The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 155
T he S ystem of M ushawarat in J ama * at - e -A hmadiyya procedure should be put in place to represent the Companions of the Promised Messiah (as), Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyya and Tehrfk Jadid. Since no procedure had as yet been put in place for the representation of Central Departments, the number of their representatives was increasing unnecessarily. Likewise, there was no suitable arrangement for the representation o f the Companions of the Promised Messiah38. (Al-Fadl, 25 March 1951] No accurate account of the discussion which took place at the time and the decision that was reached, is available, because the report regarding Majlis-e-Mushawarat 1951 was not published. In the following year (1952), however, Nazir A ‘la Sahib presented the following report on the implementation of the previous year’s decisions: Apart from the budget approved by Shura last year, Sadar Anjuman Ahmadiyya also received Hudur’s approval for Shura’s decision that from now on the representation o f Companions o f the Promised M essiah35, Tehrik Jadid and Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyya w ill be as follows: • A ll the Companions o f Promised Messiah3 5 who belong to the period prior to 1900 have an auto matic right o f representation. • Fifteen representatives w ill be selected from the Companions who belong to the period after 1900. • Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyya w ill be entitled to send 20 representatives. • Tehrik Jadid w ill be entitled to send 15 represen tatives. 155