The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 349
T he S ystem of M ushawarat in J ama ‘ at - e -A hmadiyya they wish to oppose the proposal, may now stand up. ” No delegate stood up. Hudur then announced the deci sion that budget income was approved. Hudur expressed his surprise that 283 delegates had voted in favour o f the proposal, whereas the total number o f delegates was 385, which meant that either 102 members were absent, or some delegates had not cast their votes. ” [Report Majlis-e-Shura 1945, p. 57] People o f sound judgement must offer their opinions. In this connection, Hadrat Khallfatul Masih III addressed QadI Muhammad Aslam Sahib and said: “I want to question you as to w hy you preferred to re main silent. Does the proposal contain a definition o f the word ‘ Muhaqqaq’l And does this question not come to one’s mind? If it has not been defined, then why did you remain silent. Why did you not enlist your nam e?. . . You should have given your name. ” [Report Majlis-e-Shura 1976, pp. 37-38] R ecasting of V otes It was once proposed in Majlis-e-Shura that votes should be recast because mistake might have been made in the first voting, but Hadrat Musleh-e-Mau‘udra did not ac cept this suggestion. The argument he gave was that, although the possibility o f error in the counting o f votes cannot be ruled out, we cannot set a precedent for recast ing votes. He said: “Since the general discussion on the budget is over, I consider it necessary to say that the delegates who ex press their viewpoints can be divided into two types. 349