trumps all wordly advantages. SALE OF JAMA‘AH PROPERTY The St. Louis mission house was a residential building consisting of two floors. There was a caretaker living on the first floor and a family living on the second. The Jam ā ‘ah had been trying to sell this property for several years but was unsuccessful. The missionary who was coordinating these efforts was Maul aw i Shukr-Il a h i , the Missionary in Charge of America after Khal i l Ahmad N as ir left for Pakistan. One of my responsibilities as the St. Louis missionary was to correctly reflect the mission house’s tax exempt status, and then sell this dilapidated property. There were several years of delinquent taxes dating from 1949 to 1955. I was able to successfully clarify our proper tax exempt status with the Assessor’s Office in 1956 through the help of lawyers.