The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 291
T he S ystem of M ushawarat in J ama * at - e -A hmadiyya o f the reasons for the extra expenditure as demanded by different Departments o f the Anjuman, and it had to spend considerable time in finding out the reasons for the suggested increase. What the sub-committee should have done was to invite the concerned Nazirs or their repre sentatives to give their reasons for the increase in expenditure. The Nazirs or their representatives could then have justified this increase before the committee. This would have made it easier for the committee to de cide whether or not it should allow the increase. But this was not done, and the entire business had to be taken up here (in the house) and the members had to sit idle for about one and a half hour, for they were in no position to give their opinion on the issues. Another defect was that all the committee members were not sitting together. If they had been, they could have been consulted and a meaningful decision could have been taken regarding the acceptance or rejection o f addi tional expenditure in keeping with the majority view. The members were having meetings at different places and the decisions were taken independently by the Chairman o f the sub-committee and Nazir Sahib Baitul Mai as its Secretary. This was a fault, and one o f the members who drew attention to it suggested that if all the members had held a joint meeting and had listened to the explanations o f the concerned Nazir, they might have modified their opinion. Hence I propose that in future if the members o f the sub-committee for Baitul Mai wish to change their opinions after hearing the view s o f the Nazirs, they should send in a written note requesting that their view s may also be heard before the final decision is announced. My second proposal is that when the report o f the sub- 291