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T he S ystem of M ushawarat in J am A‘ at - e -A hmadiyya l 7. Hadrat Khalifatul Masih III also said that the mem bers of the sub-committees of Shura should be appointed by their Jama'ats so that consultations can be more ef fective and speedy. 8. In Islam, while choosing representatives for Majlis-e- Shura, you do not vote for a party or a group. No one is allowed to canvass on his own behalf. 9. W hen people choose a representative, they do so with the understanding that he is honest, spends his time in the service of the faith, and is dependable. They also keep in mind his personality and his past conduct. No one asks them to vote for him and no one canvasses in his favour. Hence the selected individual is truly a repre sentative o f his people. 10. It is the privilege o f the people to choose from among them one whom they know to be upright in his everyday affairs, and to be pious and virtuous. [Address to Majlis-e-Shara Brussels, 9 September 1992, pp. 5-7] 11. If it is the righteous people who are elected by mem bers o f the Jama4at, then this Jama'at can never perish. [Friday Sermon 2 April 1993, Al-Fadl Rabwah, 30 May, p. 2] R estricting the N umber of R epresentatives When Hadrat Musleh-e-Mau‘udra saw that the number of delegates was increasing with every passing year, he de cided to put a limit to their numbers. He said: “Beginning from this year, some conditions have been laid down under which the number o f delegates has been 130