The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 369
T he S ystem of M ushawarat in J am A‘ at - e -A hmadiyya lowing remarks about a Nazir Sahib’s report: “I would like to point out a couple o f things in this report that I find objectionable. The first is that Nazir Sahib kept raising objections against other Departments. He could have sat with the officers o f those Departments and talked to them about his rights, but it is not proper to bring up such complaints in another gathering. It is against our norms and practices. Had this been the Budget Committee, he would be entitled to men tion that he has not been given a clerk or a peon, but this meeting has nothing to do with the budget. . . The second point which I want to make is that this report considers the decisions o f Mushawarat to be o f secondary importance, and gives this as the reason for the failure to implement them. No Nazir has the authority to say such a thing. His duty is to implement every decision that has ' been passed by Majlis-e-Mushawarat. The decision as to whether a matter is o f primary importance or not can only be made by the Shura. The statement o f the concerned Na zir indicates that he had time at his disposal to do the work, but he used his own jurisdiction to turn down the decisions o f the authority whose decisions are binding. . . The Nazir Sahib complains that some people do not re spond to his enquiries, while, in fact, he him self does not care for the decisions taken by the representatives o f the Jama'at and by the Khalifa. In response to some ques tions, he expressed ignorance, whereas he should have come here up to date with the facts. ” [Report Majlis-e-Shura 1924, pp. 15-16] In the same context, Hadrat Musleh-e-Mau‘udra said: (3) “The decisions o f Shura should be considered the 369