The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 423
T he S ystem of M ushawarat in J ama ‘ at - e -A hmadiyya T he S hura can only A dvise the K halifa in B asic I ssues As mentioned in the previous chapter, Hadrat Musleh-e- M au‘udra appointed an Investigative Commission to suggest improvements in the working o f the Central De partments. Hudur appreciated the hard work put in by the commission and approved a number o f its recom mendations. But in one o f its recommendations, the commission had failed to pay due regard to the status of Khilafat, and since this gave a wrong perception about the basic precepts o f Islam and Ahmadiyyat, Hadrat Musleh-e-Mau‘udra rectified it at once. He rejected the idea with forceful arguments. and highlighted the true status of the Khalifa. He said: “It should be remembered that Shura is not the executive body o f the Jamal a t This was the point o f contention be-. tween us and the Ghair Muba. ’i ‘in [Lahori Ahmadls], that they were in favour o f giving the Anjuman all the respon sibility for running the Jama'at, while the responsibility in fact rests with the Khalifa. And he has divided it into two parts. The first part is related to administration. The Khalifa appoints the office-bearers, and Majlis-e-Shura has no authority or control over them. This was the prac tice at the time o f the Holy Prophetsa and at the time o f Khulafa Al-Rashidln. The Holy Prophetsa appointed Usama as the Commander o f an army while people were opposed to it, but he did not care for what they thought. And when Hadrat ‘Umar"1 relieved Hadrat Khalidra as Commander o f the Muslim Army, Majlis-e-Shura was against this decision, but he did not even feel obliged to give them his reasons. The second part o f the Khalifa’s responsibilities is related 423