The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 419
T he S ystem of mushawarat in J ama ‘ at - e - ahmadiyya Now I come to the point. I w ill take up the original pro posal which could not be presented on legal grounds. The proposal was that the Khalifa should make a tour o f vari ous cities. Chaudhary Zafrullah Sahib said that the wording o f the proposal implied an insult to the Khalifa. He suggested that a vote o f censure should be passed against those who had used such words. But Chaudhary Sahib should remember that those who made the pro posal are sincere people and they never intended an insult to the Khalifa. Nor did Chaudhary Sahib imply that they had meant to insult the Khalifa. He only said that the words used in the proposal were undesirable, and sug gested that a note o f censure be passed against them. But since such a note is used when something has been in tended, therefore, in order to dispel the impression that has been created, I would like to say that the words were undesirable, and since Chaudhary sahib has already clari fied this point, I w ill do no more than to remind you o f his comments. I agree with Chaudhary Sahib that, in the context, the language o f the proposal was derogatory, because it im plied that members o f the Jama'at should knock at the door o f the Khalifa and ask him to go out and preach. Be fore I speak o f how the Holy Prophetsa would go out for preaching and how the Khalifa should do so, let me say that there is a world o f difference between the Prophet or a Khalifa going out somewhere for Tabllgh, and in his followers telling him to do the same. Is there not a lot o f difference between a King going somewhere and him be ing told to go? Is there no logical difference between the King going to the house o f a subject, and his being told to go there? In one instance, he goes o f his own accord, 419