The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 390
T he S ystem of M ushawarat in jam A‘ at - e -A hmadiyya Anything which adversely affects Taqwa and righteous ness cannot be considered useful. Therefore, from now on I forbid the asking o f questions. The Right Method of Seeking Improvement: It is binding on anyone who notices any defect in the work o f the Jama'at, to inform me about it and to suggest changes. This is the proper method and this I w ill allow. What I can never allow is that someone should say one thing while he means another. Similarly, a worker cannot be allowed to conceal his mistake and concoct an answer to cover it up. In worldly organizations, the purpose o f ask ing such questions is that the one who is being asked should not be able to answer them and should thus be seen as dishonest and incompetent. The intention o f the respondent, on the other hand, is to make the objection appear false, even though it is true. But these things are very harmful as far as religion and Taqwa and righteous ness are concerned. I am therefore doing away with this practice, and I forbid the asking o f questions the way they have been asked till now. But I w ill not do away with the spirit o f asking questions and the benefit that comes with it. Questions are useful, because assistance from other people is very helpful to the workers, and our workers need to be helped in this manner. But we have limited time in the Shura, and it is not possible to give everybody a chance to offer his advice. A method, there fore, has to be evolved which w ill make it easy for those who want to give assistance to do so. At times the words even o f an ordinary man can turn out to be very useful. Some time back when w e were discussing improvements in our finances, a student from Madrasa High School wrote to me that hundreds o f ru 390