Here are the leadership attributes/skills I identified in each verse: Verse 1: Beneficence, mercy Verse 2: Willingness to listen, approachability Verse 3: Guidance, directing people to the right path Verse 4: Guidance, preventing people from evil/corruption Verse 5: Inspiration, motivating others

1. Leadership

3. starter
Write on a post it one question you
want answering today.

4. In your groups discuss
• What skills do you think are most
important for leaders to possess?
• What traits (attributes) are required?
Skills Attributes
maximum 5

5. Skills
• Inspires and motivates others
• integrity and honesty
• Solves problems
• Communication
• Build relationships
• Displays technical or professional expertise
• Strategist
• Develops others
• Innovates
• Results driven
• Commitment
• Positive

6. Traits/attributes
• Honesty
• Focus
• Passion
• Respect
• Excellent persuasion abilities
• Care
• Humility
• Empowering
• Collaborative
• Communicative
• Fearlessness
• Sincere
• Empathy

7. Definition
The ability to positively influence people and
systems to have a meaningful impact and
achieve results.
 Leading People
 Influencing People
 Commanding People
 Guiding People

8. 5 Essential qualities of Leadership
in dawah???

9. LENIENCY
FORGIVENESS
ISTIGHFARCONSULTATION
TAWAKKAL
ISLAMIC
LEADERSHIP

11. 1. God Almighty introduces Himself and wants
to be known as the most Beneficent and
Merciful first, before as the most Powerful
(Master of the Universe) – (verses 1-3)
• Similarly, leaders must make it their highest
priority to be beneficent and merciful before
asserting their power/authority.

12. 2. God Almighty do not only command
submission and obedience from His servants, He
is ever-willing to listen to their grievances – (v4).
• It has been reported in various hadiths that He is
always pleased whenever His servants plea to
Him.
• Such is also the characteristic of good leaders.
They should not only demand or expect the
followers/subordinates to listen to their
instructions or to carry out their
orders/instructions; they also must be prepared
to listen to the grievances and the problems of
the followers/subordinates.

13. 3. All leaders are responsible in leading their
followers to the right path.
• The rights of leaders to be obeyed and
respected are balanced by his duty to be
compassionate, service-oriented towards the
followers and be able to guide them to the
right path.

14. 4. God Almighty command us to follow the
right path and avoid the opposite.
• Thus, the leaders’ duty is not only to guide the
people to righteousness but also to prevent
them from evil deeds and corruption.

15. Istighfar: Seeking Forgiveness from
Allah
• This word is derived from Ghafr, the other infinitive
forms being Maghfirah, Ghufran.
• Istighfar means to cover up, protect or suppress.
• The primary connotation of Istighfar is to
supplicate for the suppression of human tendency
to fall into error so as to be safeguarded against
error or sin.
• Its secondary connotation is to supplicate for
suppression of consequences of error

16. Condition of one doing Istighfar
• The man who resorts to Istighfar humiliates himself
before God,
• He admits his weakness
• He dreads the Power and Glory of the Creator.
• The man who constantly recurs to Istighfar, feels his
own dependency and turns to God for help and aid
• He gives evidence that he has overcome the
weakness of flesh and resisted the evil tendency
• Strength of God is with him and His Light
descending upon him,

17. Story of Imam
Hassan Al-Banna
He was asked (by different people at different times):-
• i. How to overcome dry season.. his answer – do
Istighfar
• ii. Long marriage but still without children.. his
answer – do Istighfar
• iii. Food Crops that are not doing well at all.. his
answer – do Istighfar

18. Imam Hasan Al Banna was advising
according to Surah Nuh
Saying `Ask forgiveness from your Lord; for He is Oft-
Forgiving; "`He will send rain to you in abundance;"
'Give you increase in wealth and sons; and bestow
on you Gardens and bestow on you Rivers
(of flowing water) (Nuh,71:10-12)

19. Story of Imam Ahmad Ibn Hanbal
• Imam Ahmad was travelling through a town, he stopped at a mosque for his night
prayer and asked whether he could sleep at the mosque..
• The mosque’s caretaker courteously rejected the Imam Ahmad’s request. A
bread seller overheard it and said that the Imam can sleep in a room at his
house.
• During the early morning, the bread seller knead flour to make his bread.. He
did Istighfar every time he knead the flour.
• Imam Ahmad asked the bread seller “Why do you Istighfar every time you
knead the flour?”.
• The man replied “I am very confident of Istighfar and I have made a
supplication to Allah for a wish which is yet to be accomplished/fulfilled”.
• The Imam asked “What is your wish?”.
• The man said “Oh, I wish that I can meet Imam Ahmad Ibn Hanbal”.

21. Sayyidul Istighfar
O Allah, You are my Lord. There is no god besides You. You created me
and I am Your servant, following your covenant and [my] promise to
you as much as I can. I seek refuge in You from the evil that I have
done. Before You I acknowledge Your blessings bestowed upon me and
I confess my sins to You. So forgive me, for surely no one can forgive
sins except You.
The Prophet ‫وسلم‬ ‫عليه‬ ‫هللا‬ ‫صلى‬then added, ‘anyone who says this during
the day, firmly believing in it, and dies before the evening; or says it in
the evening, firmly believing in it, and dies before the following
morning, will be among the people of paradise.’

22. Pre-requisites
 Ta’aluq Billah
– Taqwah
– No desire

23. The effectiveness of leadership
depends on the following:
 Personality and character of the leader.
 Quality of the workers.
 Quality and atmosphere of the Jamaah.

24. The importance of the personality
and characteristics of a leader:
 Leader is the symbol of the organization
and represents its nature and quality.
 Leader is the center of authority.
 Leader is the driving force for the Jamaah.

25. Detailed Characteristics
1. Taqwah with excellent conduct and character.
This is to be done through a constant struggle
to develop:
A. close relation with Allah (SWT)
B. love of the Prophet (SAW), Sahaba and
Ulama
C. concern and fear of the accountability in the
Akhirah.

26. 2. Knowledge and practice of Islam, administrative
experience, and wisdom (hikmah) of leadership.
Wisdom (hikmah) includes the following:
A. Understanding the specific thinking and
situation of individuals and deal with them
at their level.
B. Knowing how to perform best with the best
abilities and talents and deal with the
difficulties in the way
C. Know the circumstances and makes an
appropriate strategy
D. In depth understanding of the deen and its
application in the changing environment.

27. 3. Establishing Al Islam is the true objective of his
life. He must have true love and priority for his
mission and the Jamaah. And must be an example
of utmost sacrifice for this mission.
4. Honesty , integrity and trustworthiness, with history
of selfless service.
5. Competence. He should have the critical skills of
leadership, i.e., observation, analysis, coaching,
recognizing the potentials, delegation, feed back.

28. 6. Decision making ability after appropriate
consultation and then ability to implement the
decision.
7. Ability to motivate and discipline when necessary.
8. He should be flexible in his attitude with Hikmah
depending upon the situation but he should be firm
in his decisions and zeal to move to the objectives.
9. Humility and recognition of his limitations.
10. Ability to speak, write and use modern techniques of
communication.
11. Good physical health.

29. Plenary: Leadership in each
verse
 Identify a leadership attribute/skill in
each verse