Intro
In roughly 1905-1906, MGA said if any Ahmadi doesn’t pay him chanda for 3 months, kick him out! (See Lauh-ul-Mahdi, P. 1; As reported in “Qadiyaniat-An Analytical Survey”)(I have not found the original). Nevertheless, this was authenticated in 1913 by Mirza Basheer ud Din Mahmud Ahmad (See Al-Fazl of Dec-3-1913).
In 2019 (10:45 timestamp), Mirza Maghfoor Ahmad also authenticated this saying of MGA (See the clip on TikTok and Twitter). However, this rule hasn’t been followed in recent years, many Ahmadi’s don’t pay chanda and are simply not allowed to vote for local office or participate in any sports programs (like me).
In 2024, Faheem Younus relates how the Mirza family told Ahmadi’s that if they don’t pay chanda, their children are damned! Listen to Zia Rasul reading the same herein.
In Apr-1934, via the Cleveland Call and Post of Sat, Apr 07, 1934 ·Page 2, there is a photo of M. Yusuf Khan. This is about the Cleveland Mosque (which was taken over by Wali Akram in 1935). The Ahmadiyya regional headquarter has been changed from Pittsburgh to 5311 Woodland Ave in Cleveland. The headquarters was in Pittsburgh for 4 years. Yusuf Khan alleges to have faced the bitterest opposition vs. Ahmadiyya. Yusuf Khan alleges that he has already created 11 men and 1 woman to go out and to tabligh. On March-29, the Moslems of Pittsburgh gave Yusuf Khan a farewell party (he was going to India on a trade run) wherein 300 people showed up. Shaikh Nasir Ahmad was there as well as well as Shaikh Abdul Wahab, Shaikh Abid Haque, Shaikh Saeed Akmal and Shaikh Abdul Farook. Shaikh Abdul Farook was made in-charge, with full authority in Pittsburgh. Yusuf Khan says that anyone who doesn’t pay their chanda for 3 months will be removed from the membership. There is another report in this newspaper from the “Mother Mosque”, during the week of March-25-1934, wherein it is stated that Rahmat Mahmood Sheikh Farook and Dr. Khan held a meeting. Eid was also held. Shaikh Nasir Ahmad from the Cleveland Mosque were also there. Sheikh Saeed Akmal from Braddock, Pittsburgh was also there. Shaikh Nasir Ahmad will be around and in-charge in Cleveland, signed off by Shaikh Saadi Malik.
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1887
MAKTUBAT E AHMAD VOL-1 page 307 MAKTUB NO.3
“””On 28th September, 1887, replying to a letter to Molvi Muhammad Hussain, Mirza Ghulam Qadiani admits that he had spent chanda money received for writing books on other heads of account. He says whatever he received on account of book, has been spent. That he admits this mistake and That he intends to curtail such expenditures in future but compensating for past mistakes is beyond his control.””
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1898
In 1898, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad gave the British govt. a brief layout of his economic position in connection with his newly formed religion:
“The income from my followers during the year assessed is about Rs. 5,200. The average annual income is about Rs. 4,000. I say this from memory. There is no written record… The income from my followers is spent under different heads. The chief of them is Langar Khana.” (see Dard, Life of Ahmad, page 596)
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad was compelled to admit that the management of his “free kitchen” was the highest expenditure for which he allocated funds. Subsequent events will allow the reader to come to the realization that the excess monies from this “free kitchen” were used to support Mirza Ghulam Ahmad’s growing family as well as other private expenses.
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1905
MGA threatened all Ahmadi’s as follows:
(Al-Hakm, March 21, 1905)
“This money was given to me by God. I shall not return it to anyone – not even a penny, as I am not accountable to anyone. Anyone who asks me to render account should not give me anything in the future.”
MGA also said
“It is the duty of all my followers to remit some amount out of their earnings. After this announcement, we shall wait for three months. We shall remove from the list of devotees the name of anyone who does not remit a portion of his earnings during these three months.”
(Lauh-ul-Mahdi, P. 1; As reported in Qadiyaniat-An Analytical Survey).
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1906
Majmua Ishtiharat
https://youtu.be/DEoeKRbJ8Sc?si=gin8DcAYjlgZRJ8P
Any Ahmadi who doesn’t pay chanda is a munafiq (hypocrite).
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1906
The Wasiyyat scam by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad – ahmadiyyafactcheckblog
MGA sets up the Wasiyyat system wherein Ahmadi’s who sign up will be forced to pay 10-30% of their assets when they die. After MGA dies, they turned this into 10% per month.
