The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 269
T he S ystem of M ushawarat in J ama ‘ at - e -A hmadiyya Shura business, as appropriate. Comment: This proposal has not been included in the Agenda because it is not in line with the practices and traditions o f the Jama'at. According to the normal rou tine, fresh proposals are invited every year and only such proposals are put on the Agenda which really present the needs o f the time. The expanding needs o f the Jama'at also suggest that the present practice should continue. ” [Report International Majlis-e-Shura 1994, p, 11] A n U n s a v o u r y P r e c e d e n t On one occasion a Jam a‘at sent a proposal without properly considering it and without taking into account the relevant rules and regulations. The proposal was that when young missionaries are sent abroad, their wives should be sent with them. When Hadrat Khalifatul Masih III inquired from the concerned Jama'at, it turned out that the president o f the Jama'at had sent the proposal on his own without consulting Majlis ‘Amila or anyone else. When this proposal was being discussed in Shura, Hadrat Khalifatul Masih IHrh said: “The president did not have the right to send such a pro posal without consulting the (local) Jama‘a t. . . 'When a proposal comes to Markaz, it considers whether or not it is worthy o f being presented before the Shura, and the reasons for it. These recommendations are then sent to m e. . . I have purposely asked for this proposal to be in cluded in the Agenda so that I can make these people understand. . . This is why I had this proposal included in the Agenda although Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyya had rec ommended otherw ise. . . ! therefore announce (and this 269