The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 393
T he S ystem of M ushawarat in J ama ‘ at - e -A hmadiyya would first come to me and I would adopt the ones which I considered useful. But what w e see now is that when someone’s proposal is rejected, he thinks that he has been denied his right! I have therefore decided that in future no one w ill be permitted to present his proposals in the Shura. But every Ahmadl can send his proposals to me, and I w ill be thankful to all such people and w ill benefit from their ad vice. But if someone insists that his proposal should be presented before Majlis-e-Shura, I w ill not allow it to be presented in Shura that year, even if it is useful. So no one should send his proposal upon the condition that it must be presented in Majlis-eVShura. It is for me to de cide. I w ill present it to the Shura if I think it necessary, otherwise I w ill not send it and w ill make whatever use o f it I can. It is not necessary to send proposals only at the time o f Shura, they can be sent any time during the course o f the year. If I believe that they need to be brought before Majlis-e-Shura the same year, I w ill do so, and if I believe that they should be postponed till next year, I w ill make a note o f it. Anyway, it must be clear to all that the Khalifa alone has the right to present any pro posal before the Shura. Hence, all the proposals should be sent to me and not sent directly to the Shura. ” [Report Majlis-e-Shura 1930, pp. 4-8] S treamlining the W ork of the C entral O rganizations As stated above, Hadrat Musleh-e-Mau‘udra stopped the procedure of asking o f questions in Majlis-e-Shura in 1930, and allowed the sending o f proposals. In the very next Shura, Hudur further said that if someone notices a flaw in the working o f the central organizations, he 393