The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 93
T he S ystem of M ushawarat in J ama ‘ at - e -A hmadiyya this is how I saw Khulafa working. So an occasional exceptional deviation is made, but it is mentioned clearly that it should not be taken as a future course o f events. It is just a small deviation from the past, and that deviation is also taken because it is a small affair. It is not central to the spirit at all. It is just a form. Otherwise, I would never have taken that exceptional decision. So try to preserve the form as w ell as possible, because the form protects the spirit. And try to imitate M ajilis-e- Shura Central to the very word, and letter, and spirit eve rywhere you hold Majlis-e-Shura, and continue to submit the reports to me so that I can have a general view o f what is happening, and notice in time if a deviation is be ing made here and there, because I know it w ill be corrected, Inshaallah, and the correction w ill be whole heartedly accepted. ” [Report International Majlis-e-Shura 1992, pp. 43-45] E xtraordinary B enefits of I nternational M ajlis - e -S hura Hadrat Khallfatul MasTh IVrh has said: “The institution o f Majlis-e-Shura is extremely important for the Jama'at. Although eight to ten years ago M ajlis-e- Shura was already established in the Jama'at as a Central institution, and an International Majlis-e-Shura would also be convened after the Jalsa, and suggestions from other countries would also be included in the Central Ma- jlis-e-Shura, Majlis-e-Shura was still not held in other countries. But since the Holy Quran has laid great em phasis on consultation, and Shura is the most important institution in Islamic System after Khilafat, and it also helps in the education and training o f the Jama'at, I, therefore, decided that it should be established in every 93