The document discusses the divine leadership of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). It begins by outlining several objectives, including understanding the nature and process of Islamic leadership through the example of the Prophet. It then examines verses from the Quran emphasizing the Prophet's exemplary character. The essence of Islamic leadership is defined, emphasizing responsibility over those under one's care. Several hadith are presented highlighting the Prophet's role in educating and organizing the early Muslim community. The document explores the Prophet's qualities as a leader, including his strong faith, integrity, vision, effective communication, ability to achieve victory, and kindness. Examples from his life like the hijra to Medina and the Treaty of H

1. Divine Leadership of

2. Objectives
 Understand the nature and process of leadership from an Islamic
perspective
 Describe the leadership qualities of our beloved Prophet (saw)
 Throw more insight by interacting during the seminar
 Analyze your leadership skills and how you can model Prophet
 Understand the steps to become an effective leader
 Awaken the leader within

4. .

5.  “You have indeed, in the life of Rasool-Allah,
the 'Best Model' for him whose hope is in
Allah and the Day of the Hereafter, and who
engages himself much in the remembrance
of Allah”. (Surah Al Azhab Verse no. 21)

7. “And you stand on an exalted standard of
character”. (Surah Al Qalam verse 4)

8. ‫‪Essence of Islamic Leadership‬‬
‫‪‬‬ ‫َلَع ُ‬
‫لَ ُهْ لَ ُهْ َلَص ِ هّ ُهْن َلَع ُ لَ لَ لَ َلَص ِ لَ هّ لَ ُهْ َلَع ُ لَ لَ هّ لَ َلَع ُ لَ هّ صهّ هّ‬
‫عن عبد اَلل ب َلَص ِ عمر رضي اَلل عنهم ا أَن رسلول اَلل لََلا ى اَلل‬
‫َلَص ِ‬ ‫َلَع ُ‬ ‫َلَص ِ‬
‫لََليه و لََلم ق ا لَ‬
‫علَ ُهْ َلَص ِ لَسهّ لَ لَ ل‬
‫َنِساس ‪‬‬‫أل كلكم راع وكلكم مسئلول عن ر َِيته فِسالمِسام الذ ي عل ى الساّ ِ‬
‫ ىَ ىَ ُمُكّ ُ إْ ىَ ٍ ىَ ُمُكّ ُ إْ ىَ إْ ُ ٌ ىَ إْ ىَعساّ ِ ِ ىَ ِإْ ىَ ُ ساّ ِ ىَ ىَ‬
‫راع وهلو مسئلول عن ر َِيته والَرجل راع عل ى أهل بَيته وهلو ‬
‫ ىَ ٍ ىَ ُ ىَ ىَ إْ ُ ٌ ىَ إْ ىَعساّ ِ ِ ىَ ساّ ُ ُ ىَ ٍ ىَ ىَ ىَ إْ ِ ىَ إْ ِ ِ ىَ ُ ىَ‬
‫مسئلول عن ر َِيته والمَرأة را َِية عل ى أهل بَيت زوجهِسا وولده ‬
‫ ىَ إْ ُ ٌ ىَ إْ ىَعساّ ِ ِ ىَ إْ ىَ إْ ىَ ُ ىَ ع ىَ ٌ ىَ ىَ ىَ إْ ِ ىَ إْ ِ ىَ إْ ِ ىَ ىَ ىَ ىَ ِ ِ‬
‫وهي مسئلولة عَنهم وعبد الَرجل راع عل ى مِسال ىََيده وهلو ‬
‫ ىَ ِ ىَ ىَ إْ ُ ىَ ٌ ىَ إْ ُ إْ ىَ ىَ إْ ُ ساّ ُ ِ ىَ ٍ ىَ ىَ ىَ ِ سهِدّ ِ ِ ىَ ُ ىَ‬
‫ ىَ إْ ُ ٌ ىَ إْ ُ ىَ ىَ ىَ ُمُكّ ُ إْ ىَ ٍ ىَ ُمُكّ ُ إْ ىَ إْ ُ ٌ ىَ إْ ىَعساّ ِ ِ‬
‫مسئلول عَنه أل فكلكم راع وكلكم مسئلول عن ر َِيته‬

9. The essence of Islamic leadership
Abdullah bin Umar reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace be
upon him, said, “Every one of you is a shepherd and is
responsible for his flock. The leader of the people is a guardian
and is responsible for his subjects: a man is the guardian of his
family and is responsible for his subjects, a woman is the
guardian of her husband’s home and of his children and is
responsible for them, and the slave of a man is a guardian of
his master’s property and is responsible for it. Surely, everyone
of you is a shepherd and responsible for his flock.”

