The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 335
THE SYSTEM OF MUSHAWARAT INJAMA‘AT-E-AHMADIYYA person had been suspected and followed for such and such reasons. Hadrat Musleh-e-Mau‘udra said, what you say is right but the inference you draw is wrong. His real hypocrisy is that he has dubious links with a certain per son and that is why he has acted in this way. The way Khuddamul Ahmadiyya has come to the conclusion that he is a hypocrite, is wrong, although this man is a hypo crite in another sense. When such things keep coming from members on a daily basis, they are very useful. In this way our system o f con sultation remains established. Our Jama'at should, therefore, be in the habit o f conveying to the Markaz every idea, every suggestion, and anything which they consider to be inappropriate and against the norms o f the Jama'at. In this way they w ill have discharged their obligation. The second form o f Mushawarat is the consultation for which we all gather here. By the grace o f God, about five hundred members o f the Jama'at, belonging to all walks o f life, hailing from different districts, and having differ ent levels o f education, gather here for Mushawarat. Some o f them did not have the opportunity to go to schools when they were young, but in the circumstances it was no fault o f theirs. But they are godly people. They may not know how to write or to put down their signa ture, but it does not mean that they are uneducated. These people listen to the lectures and sermons delivered in our mosques, particularly on the occasion o f Jalsa Salana, and for this reason they are considered educated despite being unlettered. Many o f them can talk confidently to a graduate from Government College Lahore, and we see many such instances. Thus people with all sorts o f qualifications and experi- 335