In 1906, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad created the Sadr Anjuman which was poised to control all the economic affairs of the community, except the Langhar Khana, MGA even famously said that if anyone else ever managed the “free-kitchen” it would surely fail.
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1908
In 1908, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad went to Lahore for preaching and other related matters. In his absence, Maulana Muhammad Ali was placed as “in-charge” of the free kitchen. This was the first time that Mirza Ghulam Ahmad allowed any other person to peek into the economic operation of the free kitchen. I will present some references that prove that Mirza Ghulam Ahmad and his family misappropriated funds.
Just 12 hours before the death of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad he was found to have misappropriated funds by one of his chief followers, that was Maulana Muhammad Ali. Mirza Mahmud Ahmad claims to have witnessed this entire controversy. After the death of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the 1st Khalifa (Noorudin) managed the free kitchen, in 1911-12 he turned over the control of the free kitchen to the Sadr Anjuman, this enraged the family of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, particularly Mirza Mahmud Ahmad who was the main representative of the family and in a private letter that was written from Mirza Mahmud Ahmad to Maulvi Noorudin (the Khalifa at the time) he wrote:
“….And the Promised Messiah on the last day of his life, just a short while before his death occurred, said: The Khwaja Sahib and Maulvi Muhammad Ali mistrust me and say that I misuse and misappropriate the funds of the jamaat. This they should not have done, for the result thereof would not be good. He further added: Today the Khwaja Sahib came to me with a letter from Maulvi Muhammad Ali and said: Maulvi Muhammad Ali writes that the expenditure of the free kitchen is not much, and what then becomes of all the money that is received? And when the Promised Messiah returned home, he gave expression to his resentment, saying, These people suspect that I am dishonest and deceitful. What concern have they with this money? And if I were to cut off all connection and separate, all this income will automatically stop and cease…….” (see True Facts about the Split by Maulana Muhammad Ali, page 21, 22)
Click to access truefactssplit.pdf
This is proof that there was conflict in terms of the financial matters of the community. This reference proves that one of the top followers of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad observed that the funds that were allocated for the free kitchen were much more than was needed. And the excess monies were not returned for re-distribution. In conclusion, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad willfully misappropriated all funds that he received from all of his blind followers, but he took special exception to the free kitchen. He kept his hands firmly on this income stream and tried to keep the management of it with his family.
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1913
https://youtu.be/DEoeKRbJ8Sc?si=KAiTSmB7D4MocBQX
Al-Fazl of Dec-3-1913
If an Ahmadi doesn’t pay chanda for 3 months, he will not remain in the Ahmadiyya jamaat.
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1915
Click to access Tadhkirah.pdf
Page 1055
“The Promised Messiah said: God has told me that so long as the management of the public kitchen is in my hands it would continue to run. But that if I were to commit it into their hands, it would be closed down within a few days.1267 [Friday Sermon delivered by Hadrat Khalifatul Masih II on February 12, 1915, al-Fadl, vol. 2, no. 109, February 25, 1915, p. 6]”
“1267– Note by Maulana Abdul Latif Bahawalpuri: The reference is to the people who criticized the expenses of the public kitchen. Hadrat Khalifatul Masih II said: When the Promised Messiah was in Lahore, one of the critics wrote a letter to his friend saying that actual expenditure of the public kitchen was much less than its income, and some of the money was spent on the family and friends of the Promised Messiah. …The letter was sent to Lahore a few days before he passed away, and the Promised Messiah was greatly grieved upon hearing about it. (al-Fadl, volume 1, number 50, May 27, 1914, page 21). He said: ‘The writer is totally senseless and un-informed. He should realize that the guests are coming here [in Lahore]. Very few people are visiting Qadian at this time. He should have added the expenses made in Qadian and Lahore.’ [al-Fadl, vol. 2, no. 109, February 25, 1915, p. 6]”
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1922
see True Facts about the Split by Maulana Muhammad Ali, page 21, 22
“Himself the Promised Messiah lives in ease and comfort, but unto us the sermon that we should cut short and curtail our expenses, and come to his aid and contribute.”
____________________________________________________________________________________________ The 2nd Khalifa instituted the Chanda Aam rate of 6.25%
In the 1930’s, the Khalifa instituted “General Chanda” at its rate. The exact date is unknown.
