Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 161
LAST DAYS be provided for from any fund for orphans or the poor. A benevolent loan may be advanced, to be repaid by such of my sons as are able. My books and my property should be constituted into a trust for the benefit of my children. My successor should be one who is righteous, popular, erudite, and of good conduct. He should overlook the shortcomings of and exercise forbearance. towards the old and new friends of Hazrat Sahibas. I was a well-wisher of everyone; so should he be. The lessons of the Holy Quran and Hadith should be continued. 161 This will was recited three times upon the direction of Hazrat ra and he directed that it should be kept safe. The words of his final will fell upon the members like lightning and made everyone realise that their dear and beloved Imam, whose blessings they had been enjoying was about