The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 47
THE SYSTEM OF MUSHAWARAT IN JAMA‘AT-E-AHMADIYYA Likewise, on the second day o f Jalsa Salana 1912, Ahmadiyya Conference was held in Masjid Mubarak, at 7:30 in the evening. First o f all, the Annual Budget was presented and passed after some discussion. The attention o f the members was then drawn to Madrasa Ahmadiyya and Zakat. Different proposals came up regarding the in come o f Madrasa Ahmadiyya, and it was finally decided that every Jama4 at should send a reasonable portion o f the Local Fund—which is received from members on occa sions o f their promotion, births or marriages—in order to award scholarships. It was also decided that more and more young men should be motivated to join Madrasa Ahmadiyya, particularly those who can bear their own expenses; and that students who fail to make the grade should be given other suitable tasks. Sialkot Jama'at proposed that the larger Jama'ats, in which the work o f collection of funds is substantial, should be allowed to pay some honorarium to those who collect the funds and keep the records, so that they may be answerable for properly maintaining the accounts. Al though a number o f delegates were not in favour o f this proposal, it was passed for it was considered necessary. [Al-ftakam, 7-14 January 1913; Al-Badr, 9 January 1913J M ushawarat D uring the T ime of H adrat K halifatul M as T h Upon the sad demise of Hadrat Khalifatul Masih Ira, on 14th March 1914, about two thousand members of the Jama'at gathered in Masjid Noor, Qadian. Hadrat Nawab 47