The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 260
T he S ystem of M ushawarat in J ama ‘ at - e -A hmadiyya on the matter, and Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyya would re ceive better advice. . . Without such an explanation, it becomes impossible to know on what basis the proposals were rejected. . . It is not enough simply to reject the pro posals, it is also important to give the reasons for rejecting them. This w ill be for their own good, for if they merely read out the proposals without giving the reasons why they have been rejected, people w ill think that the authorities were foolish to have rejected proposals which would only have increased their reputation and prestige. So, if the Na zirs o f the Anjuman do not wish to be seen as foolish in the eyes o f the people, they should give their reasons for rejecting the proposals. In this way people w ill understand that the rejection was not a result o f lack o f deliberation, but the result o f reasoned consideration. ” [Report Majlis-e-Shura 1945, pp. 16-18] A n o t h e r G u i d e l i n e r e g a r d i n g R e j e c t e d P r o p o s a l s On another occasion, Hadrat Khallfatul Masih IIra gave further guidelines in this regard: “Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyya was indeed justified in bar ring certain proposals from being tabled before the Shura, but it was not enough for the Anjuman to have said merely that they did not consider these proposals relevant to the Shura. Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyya should have given the reasons for rejecting them. For example, if it had been said that the Agenda was already a long one and time was short, and the proposal would therefore be tabled in the next Shura, this explanation would have been quite understandable. It is difficult to satisfy people merely with the statement that these proposals do not concern Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyya. The primary ques tion is whether the proposals point at a genuine need. If 260