The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 92
T he S ystem of M ushawarat in J ama ‘ at - e -A hmadiyya to the whole world. I have been receiving reports from Africa—from Nigeria, Ghana, etc. , and ultimately when I made observation, in places I disagreed with proposals, in places I took exception to the style in which certain proposals were discussed, and I have not a single complaint to make. Every time my opinion reached the country concerned, they submitted totally with frill accord. So, with the grace o f Allah, this is a very epoch-making period in the sense that we are preparing this institution to be handed down to generations later on, intact, pure and healthy, as we received it from our forefathers. So when you return to your respective countries, please remember— this is a very important thing, very essential to the survival o f Ahmadiyyat and the spirit o f Ahmadiyyat— Shura is the most sacred institution after Khilafat in the Ahmadiyya Community, like it was according to the Holy Quran. . . The most sacred institution mentioned in the Quran is Shura, where the right to consult others is given to the Holy Prophetsa but no advice can be imposed on him. It is in exactly the same style and the same noble tradition that Majhs-e-Shura was introduced by the late Hadrat Musleh-e-Mau‘udra. And this is one o f his great contributions to Ahmadiyyat which alone should justify him being called a Musleh-e- Mau‘udra. The benefit o f this w ill be to the end o f time. For us it is to preserve those noble traditions. For us it is to safeguard against possibilities from all sides. For us it is to deeply implant in the hearts and attitudes o f minds o f the present generation, and to see to it that they w ill convey the same institution down to the next generations— healthy, intact and with the same noble traditions. That is why I mentioned to you that, traditionally, I should have changed my assistant at the time o f committee, because 92