The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 295
T he S ystem of M ushawarat in J am A‘ at - e -A hmadtyya Hadrat Khalifatul Maslh IIIrh, speaking about the juris diction o f the Shura sub-committees, observed that it was binding on them to consider properly all aspects o f a proposal presented before it, and to work out all the nec essary details. It should also recommend the formation o f another committee, if further deliberation upon some o f the proposals is necessary. Hudur said: “If Sadr Anjuman proposes an increase in its budget, this or any other proposal should be clearly indicated in the budget proposals. This requires immediate implementa tion. But the mere recommendation that a committee be constituted is vague. How did you make such a recom mendation? Who w ill form the committee, when shall it be formed, and how many members w ill it consist of? A ll this should have been decided by the committee. Com mittees are made specifically to go into such details. Your recommendation should have been that the commit tee should comprise, say, three or more people and that it should be formed immediately and begin its work. The need for referring to the Shura should arise only when a project has been devised and has to be financed, or when some important decision has to be taken which requires consultation with the whole Jama1at. If it is only a matter o f making an assessment and doing your work, it should be done there and then. ” [Report Majlis-e-Shura 1979, p. 93] O pinion of a D epartment about the S ub -C ommittee R eport In Shura, there is also a tradition that the concerned De partments are consulted regarding the recommendations of the sub-committees. On one occasion, before an 29 5