Life of holy prophet SAW by DR Tahir ul Qadri

2. • Name Abdul Wahab
• Subject Life and learning
• Submited to Sir Mudassir

3. ADMINISTRATION OF THE HOLY
PROPHET (PBUH)

4. AN EXCELLENT MODEL OF GOOD
GOVERNANCE
• Administration is mainly concerned with management of public
affairs. For efficaciously administering the affairs, the head of the
administration i.e. an administrator, must have exemplary character
and faculty for the said purpose. He must also possess administrative
skills.
• The Holy Prophet (PBUH) set high standards of administration
and became a role model for administrators for all the times to
come.
• The cardinal principles and salient features of administration
established by the Holy Prophet (PBUH) are……..

5. • For effective administration, the Islamic state was divided into
provinces of Makkah, Madina, Yemen, Oman, Bahrain, Tehama
and Hadhramaut. Only the most reliable, most honest and
learned companions of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) were appointed
as Wali – the governor of a province.
1. Division of state into provinces

6. 2. Consultation
• The administration established by the Holy Prophet (PBUH) was
based on consultation campanions.
• All important decisions were taken in consultation with the
learned and scholarly companions.
• For example, the decision to dig trench for the defence of Madina at
the time of Ghazwa Khandaq (Battle of the Trench) was based entirely
on consultation.

8. 3. Internal stability and law & order
• The administration of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) gave a conclusive end
to that impression by forging unity and brotherhood among those
tribes and it went a long way in creating internal stability that is vital
for improved law and order situation, which, in turn, is the prime
objective of administration.
• Without peace, other facilities are of no worth.

9. 4. Absolute integrity and impeccable
character
• The administration of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) comprised the people
who were men of absolute integrity.
• As the head of administration, the Holy Prophet (PBUH) led an
exemplary life. Although he was the political, spiritual and military
head of Muslims, he drew no perks and privileges from the national
exchequer.

12. 5. Constitution and set guidelines
• The administration of the Islamic state, under the supreme, dynamic
leadership of the Holy Prophet (PBUH), was based on constitution
and set principles.
• Its cardinal foundation was the Holy Quran.
• The Holy Prophet (PBUH) gave guidelines to officials from time to
time. In this regard, the Charter of Madina and the Last Sermon of the
Holy Prophet (PBUH) are the glorifying examples.

13. Constitution and set guidelines

14. 6. Secretariat
• Establishment of a place where members of administration are
available during working hours is imperative for smoothly managing
day-to-day affairs of the state.
• The Holy Prophet (PBUH) used mosques as community centres and
secretariat. The government functionaries were easily accessible to
people, in the mosques.
• The Holy Prophet (PBUH) used to lead congregational prayers five
times a day in Prophet’s mosque (Masjid-e-Nabvi), and was accessible
to everyone.

15. Secretariat

16. 7. Educational uplift
• The primary responsibility of an administration is to take concrete,
result-oriented steps for educational uplift of all its subjects.
• the Holy prophet (PBUH) introduced innovative measures.
• After the establishment of the first city-state of Muslims in Madina,
he (PBUH) established the first residential school of Islam by the
name Suffa.
• The 72 person who were captured as prisoners of war in the Battle of
Badr were set free on the condition that each one of them would
teach the art of reading and writing to ten Muslims.

17. Educational uplift

18. 8. Perfect justice
• The administration of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) was based on
uniform, equal and justice; where all the people were equal before
law.
• Once, a lady belonging to an influential family of Quraysh tribe was
nabbed for committing theft. …
• The Holy Prophet (PBUH) ensured provision of speedy and
inexpensive justice to people.

19. Perfect justice

20. People-friendly taxation system
• The administration of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) used only those
sources of revenue generation that were poor-friendly.
• Main sources of revenue were Zakat, Ushr, Khiraaj, Jizya,
Khums and Fay. Zakat and Ushr were taken from affluent
Muslims on annual basis and distributed among the destitute.
• Khiraaj was a tax on the production of land belonging to non-
Muslims and Jizya was a tax on them on account of their
security in the Islamic State.

21. People-friendly taxation system