It was the Thursday before Jalsa in 2014 and I was working in accommodation on the Hadeeqatul Mahdi site. Our job was to register guests, see if they needed any bedding and settle them with mattresses in the marquees. Guests had been arriving all morning and the marquees were filling up fast when in the … Continue reading Hard Work and Inspirational Smiles
Month: July 2018
Stories From My Elders – Jalsa Roti
My dad was telling my daughter and I about Jalsa Salana in Rabwah and how the last Jalsa there had an attendance of 275,000 people, making our Jalsa in the UK seem tiny by comparison. Imagine cooking food for that many people, my dad laughed, imagine the number of rotis that were made! He recalled a … Continue reading Stories From My Elders – Jalsa Roti
The Jalsa Feeling Begins
One morning, around two and a half weeks before Jalsa, I got a text from my mum saying “can you and the girls come over to help?” My daughter and I had already volunteered to help them get down their bedding so we got ready and went over. We found it was not only … Continue reading The Jalsa Feeling Begins
Homeopathy and the Radioactive Eye
I first used homeopathy around 25 years ago when I had an asthmatic cough which was only under control using a steroid inhaler. The first homeopathic remedy I was given by Caliph of the time Hadhrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad didn't work so when I saw him again a few months later and he found out … Continue reading Homeopathy and the Radioactive Eye