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the progress o f the Jama'at. The recommendation that children should be sent here for this purpose is not worth being considered in Mushawarat. If one thousand chil dren turn up for the Quran memorizing class, has the committee made an estimate o f the expenditure that would be involved? And how many teachers would be required? Have you considered how many teachers are presently available? Thus the committee has not given due thought to the details which would have facilitated the implementation o f this scheme. The recommenda tions made are vague and ambiguous, and you still suggest that I should accept them as they are?” (Report Majlis-e-Shura 1975, p. 148] P roposals R elating to the R ules of S adr A njuman A hmadiyya After the establishment of Majalis-e-Sehat in the Jama'ats, the question o f appointing Secretary Sehat came up in the Shura in the form o f a proposal. The con cerned sub-committee’s report was in favour of the proposal. When this issue was taken up in Mushawarat, Hadrat Khallfatul Maslh IVrh said: “The conclusion w e can easily draw from the statements made here is that members o f the Jama'at realize the need for such a programme, hence no one has opposed the proposal which stresses the need for paying atten tion to health. But when we consider how the Secretary w ill fit into the existing framework from the legal point o f view , w e are confronted with difficulties. What is more, this proposal has been presented in violation o f the rules. Our practice and our tradition is that if a pro posal affects a certain existing rule, then the proposer should first refer to the relevant rule. If he does not do _____________ the S ystem of M ushawarat in J ama ‘ at - e -A hmadiyya _____________ 301