The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 50
T he S ystem of M ushawarat in J am A' at - e -A hmadiyya comments on the Agenda presented by Hadrat Khallfatul Maslh I P in his earlier address (on the status of Khilafat). The delegates actively participated in the discussion and freely offered their considered opinions. It was finally decided that: 1. Missionaries should be sent to all the towns and cities in India for the propagation o f Ahmadiyyat. Their expenses would be defrayed by the Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyya under the head Ishd ‘at-e-Islam. 2. Rule no. 18 o f Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyya was: “In each and every matter, the word o f the Promised Messiah2 5 shall be final and binding upon M ajlis-i- Mu‘tamadln and its subsidiaries, as w ell as upon Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyya and all its Departments. ” It was decided that this rule should be amended and the words “Promised Messiah (as)” should be replaced by the words “Hadrat Khallfatul Maslh II, Mirza Bashlruddin Mahmud Ahmad Sahib. ” It was also decided that this resolution should be proposed by Hadrat Nawab Muhammad ‘All Khan Sahib, Hadrat Sayyed Muhammad Ahsan Sahib, Hadrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad Sahib, Hadrat Dr. Khalifa Rashld-ud-DIn Sahib and Hadrat Maulawl Sher ‘All Sahib. 3. Every district should send some students to study at Madrasa Ahmadiyya. 4. Missionaries should be paid by Anjuman-e- M u‘tamadln and not by the Jama'ats. 50