The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 210
T he S ystem of mushawarat in J am A‘ at - e -A hmadiyya God, and you should always adopt the middle path. To ignore the requirements o f the time and the condition o f the Jama'at, and to be unmindful o f who is saying the right thing, and to just go on speaking emotionally does not behove a true believer. Keep your emotions under control when you are excited, and when your passions are cold, try to warm your hearts. When you are impassioned, look for arguments. And when you are satisfied with the arguments, stir up your emotions, so that whatever opinion you render is proper and results in your winning the approval o f God. If you do not bear these things in mind, then consultation w ill be utterly useless and the true purpose o f holding this Shura w ill not be achieved. ” (Report Majlis-e-Shura 1940, pp. 92-94] D i f f e r e n c e b e t w e e n G e n e r a l a n d D e t a i l e d D e b a t e o n t h e B u d g e t In the same Majlis-e-Shura, Hadrat Musleh-e-Mau‘udra explained the difference between general and detailed debate on the budget, and said: “The gentleman who is speaking should remember that this is not the time for general debate, and whatever he wants to suggest should be properly outlined. This is not the time for giving proposals that something should be done like this or like that. The time for that has passed. Now he can only say, for example, that the amount allo cated to the head o f account for postage should be reduced by this much. But he cannot suggest that the sys tem o f mail should work this way or that. If he wants to say something he has to give a definite recommendation, that so much amount should be reduced from such and 2 1 0