The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 375
T he S ystem of M ushawarat in J ama * at - e -A hmadiyta takes up fundamental issues, and you can only ask ques tions regarding these. But the questions that have been raised now have nothing to do with Shura and they may only cause divisions. I explained this point last year but the questions raised this year are even less desirable. I w ill comment on these questions later. At present I want to explain the rule that the questions raised here should relate to Shura and not to the worker’s committee. I have previously said that the Nazirs also need to be scrutinized. I also said that a committee consisting o f some delegates o f the Shura should be constituted, and it should present a report to the' Khalifa regarding their work. It would have been useful to have an independent committee looking into the work o f the Nazirs and point ing out any shortcomings, and wherever the Khalifa agreed with their assessment, appropriate measures could be taken. So what we should be asking here in the Shura is: What have the Nazirs done in respect o f the decisions made last year?” [Report Majlis-e-Shura 1925, p. 7] T he P urpose of S crutinizing the W ork of N azarats In Shura 1925, to which reference has been made above, Hadrat Musleh-e-Mau‘udra explained in detail the functions of the Nazirs in relation to the Shura. He also directed that questions about administrative matters should not be raised in Shura, and the privilege o f com menting on the work o f the various Departments o f the Jama'at should not be misused. The objective o f raising questions should be to understand things and not to de 375