The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 122
T he S ystem of M ushawarat in J ama * at - e -A hmadiyya represented in the Majlis-e-Shura. Another tradition, which is ongoing, is that Khalifatul Masih invites some scholars, experts, or eminent members o f the Jama'at, whose opinion he considers valuable. [SIrat Fadl-e-‘Umar, vol. n , pp. 177-178,192-1941 I mportance of M a ju s - e -S hura in the T raining OF THE JAMA‘AT With regard to this important aspect o f Majlis-e-Shura, Hadrat Khalifatul Masih IVrh said: “The institution o f Majlis-e-Shura is vital for the proper training and education o f the Jama'at as well as for main taining its special character and safeguarding its potential. I receive reports from many European and other countries in which Majlis-e-Shura has been established, and I am told that a new life has been breathed into those Jama'ats. They have attained a new life and a new confidence, and the speed o f their progress has increased. ” [Address to Majlis-e-Shura Brussels, 9 September 1992, p. 9] Hudur also said: “By the grace o f God, you too shall progress gradually. Today you have come o f age, for a Jama'at cannot be come mature without Majlis-e-Shura. The maturity o f thought, the confidence and the satisfaction one gets from being personally responsible, cannot be attained other than from the Shura. ” [Address to Majlis-e-Shura Brussels, 9 September 1992, p. 2] Regarding the status o f Majlis-e-Mushawarat in Jama'at- e-Ahmadiyya, Hadrat Khalifatul Masih IVrh wrote: “The Khalifa has divided his work into two parts. The first is the administrative part, which involves the ap- 1 2 2