The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 124
T he S ystem of M ushawarat in J am A‘ at - e ~A hmadiyya come here as matter o f routine, talk to one another, and go away. We have to solve the world’s problems, and it is this we have to think about. God has made you the ba sis for all this. ” [Report Majlis-e-Shura 1977, p. 13] Hadrat Khallfatul Maslh IHrh also said: “In a way, the delegates o f Majlis-e-Shura are the leaders o f the areas they represent. ” [Report Majlis-e-Shura 1973, p. 19] J urisdiction of M ajlis - e -S hura A most complicated problem has been put before the Shura several times, and it is to do with the interpreta tion and explanation o f the rules o f Wasiyyat. These rules were formulated by the Promised Messiah (as) him self. The role which Majlis-e-Shura can play in the interpretation o f these rules is explained by Hadrat Musleh-e-Mau‘udra in Majlis-e-Shura 1942: “The proposal under discussion has become very intri cate. One o f the questions that have been raised is whether or not we have the right to effect changes or amendments in the rules o f W asiyyat laid down by the Promised Messiah (as) himself. Another question that has been raised, and regarding which there has been some disagreement, is how to define the property on which W asiyyat would apply. Let me, first o f all, clarify that the question simply does not arise as to whether we have the right to amend the rules o f W asiyyat, because no Ahmad! ever says that he has the right to effect any change in the rules laid down by the Promised Messiah3 5 1. The question only applies to 124