10. Prophet’s life, a living quran
Aysha bint Abubakcer(RA) narrated that
Prophet (saw) was a living quran.

11. Concept of leadership in islam
 it is amanah, a trust from Almighty Allah.
 Meet obligations towards Allah and discharge
his duties towards the people, the subjects.
 Leadership authority, power all not personal
but amanah from Allah.

12. Prophet, the unchallenged, divine leader
for mankind
 Great Prophet, seal of Prophets
 Great teacher, philosopher, orator
 Warrior
 Emperor
 A good husband, father and a brother to all

13. But he wanted him to be called Abdullahi and
Rasoolullah.

14. The sublime divine touches of character of
Rasullah(SAW)
 Strong Iman, passion, confidence in his divine mission
 Integrity, keeping promises, kindness and generosity
 Vision, farsightedness, planning and always in the front
 An effective communicator calling people to Islam, educate, groom
and organize them
 Knowing the potentials and assigning tasks
 Solve and resolve issues
 Ability to achieve victory and building the state

15. Iman….
He believed from the beginning that the deen is
going to prevail and reach every nook and
corner of the world.
Abu Taleb persuading Prophet to turn away
from the deen

16. Hijra to Medina
 Cave Thawr

17. Surah Taubah verse 40

18. “If you help not (your Leader), (it is no matter): for Allah did indeed help
him, when the Unbelievers drove him out: he had no more than one
companion: they two were in the Cave, and he said to his
companion, "Have no fear, for Allah is with us": then Allah sent
down His peace upon him, and strengthened him with forces which
you did not see, and humbled to the depths the word of the
Unbelievers. But the word of Allah is exalted to the heights: for Allah
is Exalted in might, Wise.”

19. Suraqa bin Malik following Rasool
- Reward of 100 camels
- His horse stumbled three times
- Promising bangles of emperor Kisra of Persia
- After the defeat of Persia, Omar Khattab
handing over the bangles to Suraqa bin malik

20. mission
 Prophet had a clear mission to transform
people from darkness to light, ignorance to
wisdom and to the path of Tauheed.

21. vision
A peaceful world where people worship Allah
Almighty

22. A great leader is committed
 Request of Prophet’s uncle Abu Taleb to
retreat from the cause.

23. Integrity of character, honesty,
truthfulness
He was by the name of Al Ameen even before prophet hood.
After the Prophet received Allah’s commandment to openly invite
people to Islam, the Prophet went out and ascended the Hill of
Safa and addressed the people: "If I tell you that an army of
horsemen are coming up the other side of this mountain, will you
believe me?” They said, “We have never heard you telling a
lie.” (Bukhari). Then he told them of his mission, though at the
time the people were disinclined to give up their traditional
religion and follow him.
His sublime character of integrity, honesty and truthfulness made
him the most beloved person in the hearts of believers.

24. Farsightedness, decision making
 Abyssinia
 Hudaibiyya pact

25. First hijra of Muslim to Abyssinia-a leader
taking care of his subjects
 Persecution by the Quraish grew fiercer every day and
the sufferings of the Prophet's disciples became
unbearable.. He recommended such of his companions
who were without protection to seek refuge in the
kingdom of that pious king, Al Najashi (Negus).

26. Al Hudaibiya Treaty
 A glittering example for leadership trait of
Rasool, (saw)- farsightedness and wisdom
 6th of Hijrah
 Prophet’s dream, travelled with 1400
sahabas and 70 camels
 Refused entry by Qureshi leaders
 Prophet took the advise of Umm Salama.

27. Landmark clauses in the treaty
 No war for 10 years
 Any one from Mekkah went to Madinah,
would be sent back to Mekkah
 Any one from Madinah went to Makkah,
would not be returned
 This year Muslims will not perform umrah,
next year Muslims can perform Umrah

28. Hudaibiya Treaty, a victory for Muslims
 Quresh recognized Rasool(saw) as a leader of new
state of Muslims
 No more wars with Quraish
 Muslims free to do dahwa.
 It is hailed us masterpiece of wisdom and
farsightedness of Prophet
The 1st verse of Surah Fatheh “Inna fathehna laka
fathhen mubeena” was revealed . The treaty led to
the fatheh Mekkah after 22 months.
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29. A great leader with courage, passion,
commitment
 The character of Prophet Muhammad (saw), whose
posture in the battlefield was described by Ali (Ra),,
is as follows: "Every time when fighting became
intense we took refuge with Prophet Muhammad
(saw). None of us was nearer to the enemy than
he".
 Then Prophet Muhammad (saw) returned to the
seat of command and with his heart overflowing with
faith, turned his face to the Aimighty and said: "O
Lord! If this group is annihilated today, none else will
worship you on the face of the earth."