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1932
In 1932, Mirza Basheer ud Din Mahmud Ahmad spent 500 rupees (from Chanda money) for his family to ride in an airplane around Qadian – ahmadiyyafactcheckblog
On Dec-30th, 1932, Ram Nath Chawla arrived in Qadian and took Mirza Sharif Ahmad, Mirza Bashir Ahmad, Mirza Basheer ud Din Mahmud, Nasira Begum and her sister Amtul Qayoom (both were daughters of the 2nd Khalifa). Children also went up, Syed Muhammad Ahmad went up and even had the chance to watch other Ahmadi’s fly the plane, Mirza Daud Ahmad and another of the 2nd Khalifa’s daughter’s Amtul Hakeem (7 years old)(See “Wings of Duty A Memoir” by Syed Muhammad Ahmad, 2023).
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1934
In Apr-1934, via the Cleveland Call and Post of Sat, Apr 07, 1934 ·Page 2, there is a photo of M. Yusuf Khan. This is about the Cleveland Mosque. The Ahmadiyya regional headquarter has been changed from Pittsburgh to 5311 Woodland Ave in Cleveland. The headquarters was in Pittsburgh for 4 years. Yusuf Khan alleges to have faced the bitterest opposition vs. Ahmadiyya. Yusuf Khan alleges that he has already created 11 men and 1 woman to go out and to tabligh. On March-29, the Moslems of Pittsburgh gave Yusuf Khan a farewell party (he was going to India on a trade run) wherein 300 people showed up. Shaikh Nasir Ahmad was there as well as well as Shaikh Abdul Wahab, Shaikh Abid Haque, Shaikh Saeed Akmal and Shaikh Abdul Farook. Shaikh Abdul Farook was made in-charge, with full authority in Pittsburgh. Yusuf Khan says that anyone who doesn’t pay their chanda for 3 months will be removed from the membership. There is another report in this newspaper from the “Mother Mosque”, during the week of March-25-1934, wherein it is stated that Rahmat Mahmood Sheikh Farook and Dr. Khan held a meeting. Eid was also held. Shaikh Nasir Ahmad from the Cleveland Mosque were also there. Sheikh Saeed Akmal from Braddock, Pittsburgh was also there. Shaikh Nasir Ahmad will be around and in-charge in Cleveland, signed off by Shaikh Saadi Malik.
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In 1936, the Khalifa said:
“I am not a merchant to keep accounts with me nor am I a treasurer of the community to be asked to render account. I am God’s vicegerent on earth. It is not proper to ask me where I spent the money. Those are truly the believers who gift me their money and afterwards do not question me. It is all the same whether they understand or not. They understand that an objection of this sort will result in the bankruptcy of their faith.” (Published in Al-Fadl, Sept. 19, 1936).
and
“The ‘Heavenly Graveyard’ is such a central point of this movement and an institution or department of such dimensions that it excels in importance all other departments.” (Al-Fadl, Vol. 24, No. 65, Sept. 15, 1936).
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Al-Fadl, August 31, 1938
“Once a man from Ludhiana said that we sent donations to Qadian after bearing hardships and misfortunes. These amounts are spent on ornaments and dresses of the wife of Ghulam Ahmad. So what is the use of these donations? When this news reached his holiness, the Promised Messiah, he said it is unlawful for him to send anything to us after what he has said. Then, we shall see what harm it does to us.”
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1987
Khutbat-e-Tahir
https://youtu.be/DEoeKRbJ8Sc?si=r1AtIKfbrLTo1qZA
People ask me about getting exempted from Chanda…I don’t want to do this!
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2019
In 2019, Mirza Maghfoor Ahmad also authenticated this saying of MGA (See the clip on TikTok and Twitter). However, this rule hasn’t been followed in recent years, many Ahmadi’s don’t pay chanda and are simply not allowed to vote for local office or participate in any sports programs (like me).
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2024
In 2024, Faheem Younus relates how the Mirza family told Ahmadi’s that if they don’t pay chanda, their children are damned! Listen to Zia Rasul reading the same herein.
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Links and Related Essay’s
@user5693436659805 respect and lots of love DR DARE my brother
The Wasiyyat scam by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad – ahmadiyyafactcheckblog
You searched for Maghfoor – ahmadiyyafactcheckblog
https://x.com/ahmadiyyafacts/status/1893800166014038312?s=46&t=HTqZKquoOvKbgoBAF2aQcg
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8YnBvYa/
Faheem Younus relates how the Mirza family told Ahmadi’s that if they don’t pay chanda, their children are damned! – ahmadiyyafactcheckblog
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February 24, 2025 at 5:02 am
ZazakAllahu Khairan
March 12, 2025 at 11:45 am
get yr facts corrects chanda wasnt a scheme at the time of the promised messiah.
March 12, 2025 at 4:13 pm
@Shahab
Maybe you are too dumb to understand my argument. When was official chanda started at 6.25%? Why is it a big secret? Why did Maghfoor Ahmad admit to it?
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