The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 125
T he S ystem op M ushawarat in J am A‘ at - e -A hmadiyya certain rules whose wording seems to admit o f change. So the debate can only be whether a certain rule falls un der the above category or not. When someone suggests an amendment, he does not mean that a rule laid down by the Promised Messiah3 S should be changed, all he says is that it appears from the wording o f the Promised Messiah3 5 that this particular rule admits o f the possibility o f change. While another person who says that no change should be affected does not mean that the first person does not agree with the rules laid down by the Promised Messiah35, he only wishes to point out that he does not consider this par ticular rule to be among those in which we have the right to effect change. So no one should unnecessarily insist that those who are in favour o f a change do not accept the rules specified by the Promised Messiah35. The reason I have had to point this out is because some people in their speeches seem to allege that their friends wish to abrogate the rules laid down by the Promised Messiah35. There is absolutely no question o f abrogation. The question is only about the nature o f the writing. Accusing an Ahmadi o f trying to abrogate any writing o f the Promised Messiah3 5 is a very wrong attitude. ” (Report Majlis-e-Shura 1942, pp. 52-53] 125