The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 333
T he S ystem of M ushawarat in J ama ‘ at - e -A hmadiyya can seek advice from anyone he chooses regarding vari ous matters. The second form, which is really wonderful, is that when a new idea comes into the mind o f a person, he sends it to me. I say it is wonderful because it gives me satisfaction. Everything has various aspects, and some even have thousands o f aspects. A member o f the Jama'at who realizes only two aspects o f a matter advises me accordingly. But all the other aspects, say ninety- eight out o f a hundred, were not known to him or he never thought about them. Likewise, some other member may visualize fifty to fifty-five aspects o f an issue, and yet another may have understood five to ten aspects. Thus I receive communication from various people cov ering almost all aspects o f an issue. And if a member has sent a proposal with only two or four aspects in mind, the proposal has to be rejected when it is considered in all its aspects. But the person who puts forward such a proposal gets the Divine reward for his good deed. I, on my part, am also pleased to see that members o f the Jama'at are taking keen interest in the affairs o f the Jama'at. At times, fifty members o f the Jama'at shed light over a hundred aspects o f an issue, or provide me with a small portion o f some news, and the other portion is provided by other members, and thus, by piecing together all their information, a complete picture o f the issue or the news or the incident emerges. Something positive does emerge from the various suggestions. Therefore, the injunction does not mean that every one’s advice w ill be accepted. If fifty people give contradicting opinions on one issue, how is it possible to accept them all? Out o f the fifty different opinions, I w ill deduce some important points and try to utilize them. So if 333