Setting up Local Islahi Committee

Know why we need a Local Islahi Committee

• Hadrat Khalifatul Masih IV in May 1992 described the basic purpose of the Islahi Committee in following words: "The Islahi Committee should comprise of persons who possess deep insight. They should be able to sense evil and realize where its stench is coming from, and, even if an evil is invisible, their acute senses should warn them that danger is lurking and they should remove it before it actually becomes a disease."
• Islahi committee’s job is to address local issues and bring the solutions to local Amila for implementation.

Set up the Committee

• According to the rules and regulations of Tehrik-e-Jadid rule #343: This committee shall consist of the following six members at local level:
• Secretary Tarbiyyat (Chairman)
• Zaeem Ansarullah
• Qaid Khudamul Ahmadiyya
• Sadr Lajna
• Local Missionary
• A member appointed at the discretion of local Sadr

The 6th member doesn’t have to be an Amila member. If there is any member of the community who fits the qualities mentioned above by Khalifa 4th (rah) (a wise person who knows and understands the people and the issues of the Jamat), they can be made a part of this committee.

Set up schedule

• To be successful and to get attendance of the members, discuss with the members and decide on a monthly / bi-monthly meeting schedule - such as "second Thursday of every even numbered month" for e.g.
• Decide on how you will conduct the meetings. Identify the items you need to discuss ahead of time, share it with the members at least a week before and ask members to come prepared so you can have a good discussion

Report to Amila regularly

• Islahi committee will deliberate the items on the agenda and will propose an action plan. This action plan will then be presented to Local Amila for decision and execution. So it is very important to report every Islahi Committee meeting outcome to the Amila