The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 247
T he S ystem of M ushawarat in J ama ‘ at - e -A hmadiyya V a l u a b l e T r a d i t i o n s o f t h e J a m a ‘ a t ' Ahmadiyya Jama'at is a worldwide community. The character o f Ahmadls all over the world is derived from excellent traditions which have developed with time, and many o f which have taken the form o f rules and regula tion and have become part o f the system o f the Jama'at. Elaborating upon this point during Majlis-e-Shura 1989, Hadrat Khallfatul Maslh IVrh said that preserving the rules and regulations in book form is not the real pur pose, the real aim is to preserve the valuable assets of the Jama'at which we possess in the form o f traditions. Hudursaid: [English] “Another thing I must explain to you is the fact that the Jama'at has grown traditionally. The purpose o f this booklet is not to create new rules and regulations. The purpose is to capture the wonderful, beautiful tradi tions which have evolved, into print, and to try to present to the people, who are newcomers or who are untrained, that these are the noble traditions o f the Jamafat. As such the important thing is to stick to the spirit o f traditions, otherwise these rules and regulation can lead people astray and change the spirit and the attitude o f the Jama'at members to the organization. They may become over technical, they may become legalistic, while it is against the tradition o f the Jama'at to indulge in such formalities. We always try to create and maintain the very best atmosphere o f cooperation and to run the or ganization with the minimum friction possible. So when these rules are published, they sometimes create friction because some legalistic minds try to read things in them which were not intended, and not being w ell versed with 24 7