The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 286
T he S ystem of M uskawarat in jam A‘ at - e -A hmadiyya There is also another point I want to stress. The sub committee working on the budget proposals should give particular thought to the means that should be employed for increasing the income. The war now appears to be over and this w ill considerably affect our income. The experi ence we have from the previous war is that the income came down suddenly after the end o f the war and this state o f affairs continued for ten years. So we should now con sider how to increase our finances, and we should have the maximum amount in the reserve fund. We should also try to reduce our expenditure as far as possible. ” [Report Majlis-e-Shura 1945, p. 5] How the S ub -C ommittees should D eliberate When forming a sub-committee for considering budget proposals, Hadrat Musleh-e-Mau‘udra used to give guidelines as to how different aspects o f the budget should be deliberated upon. During Majlis-e-Shura 1936, he said: “According to the established procedure, I shall first con stitute one or more sub-committees to deliberate upon these proposals before they are taken up in the general session. Before consulting the delegates as to whether one or more committees should be formed, I would like to give some guidelines to the prospective members o f the committees so that they may keep them in mind when considering the proposals. At the outset, let me clarify that members are free to offer any advice they like, but it is up to the one who is seek ing advice to accept it or not. There are, however, certain matters on which it would only be a waste o f time to de liberate. For instance, let us take up the fourth issue 286