The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 42
T he S ystem of M ushawarat in J ama 4 at - e -A hmadiyya in which he spelled out the kind of organizations that were considered lawful by the Holy Quran. According to the summary o f the budget published in the newspaper, the income for the year 1908 was Rs. 63,875 and the proposed expenditure was Rs. 96,559. This was the first fiscal budget o f the Jama'at which was pre sented in the Conference. (Al-Badr, Qadian, 16 January 1908, pp. 4-5] Note: It was on this occasion that the word Conference was first used for Majlis-e-Mushawarat. M ushawarat D uring the T ime of II adrat K hal I fatul M as I h I r a The election o f the first Khalifa after the demise of the Promised Messiah3 8 was a perfect manifestation o f the verse: [Their affairs are decided by mutual consultation ]. Members of the Jama'at from within and outside Qadian, as well as members o f Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyya, gathered in Qadian for the funeral o f the Promised Messiah (as). They all unanimously elected Hadrat Hakim Nuruddin Sahib1 3 as Khalifatul Masih and first Successor to the Promised Messiah (as). Thus, according to the prophecy o f the Promised Messiah (as), the Second Manifestation was established in the Jama'at, and Khilafat on the path o f Prophethood was re-established. F irst M ajlis - e -S hura of K hilafat - e -U la In conformity with the pattern partly set by the Promised Messiah3 S , the first meeting o f Majlis-e-Shura was held 42