The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 305
T he S ystem of M ushawarat in J ama ‘ at - e -A hmadiyya me to decide which amendment I should present first. I might present the amendments in the wrong order. I con sulted Pir Akbar ‘A ll Sahib on this matter, and he thinks that if we could adopt the amendment suggested by Shaikh Bashir Ahmad Sahib, all the other amendments would be annulled. But I think it w ill not be fair to the members if we first present an amendment which results in the rejection o f all others. The general rule is that amendments which do not reject others should be pre sented first. ” [Report Majli$-e-Shura 1942, p. 59) 2. Discouraging the presentation o f unnecessary amend ments, Hadrat Musleh-e-Maucudra said: “We already have about 22 or 23 amendments. Even if we give five minutes to each, it would require about two hours for us to gauge the members’ view. . . I do believe that the delegates who come from other places are entitled to ex press their views about the budget, but they should bear in mind that Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyya, as well as the con cerned sub-committee, has already given due thought to these proposals. Therefore, except in rare cases, the budget does not contain items that are unnecessary or subject to criticism. But I have noticed that members at times come up with needless amendments. For a matter o f 4 or 10 ru pees, they waste so much o f everyone’s time. They ought to take into account the fact that the officers o f the Anju man who have prepared the budget, and the concerned sub-committee, must have sanctioned this expenditure for some justifiable purpose, and they must have given due thought to the matter. No one can include such expendi ture without consideration, merely to waste the Jama'at’s money. The Jama'at should give advice about fundamental 305