{"id":4604,"date":"2021-12-24T13:38:24","date_gmt":"2021-12-24T13:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahmadiyya.uk\/ahmadiconverts\/?page_id=4604"},"modified":"2021-12-26T15:53:50","modified_gmt":"2021-12-26T15:53:50","slug":"financial-sacrifice","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ahmadiyya.uk\/ahmadiconverts\/financial-sacrifice\/","title":{"rendered":"Financial Sacrifice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1640528812334{margin-top: 30px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column]<style>.ld_fancy_heading_662c531a71591 .lqd-highlight-inner{height:0.275em!important;bottom:0px!important;}<\/style><div class=\"ld-fancy-heading ld_fancy_heading_662c531a71591\">\n\t<p class=\"ld-fh-element lqd-highlight-underline lqd-highlight-grow-left text-decoration-default\"   >  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text\">Whenever God showers a people or a community with His favour and His grace, he invariably requires some sacrifice from them. In other words, sacrifice is essential if one wants to gain the nearness of Allah and His pleasure. God Almighty says in the Holy Quran: &#8220;You cannot attain to righteousness unless you spend out of that which you love; and whatever you spend, Allah surely knows it well.&#8221; (3:93)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text\">Explaining the blessings of spending ones wealth in the way of Allah the Holy Prophet Muhammad<sup>saw<\/sup>\u00a0said:<\/p>\n<p><\/p><\/div><style>.ld_fancy_heading_662c531a74381 .lqd-highlight-inner{height:0.275em!important;bottom:0px!important;}<\/style><div class=\"ld-fancy-heading ld_fancy_heading_662c531a74381\">\n\t<p class=\"ld-fh-element lqd-highlight-underline lqd-highlight-grow-left text-decoration-default\"   >  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text\">Whenever God showers a people or a community with His favour and His grace, he invariably requires some sacrifice from them. In other words, sacrifice is essential if one wants to gain the nearness of Allah and His pleasure. God Almighty says in the Holy Quran: &#8220;You cannot attain to righteousness unless you spend out of that which you love; and whatever you spend, Allah surely knows it well.&#8221; (3:93)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text\">Explaining the blessings of spending ones wealth in the way of Allah the Holy Prophet Muhammad<sup>saw<\/sup>\u00a0said:<\/p>\n<p><\/p><\/div>[vc_wp_text]<\/p>\n<h4>&#8220;Whoever spends anything in the cause of Allah, is rewarded seven hundred times more.&#8221; (Tirmidhi)<\/h4>\n<p>[\/vc_wp_text]<style>.ld_fancy_heading_662c531a74b63 .lqd-highlight-inner{height:0.275em!important;bottom:0px!important;}<\/style><div class=\"ld-fancy-heading ld_fancy_heading_662c531a74b63\">\n\t<p class=\"ld-fh-element lqd-highlight-underline lqd-highlight-grow-left text-decoration-default\"   >  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text\">The Promised Messiah<sup>as<\/sup>\u00a0also highlighted the importance of financial sacrifices in this day and age. He said:<\/p>\n<p><\/p><\/div>[vc_wp_text]<\/p>\n<h4>&#8220;It goes without saying, that you cannot love two things at the same time: it is not possible for you to love wealth as well as to love Allah. You can love only one of them. Lucky is he who loves Allah\u201d. (Majmu\u2019ah Ishtaharat, volume 3, p. 497)<\/h4>\n<p>[\/vc_wp_text]<style>.ld_fancy_heading_662c531a74dd9 .lqd-highlight-inner{height:0.275em!important;bottom:0px!important;}<\/style><div class=\"ld-fancy-heading ld_fancy_heading_662c531a74dd9\">\n\t<p class=\"ld-fh-element lqd-highlight-underline lqd-highlight-grow-left text-decoration-default\"   >  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text\">Beloved Huzur, Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih V, may Allah be his helper, desires that new ahmadis take part in financial sacrifices from the very beginning so that as a result there faith gets strengthened. In this regard Beloved Huzur (aba) said:<\/p>\n<p><\/p><\/div>[vc_wp_text]<\/p>\n<h4>&#8220;If the habit of paying Chanda (financial sacrifices for the propagation of Islam) is inculcated in them (new ahmadis) from the very beginning, and they are told that Allah commands us to make sacrifices in the cause of His Religion,\u00a0their faith will get strengthened\u00a0and they will get accustomed to paying Chanda\u201d<br \/>\n(Friday Sermon, November 5, 2004)<\/h4>\n<p>[\/vc_wp_text]<style>.ld_fancy_heading_662c531a75021 .lqd-highlight-inner{height:0.275em!important;bottom:0px!important;}<\/style><div class=\"ld-fancy-heading ld_fancy_heading_662c531a75021\">\n\t<p class=\"ld-fh-element lqd-highlight-underline lqd-highlight-grow-left text-decoration-default\"   >  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text\">The UK New Ahmadis Department is here to help you in this regard and will assist you to embark on your spiritual journey of making sacrifices in the way of Allah Almighty. If you have any queries regarding participation in financial sacrifices please do not hesitate to get in touch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text\">Below you can find further information about how you can spend in the way of Allah.