30.  Allah had helped you at Badr, when you were
a contemptible little force: Then fear Allah in
order to show your gratitude. When you did
say to the believers: Does it not suffice you
that your Creator should help you with three
thousand angels sent down. (Surah al-e-
Imran, 3:123-124)

31. A mighty leader in the battle of Uhud
 Consulted his advisors and changed his plan
to face enemy from the city to outskirts in the
valley of jabal ohud- example of shoura
 Kept 50 horsemen led by Abdullah ibn jubair
on the mountain as guards and instructed not
to move even if they see all Muslims get
killed- strategic war planning

32. …. Battle of uhud
 Rasool(saw) in the frontline inspring the army
 Intially, the victory was for Muslims
 The horsemen led by Abdullah Ibn jubair left
their position to collect booty of the war
 Quresh commander Khalid bin waleed used
this chance to launch an unexpected attack
on Muslim army which caused great
casualities. 67 sahabas martyred in Uhud.

33. …battle of Uhud
 God’s Messenger was apprehensive that the Makkan polytheists
might return and launch a second attack on Madina. On the second
day of Uhud, therefore, he ordered those who had taken part in the
Battle of Uhud the day before to gather and urged them to pursue
This tactic of Prophet made the
the unbelievers.
quraish army to go back to Mekkah thus
turning the defeat into victory for Muslims.
Allahu Akbar

34. Battle of Trench, military genius of
Rasool(saw)
 Rasool(saw) took part with sahabas to dig
trench around Madina as per the idea of
Salman Farsi
 Prophet had two rocks tied around his waist
in order not to feel hunger
 siege lasted for 4 weeks, battle was averted
by a storm sent by Allah which destroyed the
enemy camp.

35. A great leader educates, organizes, assign
tasks based on potentials
 A great teacher
 Thousands of Hadeeth on all aspects of life

36.  A young asking permission to do zina
 A Bedouin urinating in the mosque

37. A great leader should be kind hearted and
generous
The Prophet Muhammad taught love, kindness and compassion to his
people, and was seen to be the most loving, kind, and
compassionate of all of them. The Quran mentions his kind and
gentle behavior in these words: "O Messenger of Allah! It is a great
Mercy of God that you are gentle and kind towards them; for, had
you been harsh and hard-hearted, they would all have broken away
from you" (Quran 3:159).
Fatheh Mekkah is a good example showing kindness and generosity of
Prophet(saw)
He advised to show kindness to women, sick, invalid, old people and
animals.
A woman entered hell for tying up a cat without feeding it- Bukhari

38. A great leader unifies his people together
 Five times compulsory prayer in the mosque
 Hajj
 Friday Jumaa Prayer, Eid prayer
 Collective zakah distribution

39. Leader always keeps his promises
 Steadfast in keeping promises in all affairs in
the life
 Story of leper, bold head, blind
 Prophet always carry out clauses of treaties
eg. Hudaibiya returning the sahaba who
wanted to migrate to Madinah.

40. Motivating youths to be leaders
 First Ambassador of Islam was Musaad bin
omar who was sent to Madinah.
 Osama ibn zayed was appointed as the
youngest general to lead the army to Syria
against Byzantine empire

41. A leader shows equality among his
followers
 He never differentiates between poor and
rich, free man and slave, color or creed.
 He said even if my daughter Fathma (ra)
commits theft, her hands would be cut off.

43. Leader, solve and resolve issues
 Black stone
 A man having doubts about his son
 Staying away from wives for one month
 Aysha(ra) angrily throwing the food sent by
safiya(ra)

44. Leader, leading from the front and a
strategic commander
Battle of Badr: crying and praying to Allah for
help and Allah sent thousants angels to fight
against non-believers
Battle of Uhud: strategically placing horsemen
on the mountain
Trench war: digging trench with sahabas

45. A great leader always accepts advises from
followers
 Hudaibiya Treaty: umm Salama
 Uhud: to fight from outside Madinah

46. Leader, an effective communicator
 He talks in clear voice and slowly and he was
very much articulate
 He explains points until it is very much clear
to his sahabas. When he spoke, he was
speaking to the world as a whole.
 His speech made during his last hajj which is
called hajjathul widah became a sensational
speech which was reverberated through
thousands of sahabis who went to different
countries to spread the deen of Allah.

47. Essential qualities required for a leader
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48. Awaken the leader within
 List at least one incident at home, in your
community or workplace where you have
shown your leadership skills to make a
change.
 Analyze and evaluate where you have
excelled and where you need more focus to
improve.

50. What qualities of leadership of Rasool
(saw) are reflected in the following actions
1. Musab bin Omar was the first Ambassador of Islam.
2. Signing and accepting Hudaibiya Treaty
3. Placing of Black stone
4. Speech in farewell Hajj
5. Khalid bin Waleed as commander
6. Digging trench with Sahabs
7. Prisoner of war in Badr battle became teachers
8. Taif incident
9. Story of leper, bald man, blind man
10. Prophet set free people after fatheh Mekkah without taking