The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 129
T he S ystem of M ushawarat in J ama 4 at - e -A hmadiyya numbers so that all districts, provinces and countries could be represented. [Report Majlis-e-Shiira 1940, pp. 4-7; Report Majlis-e-Shura 1938, p. 58] Some instructions regarding the nomination o f members for Shura always accompany the published reports of Majlis-e-Mushawarat. These instructions are as follows: ;il. The delegate should be sincere, o f sound judgement, and pious. 2. A person can only represent a Jama'at if he is paying his Chanda in that particular Jama'at. 3. A delegate should be one who abides by the Islamic customs, e. g. , he should have a beard. ; 4. A student cannot be sent as a representative. 5. A representative should be regular in his Chandas, and should not be in arrears. [Instructions from Hadrat Khalifatul Masih IT0 , Al-Fadl 11 March, 1952] A person is considered to be in arrears if he has not paid his obligatory Chandas (Chanda ‘Am, Hissa Amad, Jalsa Salana) for six months or more. 6. In this context, Hadrat Khalifatul Masih IIIrh has in structed that the representative of a Jama'at should not be nominated directly by the Amir, President or Secre tary; the whole Jama'at should be consulted. And when informing Secretary Majlis-e-Mushawarat of his nomi nation, it should be specifically mentioned that the Jama'at got together and chose such and such a person to represent them. 129