The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 114
T he S ystem of mushawarat in J ama * at - e -A hmadiyya immediately turn the people involved in this crime out o f the Community. I say you may continue to call yourself AhmadT, but I have no relationship with you. Because this w ill be the beginning o f the end o f everything good in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya. To be loyal to God is to be loyal to the Holy Prophet5 3 , is to be loyal to his subordinates, and it works downwards right to the ultimate end. And, to be loyal only to them, means to be loyal to the values they stand for. That is the only meaning o f loyalty. So, that is why I explained this point very clearly in answer to a question raised by Mr. ‘Abdur Rahim. You know I told him that to disagree with the Khalifa is not a crime, to disagree with the Khalifa in the sense as Islam permits—respectfully, o f course— not in a manner as to injure the sensibilities o f the Jama'at with regards to their love for the Khalifa, or to insult the Khalifa as a representative o f the institution. That would earn Allah’s displeasure. I have no doubt about it. But to express the opinion honestly, genuinely is a must, and not to express your opinion when required is a crime, because the loyalty to the goodness o f Islam requires that, whenever required, you speak up the truth as you know. So the loyalties are ultimately to the truth and because the Prophets and their successors are wedded constantly and permanently with the truth. So to speak out the truth w ill never hurt them. It always pleases. But to choose a word with a view to please the Khalifa, even if you consider that it is not the whole truth, or truth at all, that is a crime. I remember once, during the time o f Hadrat Khallfatul Masih nr a , I found some office-bearers o f the Jama'at trying to read the mind o f Hadrat Khallfatul Masih IT 3 so that they would please him, and they could never please 114