The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 342
T he S ystem of M ushawarat in J am A‘ at - e -A hmadiyya also have an opportunity to ponder over the budget. Here only the delegates can deliberate upon it, and the dele gates are not necessarily the only people who can come up with useful suggestions. At times even a child can have a very useful idea. Issues which should be raised here are those which relate to the structure o f the budget, or to things that have not been properly understood, but it has to be directly related to the budget. ” [Report Majli$-e-Shura 1939, pp. 151-152] A dvantages of D ebating the B udget P roposals Hadrat Musleh-e-Mau‘udra viewed the debate upon the budget, and its scrutiny by the members as a positive thing. He said: “The discussion we have just had on the budget con tained a lot o f useful points. I feel that, by the grace o f Allah, the Jama'at has progressed considerably in this di rection. In the beginning, the scrutiny would at times take the complexion o f non-Ahmadis whereby certain ques tions are put to an officer on the basis o f their mutual friendship or antagonism. But this practice has now been reduced and w e feel that the questions are necessary and appropriate. If we continue in the manner, we can re move the flaws in our system and improve it considerably. I have already said that we do not follow the procedure which is adopted by the outside world, and we certainly do not approve o f it, for in that system opin ions go beyond being an expression o f ideas and become solid proposals. On the other hand, in spite o f the fact that the budget proposals are examined and questioned by the delegates every year, and this is proving to be more and more useful, Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyya has so 342