Islamic Professionalism Principles for Building Righteous Wise Professionals
1. Islamic Professionalism Foundations.
Differentcareershave codesof conductalignedtotheirlinesof profession.However Islamhasmore
comprehensive andunifyingprincipleswhichare adequate enoughtocreate goodprofessionals.
I derive thisstudy fromthe followingkeyaspect of IslamicShura:-
1. Ali R.A.once askedthe Prophet(PBUH) that if theyhada matterinwhichtheydidn’thave or
finda command or prohibition, whatwashisadvice?He saidconsultthe righteouswise people
and don’tdependon individual opinion.(Tarabani)
From thiswe can draw that inIslam,consultationisprimarilycentralisedto ALLAH and decentralised
to the RighteousWise.
Our keyproblemareasare humansnot fulfillingthe rightof Allah’scentral role butall thathappens
by the grace of Allahandwe are merelyagentstohelpingothersachieve this.Sothisagencyiswhat
we needtobuildonin the area of decentralisedShura.
RighteousWisehas two personalitiesindescription:-
The Righteous.
The Wise.
An individual canholdone orboth of the qualitiesbut inpractice today, the professional building
systemonlyone quality of TheWise leavingTheRighteous not catered forin the buildingprocess.
The order of preference isclearinthe statementmakingrighteousness primaryandwisdom
secondarytoit.
Thiscreatestwo problemsone continuingandthe otherexistingthatiscontinuousroll outof the
OnlyWise professionalsandalready Practicingprofessionals.
Thiscan onlybe solvedthrough longandshorttermstrategies:-
Long termstrategiescanbe by buildingunique andcomprehensive Islamicprofessional study
materialsforschoolsof differentprofessions.
Short termstrategiescanbe made by buildingtrainingandcertification programs forexisting
professionals togive proof of necessary Islamicproficiency.
Thishence forthbuilds The RighteousWise.
The two stagesalsocater for placingrighteousnessandwisdomatthe righttime,rightorderand
mendingthe existingorderinpractitionersinthe field.
Thishence forthbuilds The RighteousWiseand savesusfrom the problemsgotfromsingle sided
professionalism.
Part of what needstobe taught to all isIslamiceconomics,Islamicbusinesslaw andEconomicsin
the Quran and Sunna.