Flowers for the Women Wearing Veils - Volume I — Page 255
! ! 255 Respect the Law and D o not be Afraid of Differences in Opinion Delivered by Hazrat Mirza Bashir - ud - D in Mahmud Ahmad, Khalifat - ul - Masih II ra At a welcoming reception hosted by Lajna Ima ’illah Qadian, Hazrat Khalifat - ul - Masih II ra gave the following address. The Law Should Always b e Followed First of all, on behalf of my family, my companions , and myself, I would like to thank the members of the Lajna Ima’illah for this reception up on our arrival. After this, I now believe it is necessary to draw the Lajna’s attention towards an issue concerning the expansion of their work , which is that the life of an organization is in fact the life of its rules. The purpose of t aking a task from one individual and delegating it to several people is that the people become accustomed to valuing a united effort. This produces a spirit whereby the continuity of the task is not affected , even if at some point the organization loses one of its leaders. To fulfill this objective, it is vital and essential that the rules are al ways followed, and in order to follow the rules , it is essential that the rules should be available in precise language. Where ver Lajna members strive to expand their work, they should not go beyond their own rules. In the address that was presented just now, there was a mention of a school , but the Lajna reports which I have receiv ed have not alluded to this in the same manner. It is possible that the Lajna may have passed a resolution regarding this, but I did not receive that resolution. There is a great difference in what was mentioned and what was relayed. Thus, Lajna members should remember that they should n ever start a project before setting up the rules and regulations accordingly , no matter how great or useful the project may be. I would even say that if Jihad [striving in the way of Allah] depended on the decisions by Lajna , even that should not begin before a plan is devised.