The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 266
T he S ystem of M ushawarat in J ama ‘ at - e -A hmadiyya Nazarat or Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyya. There is no need for us (the Shura) to waste time on such proposals. The proposal which appears as n o. l on the Agenda had ini tially been approved with the provision that students would only be awarded scholarships if people made con tributions for it. It is futile to seek further approvals in this connection. Hence I cannot allow this proposal to be tabled before the Shura. ” [Report Majlis-e-Shura 1958, pp. 9-10] A n I m p o r t a n t p a r t o f t h e A g e n d a 4. Only realistic and practicable proposals should be in cluded in the Agenda, and the budget should be specifically mentioned. In this regard, Hadrat Khallfatul Maslh IIra said: “Initially, members o f the Jama'at would send proposals in order to motivate, and though they were good propos als, it was not possible for us to implement them. The proposals presented these days, on the other hand, are quite often in our power to implement. In any case, it is essential that only practicable proposals should be placed before Majlis-e-Shura. The proposals should not be such as are beyond our power to implement, either because we lack the resources, or because o f the prevailing condi tions, or because they are likely to cause m ischief or disorder, or merely because better proposals have already been presented before the Shura. I do not wish to speak any further on this. . . but I would like to point out a major deficiency in the Agenda, in that it does not contain any budget proposals, despite the fact that the budget is the most important matter which Ma jlis-e-Shura has to deal with. Thus if we follow the 2 6 6