The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 321
T he S ystem of M ushawarat in J ama ‘ at - e -A hmadiyya (3) The third method was that when the Holy Prophetsa did not consider it expedient to consult even two people at one time, he would call them one by one. He would talk to one and send him away before talking to the next. He would adopt this method when he feared that differ ence o f opinion might create some sort o f hostility between the people. These were the three methods employed in those days, and all o f them were very useful. I, too, use the same methods. ” [Report Majlis-e-Shura 1922, pp. 6-7] A d v i c e s h o u l d b e O f f e r e d I m p a r t i a l l y Hadrat Musleh-e-Mau‘udra would stress that members should remain impartial during the proceedings of Mushawarat. Elaborating upon this basic principle of Islam, Hudur observed: “Do remember that people who are offering opinions may have their personal differences, but when it comes to offering advice, the focus should be on the subject matter and not on the person who has given the opinion. It would be extremely mean to oppose something merely because it has been presented by someone with whom you have differences. Here I am only supposing that a member o f our Jama'at can have such feelings against another. But even it were so, no one should speak against another merely on the basis o f personal antagonism. Nor should he allow the harshness o f someone’s tongue to af fect his own opinion. A ll such things w ill only lead us astray and w ill only do us harm. Now let me say that we must keep two things in mind when making our decisions. Firstly, we should not forget 321