The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 142
T he S ystem of M ushawarat in J ama ‘ at - e -A hmadiyya It can be o f no use to us to bring together such people and to include them in our consultations and our plans for the future, who are only good speakers and orators while their hearts are devoid o f piety, purity and spirituality. The peo ple who can be o f use to us are only those who are pious and pure, and only those suggestions w ill benefit the Jama'at which come from truly sympathetic hearts. Sug gestions which are not accompanied by the humble prayers o f a believer, cannot benefit the faith. When selecting members for the sub-committees, the same criteria o f piety, righteousness and sincerity should be considered, so that God may be pleased with us. All this may not be in keeping with rules o f the world, but we do not care o f that. Victory comes from God, and He loves the principles that He H im self has laid down for us. ” [Report Majlis-e-Shura 1940, pp. 3-11] E ligibility of the D elegates —A nother A spect In view of the immense significance of Majhs-e-Shura, Hadrat Musleh-e-Mau‘udra had already instructed the Jama'at in 1926 that great care should be taken when se lecting representatives for Shura, and only the best people should be selected. Those who get selected as representa tives should bear in mind the dignity o f the Shura, and consider it a great honour for themselves. Speaking fur ther on this subject, Hadrat Musleh-e-Mau‘udra said: “Sometimes, instead o f coming him self, the Amir o f a Jama'at sends someone else to represent him. Such an at titude does not only harm the institution o f Mushawarat, but the whole system established by God, and it also ad versely affects their own selves. There were once a people who showed similar ingratitude, and were meted 142