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T he S ystem of M ushawarat in J ama ‘ at - e -A hmadiyya ing quarterly meetings o f the Agriculture Committee. ) Chaudhary Mushtaq Ahmad Bajwah Sahib, Secretary of a Shura sub-committee, said that it was true that the matter being discussed was not o f fundamental importance, but it had been placed before the Shura so that Jama'ats should take more interest in it. Hadrat Musleh-e-Mau‘udra said: “Khadim Sahib is o f the opinion that only matters relating to principles should be presented here. He is also o f the view that the details can be worked out by Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyya, which is an administrative body. In my opin ion, he is right. The details o f a proposal should not be discussed in Majlis-e-Shura, for Sadr Anjuman Ahmadi yya is fully competent to decide upon such matters. ” [Report Majlis-e-Shura 1956, p. 75] Regarding the right to appeal when a proposal has been rejected, Hadrat Khallfatul Maslh IVrh said: “Each o f you (delegates) has the right to appeal to me through the Chairman, and say that a proposal made by our Jamaiat was rejected, although, in view o f past prece dents, it should not have been rejected. Kindly allow us to re-submit this proposal on some future occasion. ” [Address to Majlis-e-Shura Brussels, 9 September 1992, p. 17] W h a t M a t t e r s C o n c e r n t h e S h u r a 1. Only such matters should be presented before Majlis-e- Shura whose expenditure has to be borne by members of the Jama'at, and for which the Jama'at is responsible. If a proposal does not fall under this category, it is a waste of time to put it before the Shura. In this context, Hadrat Khalifatul Maslh IIra issued the following directives: 263