Tahrik-e-Jadid - Overview

Under the Tehrike Jadeed scheme a few of the demands that Ahmadi’s were advised to act upon were to lead a simple life, focus on prayer, make sacrifices of their time and money for the cause of Islam.

In the first year of the scheme Hazrat Musleh Maoud (may God be pleased with him), in the beginning, demanded only 27,500 rupees from the Jama’ at.  The minimum requirement needed to participate in the scheme was 5 rupees per year.  However, by the Grace of God the collection amount in the first year was 100,000 rupees, in the second year 110,000 rupees and in the third year 140,000 rupees were presented. As the Ahmadiyya Muslim community had not been immune to criticisms from non –members of the Jama’at, the collection of this great sum of money was scrutinized by Maulvi Habib-ur-Rehman the Sadar of Majlis -e-Ahrar. Regarding the excessive collection of money he stated that the demanded amount was only 27,500 rupees but the community has presented 100,000 rupees. Despite the comments made by Majlis –e-Ahrar the Ahmaddiyya Musilm community has only flourished and in 1950 the minimum requirement needed to take part in the scheme was increased to 1/5 of ones monthly income, allowing members the entire year to pay the amount.

As the importance of the scheme grew and more missions were established world wide, the scheme was optional and for three years only. However, later it was extended to seven years, again to ten years. On completion of the ten year period this scheme was further extended by Huzur to 19 years. After 1953 when the 19 year term ended Huzur made it a permanent scheme. As a result of this there were two criteria’s in order for one to contribute to the scheme. One of them was that the pledged amount had to be one whole month’s worth of income which was to be paid in the course of a year. The second criterion was to pledge half of one’s monthly income which was also to be paid in the course of year. The distribution of this vast amount of money collected, was then under the guidance of Hazur dispersed into five ‘daftars’ or register in Tehrik-e-Jadid.  The first daftar received money from this scheme in 1934, second in 1944, third in 1965, fourth in 1985, fifth in 2004. Since the year 2004, the Jama’ats needs have grown exponentially.

To sustain this continuous growth in the Jama’at the need for more murabees who are trained in a religious educational institution called Jamia Ahmadiyya are needed along with additional foreign missions. Thus, in order to facilitate these foreign missions every Jama’at worldwide has a set target amount which it tries to fulfill in order to meet the needs of Markaaz. It is due to the fulfillment of every Jama’ats target and the benevolent financial sacrifices of the members of the Jama’at, that by the end of 2007 the Ahmadiyya Muslim community has been established in 189 countries globally. As a result of this growth, millions of converts have joined Ahmadiyyat and therefore thousands of missionaries (murabees) are needed. In addition more educational and health facilities must also be constructed.