The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 431
T he S ystem of M ushawarat in J ama ‘ at - e -A hmadiyya S tatus of the I nvestigative C ommission Clarifying a misunderstanding which had arisen with re gard to the Investigative Commission referred to above, Hadrat Musleh-e-Mau‘udra said: “Here I wish to clarify another point. The commission is not a substitute for the Shura. Some people, including some members o f the commission, have been mistaken in this regard. The fact is that Majlis-e-Shura has no inher ent authority. The Shura is only convened when I call it to give its advice. And Shura shall always be convened at the call o f the Khalifa, and only then w ill it advise him. The Shura has no right to advise the Khalifa on its own. The commission was appointed by the Khalifa to assess the work o f the office-bearers, whose supervision is the duty o f the Khalifa. Since the Khalifa is too busy to personally keep an eye on all the office-workers, I • therefore appointed the commission to satisfy m yself that they are doing their work properly. Thus the commission was appointed by the Khalifa. The only difference was that the members were appointed from within the Shura because everyone happens to be present on that occasion. Hence, the report o f the com mission has to be presented to the Khalifa, and he w ill decide what to do about it. ” [Report Majlis-e-Shura 1930, pp. 12-151 P roposals P ut before M ajlis - e -S hura by the K hal I fa The Khulafa at times put some proposals before the Shura. Once when Hadrat Musleh-e-Mau‘udra presented a proposal before Majlis-e-Shura, the members thought that since it had come from the Khalifa himself, it must 431