The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 200
T he S ystem of M ush A warat tN J ama ‘ at - e -A hmadiyya [English] “Also remember that if some hands are raised. . . and some people want to go out for some short period, you can also permit them by waving to them to go out, otherwise they w ill keep standing. Sometimes I am too busy and I do not see the people who are standing. ” [Report Internationa] Majlis-e-Shura 1988, p. 54] If a delegate is compelled to leave the Shura and go back in an emergency, he has to ask Khallfatul M aslh’s per mission. It is neither desirable nor permissible for a delegate to leave with only his Amir’s permission. At the time of International Majlis-e-Shura in 1989, when Hadrat Khallfatul Masih IVrh learnt that a repre sentative had left with the permission o f his country’s Amir, he expressed great displeasure, and said: “First o f all the delegate should have sought permission from me. And you (addressing the Amir) too should have sought permission from me regarding the delegate, be cause during the Shura no Amir is eligible to grant leave to a delegate. Such things have to be brought to the no tice o f the Chairman o f the Shura. So, in future all delegates should remember that the Amir does not have the authority to grant leave to anyone, only the Chair is eligible to do so. ” (Report International Majlis-e-Shura 1989, p. 94] I t i s S i n f u l t o V i o l a t e t h e E t i q u e t t e o f S h u r a During Shura, Hadrat Musleh-e-Mau‘udra laid great stress on offering Istighfar and presenting one’s views in a decent manner, with the fear o f God in one’s heart. He considered this to be a vital part o f the etiquette of 2 0 0