2. WHAT IS LEADERSHIP
(IN GENERAL SENSE)?
The ability to influence and guide
followers or members of a group
to a shared vision and mission.
A Muslim’s ability to influence and guide
followers or members of a group to practice
what is right and avoid what is wrong in
accordance with the teachings of Islam.
WHAT IS ISLAMIC LEADERSHIP?
3. CURRENT ISSUES ON ISLAMIC
LEADERSHIP
• A lack of honest dialogue within the global Muslim community;
• An almost complete lack of courage among the progressives and
moderates within that same community.
• Debate of who is right and the misguided;
• In Philippines, seeking of knowledge became more expensive. And
Muslim parents invest more in secular education than the Islamic one.
• Some Teaching/Educational Institutions to some extent are encouraging
“Limitation of Knowledge” rather than “Continuing Education”.
• Lack of Good Management (Accountability/Transparency)
• Misguided by Dunya principle in relation to Islamic one.
4. THE ULTIMATE FUNCTIONAL GOAL OF LEADERSHIP AND
GOVERNANCE IS TO ENJOIN THE DOING OF WHAT IS RIGHT
AND TO PROHIBIT THE COMMISSION OF WHAT IS WRONG.
IN THIS CONTEXT, THERE HAS TO BE A YARDSTICK BY
WHICH RIGHT AND WRONG MAY BE MEASURED.
“YOU ARE THE BEST OF PEOPLES EVER RAISED UP FOR
MANKIND, YOU ENJOIN AL-MAHRUF, AND FORBID AL-MUNKAR,
AND YOU BELIEVE IN ALLAH.”
[SURAH ALI ‘IMRAN. 3:110]
“Kuntum khayra ummatin okhrijat lilnnasi ta’muroona
bil’mahruf wa tanhawna anil munkar wa tuhminoona
bi’llahi
wa law aman ahlul kitabi la kana khayran lahum,,
minhumul muhminoon, wa aktharahumul fasiqoon”
5. ISLAMIC LEADERSHIP
IN ISLAMIC GOVERNANCE
• Justice
• Equity
• Stewardship
• Good Management
• Transparency and Accountability
• The Goal is “enjoining what is right and
forbidding what is wrong”
“Tahmuruna bil mahruf wa tanhawna ani’l munkar”
6. i. Khalifa of ALLAH SWT on Earth
ْ
ذِإَو
ْ
َلاَق
َْكُّبَر
ِْةَكِئَالَملِل
يِنِإ
ْ
لِعاَج
يِف
ْ ِ
ضرَاأل
ْ
ةَفيِلَخ
ْ
واُلاَق
ْ
ُلَعجَتَأ
اَهيِف
نَم
ْ
ُدِسُفي
اَهيِف
ُْكِفسَيَو
اءَمِالد
ْ
حَنَو
ُْن
ُْحِبَسُن
َِْكدمَحِب
ِْدَقُنَو
ُْس
َْكَل
ْ
َلاَق
يِنِإ
ْ
ُمَلعَأ
اَم
ْ
َل
َْونُمَلعَت
“And when your Lord said to the angels, "Indeed, I will make upon the earth
representative." They said, "Will You place upon it one who causes corruption
therein and sheds blood, while we declare Your praise and sanctify You?" Allah
said, "Indeed, I know that which you do not know." (2:30)
ii. Slaves of Allah on Earth:
ِْونُدُبعَيِلْ َّ
لِإْ َ
نسِاْلَْوَّن ِجْالُتقَلَخْاَمَو
“And I have created the jinn and the mankind (for no other reason but only) that
they should become slaves to Me.” (51:56)
iii. Test Performance to see Who are the Best
ِيذَّال
َْقَلَخ
َْتوَمال
ْ
َةاَيَحالَو
ْ
مُكَوُلبَيِل
ْ
مُكُّيَأ
ْ
حَأ
ُْنَس
ْ
الَمَع
َْوُهَو
ُْيز ِ
زَعال
ُْورُفَغال
“It is He Who has created death and life that He may try you which of you is best
in duties. And He is the All-Mighty, the Oft-Forgiving”. (67:2)
Purpose of Creation? Why Allah created human beings in this world?
7. • Desires (Hawa) of Body (Nafs): Internal Enemy
َْتيَأَرَأ
ِْنَم
ْ
َذَخَّتا
ْ
ُهَهَلِإ
ُهاَوَه
َْنتَأَفَأ
ُْونُكَت
ِْهيَلَع
ْ
يالِكَو
“Have you seen him who took his low desires for his god?
Will you then be a surrogate to him? (25:43)
ْ
مَأ
ُْبَسحَت
َّْنَأ
ْ
مُهَرَثكَأ
َُْونعَمسَي
ْ
وَأ
َْونُلِقعَي
ْ
نِإ
ْ
مُه
َّْ
لِإ
ِْامَعنََاألك
ْ
لَب
ْ
مُه
ْ
ُّلَضَأ
ْ
َس
ْ
يلِب
“Or do you think that most of them do hear and (therefore)
comprehend? They are only like animals. Nay, they are
even straying farther off from the Way (of Allah)”. (25:44)
CHALLENGES
9. • Corrupts Leaders
(Family, Social, Economic, Political and Religious)
َْو
نِإ
ْ
عِطُت
َْرَثكَأ
نَم
يِف
ْ ِ
ضرَألا
َْوكُّل ِ
ُضي
َنع
ِْليِبَس
ْ
ِالل
نِإ
َُْونعِبَّتَي
ْ
َّلِإ
َّْنَّالظ
ْ
نِإَو
ْ
ُه
ْ
م
ْ
َّلِإ
َُْونصُرخَي
“And if you obey most of those in the earth, they will lead
you astray from Allah’s Way. They follow but conjecture and
they only lie.” (6:116)
CHALLENGES