<\/p>\n<p><\/p><\/div>[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<div id=\"ld_content_box_662c531a75556\" class=\"lqd-fb lqd-fb-style-4 lqd-fb-zoom-img-onhover pos-rel ld_content_box_662c531a75556\">\n\t<div class=\"lqd-fb-inner\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"lqd-fb-img overflow-hidden\">\n\t\t\t<figure data-responsive-bg=\"true\"><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"lqd-fb-content pos-rel\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"lqd-fb-bg lqd-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"lqd-fb-hover-overlay lqd-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"lqd-fb-content-inner pos-rel text-center p-5\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"my-0 mb-3 font-weight-normal\">Zakat<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"my-0\"> <\/p>\n<p class=\"text\">Zakat is a fundamental pillar of Islam, and it is obligatory on Muslims who have held money or monetary forms in possession for one year, if in excess of the threshold (Nisab).<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lqd-fb-footer text-center py-3 px-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<style>.ld_button_662c531a771d1 .btn-icon{margin-inline-start:10px !important;}.ld_button_662c531a771d1 {line-height:1.5em; } .ld_button_662c531a771d1 {--element-line-height:1.5em; } .ld_button_662c531a771d1 {letter-spacing:0.05em; } .ld_button_662c531a771d1 {line-height:1.5em; } .ld_button_662c531a771d1 {--element-line-height:1.5em; } .ld_button_662c531a771d1 {letter-spacing:0.05em; } .ld_button_662c531a771d1 {line-height:1.5em; } .ld_button_662c531a771d1 {--element-line-height:1.5em; } .ld_button_662c531a771d1 {letter-spacing:0.05em; } .ld_button_662c531a771d1 {line-height:1.5em; } .ld_button_662c531a771d1 {--element-line-height:1.5em; } .ld_button_662c531a771d1 {letter-spacing:0.05em; } <\/style><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alislam.org\/library\/books\/An-Introduction-to-Financial-Sacrifice.pdf\" class=\"btn btn-naked text-uppercase btn-has-label ld_button_662c531a771d1\" >\n\t<span>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"btn-txt\" data-text=\"Read more\" >Read more<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t<span class=\"btn-icon\"><i class=\"lqd-icn-ess icon-md-arrow-round-forward\"><\/i><\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<div id=\"ld_content_box_662c531a77c15\" class=\"lqd-fb lqd-fb-style-4 lqd-fb-zoom-img-onhover pos-rel ld_content_box_662c531a77c15\">\n\t<div class=\"lqd-fb-inner\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"lqd-fb-img overflow-hidden\">\n\t\t\t<figure data-responsive-bg=\"true\"><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"lqd-fb-content pos-rel\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"lqd-fb-bg lqd-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"lqd-fb-hover-overlay lqd-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"lqd-fb-content-inner pos-rel text-center p-5\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"my-0 mb-3 font-weight-normal\">The New Dedication (Waqfe Jadid)<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"my-0\"> Allah Almighty has emphasised in the Holy Qur\u2019an that every Muslim should make financial sacrifices. Hence there are several financial sacrifice schemes in the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community known as \u201cChanda\u201d for the propagation of Islam. Before taking a big step new ahmadi brothers and sisters are encouraged to participate in a blessed scheme named \u201cWaqfe Jadid\u201d (The New Dedication). Beloved Huzur, may Allah be his helper, said in his Friday Sermon of January 9, 2004:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the very beginning it should be made clear upon New Ahmadis that if in the beginning they do not or cannot pay Chanda at the prescribed rate, as they have not yet had the proper training, they should be asked to start paying Chanda Waqf-e-Jadid or Chanda Tahrik-e-Jadid. 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