The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 239
T he S ystem of M ushawarat in J ama ‘ at - e ~A hmadiyya to delegates and Z a’irin (visitors). Hadrat Musleh-e- M au‘udra had his eye on every detail. On the matter of the checking o f the Shura passes, he said: “Passes should be checked at two places. The checkers who are posted at the entrance to the hall get so overbur dened that they can only see a piece o f paper in the hands o f those entering, but they cannot read what is written on it. So there should be another check, five to seven yards before these checkers, from where the entrants should proceed one by one so that the next checkers can check their passes thoroughly. ” [Report Majlis-e-Shura 1935, p. 28] Hadrat Musleh-e-Mau‘udra also stressed that the rule re garding the passes should be strictly observed and no one should be exempted. He said: • “Now there is something to which I want to draw the at tention o f the organizers. As I came in, I saw a son o f mine at the entry door. The checker at first stopped him, but when he saw me he allowed him to come in. This was not correct. The correct thing would be to issue passes to my sons just like other people, so that they should realize that they too are bound by the rules, and are not eligible to enter without a pass merely because their father is presiding over the meeting. Letting them come in like that is a disfavour to them and not a favour, for it is likely to adversely affect their morals and charac ter, and could develop in them the habit o f breaking the law, rather than making them realize that they too have to abide by the law and cannot be allowed to break it. ” [Report Majlis-e-Shura 1941, p. 12] 239