This is a letter a received from a religious official asking me to pay their obligatory fees.

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Subject: Payments of Chanda Khuddam
Dear brother,
Assalamoalaikym wa Rahmatulah wa Barakatuhu

I have recently read that Hazrat Musleh Mawood (ra) has said that the faith of tardy members on chanda can slowly be lost if they do not reform. He also said that “if he does not pay the amount he owes (meaning his arrears), and is presented before Allah, he will be ordered to go and make his payment in the Hell”.

I am myself having sometimes 2 or 3 months of arrears because of negligence to find time to pay the chanda, and I always thought that these 2 or 3 months of arrears is acceptable. May Allah Al Ghafur forgive me. Ameen. I would personally prefer to have one month in advance in my chanda instead of one day of arrears.

It seems that you have 5 months or more of arrears in Chanda Khuddam and maybe also for Chanda Aam/Wassiyat. I would like to kindly encourage you to pay your chanda. I would like to remind the benefits that you can have with financial sacrifice as per the Holy Quran:
– To avoid ruin (2:196)
– Allah will multiply it manifold, more than 700 times (2:246 & 262, 57:12)
– To increase the weight of our good actions before the Day of Judgement (2:255)
– Allah will reward them and protect them (2:263, 2:275). If we have the protection of Allah in both worlds, what more do we need?
– It pleases Allah and strengthens our soul (2:266)
– It is required to attain righteousness (3:93). And righteousness is required for paradise.

Please kindly note that there are 4 mandatory chandas:
– 6,25% per month for Chanda Aam (for wassiyat it depends on the musian)
– 0,83% per month for Chanda Jalsa or 0,83% of annual income per year
– 1% per month for Chanda khuddam (Rs 30/month for non income extender earner)
– 0.25% per month for Chanda Ijtema or 0.25% of annual income per year (Rs 5 per month or Rs 60 per year for non income earner)

As per the system (as at 30th April 2013), your status of arrears on the 4 mandatory chandas are as follow:
– You have more than 4 month(s) of arrears in Chanda Aam/Wassiyat (unless you are not an income earner)
– You have more than 4 month(s) of arrears in Chanda Khuddam
– You have more than 12 months of arrears in Chanda Jalsa Salana (unless you are not an income earner)
– You have more than 12 months arrears in Chanda Ijtema

I am with due respect and with live kindly requesting you to pay your arrears without further deejay. In case you require additional deejay to pay arrears, please kindly request a permission. Please kindly pay your chanda on a monthly basis at the prescribed rate to avoid any arrears in n the future inshallah. Hazrat Massih Mawood (as) has said that we “should  take this dirty purely as an obligation to Allah, and should not be late or slow in its payment.”

If for any reason there is a mistake in the above record, I present my apologies. It could be that you have done the payment after the end of April 2013 or that your payment is not yet recorded in the system.Please kindly cooperate with any office bearers when they contact you for chanda payments.

Jazakoumoullah Ahsanal Jaza. May Allah forgive our weaknesses, protect its against ruin and punishment, and grant us the promised rewards in both worlds. Ameen.

Wassalam, Khaaksar

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