Leadership in Islam: Views, Methods, and Suggestions in the Nigerian Islamic Organization

Bashir Abdullatif,Mohd Farid Mohd Sharif

doi:10.6007/ijarbss/v10-i3/7036

Abstract

This paper explores the idea of leadership from an Islamic viewpoint, discussing the purpose and its various manifestations by textual proofs of the Qur'an and teaching of the hadith of Prophet, peace, and blessing be upon him. This article examines the Islamic organization's characteristics of leadership dynamics within a Muslim majority and focuses on the Nigerian Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) in Northern Nigeria. data This paper, however, draws on the analyzed data using a qualitative grounded theory, the essence of leadership, which investigated the subject methods within this specific background. Islamic Leadership resolves the challenging techniques Which exist in Muslims organizations then, thus suggests some actions and approach to advance the process of management in leading, comprising of enacting leadership, enacting following, accommodating complexity, sense-making, and embracing basics as an essential vital function. The paper would be of interest to anybody seeking to comprehend this nature in Islamic leading, then again by what system does NSCIA act within Northern Nigeria and the way forward to strengthen leadership methods.

Highlights

Leadership plays a vital role in managing an organization's affairs and in shaping its followers’ lives
There are some studies conducted on the leadership of such organization, but there is lack of existing literature on the ‘ leadership in Islam, views, methods and suggestions in the Nigerian Islamic organization which has never been study before, as a result of that we developed interest and motivations to write about this
Before presenting the results, there is a needs to investigate what was going on in newly emerging Islamic organizations, this research collected from additional interviews a new set of data to explore the stories of the new leadership model that had arisen

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Introduction

Leadership plays a vital role in managing an organization's affairs and in shaping its followers’ lives. According to Islam, the greatest leaders are the Prophets of Allah, Nuh (AS), Ibrahim (AS), Musa (AS), Isa (AS) and Muhammad (SAW), to name only a few. Because of noble bravery they were the most effective representatives, sincerity, truthfulness, modesty, compassion, and consultative strategy, and much else qualities. From their teachings and exemplary lives, we learn enough lessons. Ibn Khaldun, a philosopher, historian, and sociologist of the fourteenth century, stressed the personal characteristics of a leader whom he called "full information," necessary for good leadership: Kindness, Forgiveness for misconduct, tolerance, perseverance guest compassion and maintenance of the indigent, understanding in unlikable conditions, discharge of duty engagements, consideration and adherence to religious rules and regulation and order, high regard for the aged and scholars, equity, review of the needs of followers for stopping deceit and corruption (Jamil, 2015)

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