The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 289
T he S ystem of M ushawarat in J am A‘ at - e -A hmadiyya should not be made a member o f any sub-committee for the next three years, so that he might realize his error. The majority o f the delegates voted in favour of this proposal, and Hadrat Musleh-e-Mau‘udra made the fol lowing observations: “I accept the proposal with the amendment that for the next three years such a person w ill not be nominated as a representative for the Shura. ” [Report Majlis-e-Shura 1941, pp. 45-53] Thus absence o f any member from the meeting o f the sub-committee without permission is a violation o f the rules and traditions o f Shura and invites punitive action. In one such case, Hadrat KhalTfatul Masih IV asked a member to explain his absence from a meeting o f the sub-committee, at which he apologized and expressed remorse. Hudur remarked: “You feel sorry, but you should have been good enough to intimate about your absence. You have a lot o f experi ence, by the grace o f God, and you know that such conduct amounts to disparaging the committee. It does not behove a person who has the honour o f the member ship o f a Shura sub-committee to absent him self without permission, just like a schoolboy. ” [Report Majlis-e-Shura 1984, p. 72J P rolonged S ub -C ommittee M eetings Sub-committee meetings generally go on late into the night. Only after lengthy discussions and extensive de liberations do the committees reach their conclusions 289