The Role of Quran and Sunnah in Solving Leadership Failure

Authors

  • Juliyana Junaidi Fakulti Pengajian Islam, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM, Bangi, Selangor
  • Latifah Abdul Majid Fakulti Pengajian Islam, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM, Bangi, Selangor
  • Mohd Arif Nazri Fakulti Pengajian Islam, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM, Bangi, Selangor

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33102/abqari.vol27no1.527

Keywords:

Leadership in Islam, Social justice, Leadership in Quran, Leadership in Sunnah

Abstract

Social injustice issues that are skyrocketing in recent times have garnered attention from various parties. One of the issues includes leadership failure, which has caused an immense impact on the social structure. Strong leadership is essential in shaping society as it affects the growth of civilization. Unfortunately, the role of the Quran and Sunnah in guiding the leadership path has been abandoned by the leaders hence resulting in its crisis. Even though many scholars have provided the discussions of leadership’s crisis solutions, most of them are secular in essence due to the roles of revelations that have been continuously ignored and seen as irrelevant in the postmodern era. Therefore, this qualitative study aims to provide solutions to leadership failure through the exploration of the Quran and Sunnah. This study utilises the content analysis method to collect data whereby it combines descriptive and analytical approaches. First, the indicators of leadership incompetence are identified. Next, the solutions to these issues are analysed based on the Quran and Prophetic Sunnah. The result demonstrates that the Quran and Sunnah provide the best solution in solving leadership failure. Moreover, the divine revelations provide guidance to be a good leader for society so that a strong community will be built. The article unfolds five solutions, namely self-assessment before becoming a leader, selection of a strong and highly moral/ virtuous individual as a leader, fair distribution of wealth and opportunities, implementation of a just retribution system, and providing equal rights to different levels of people. Hence, the study is significant in emphasising the roles of revelation that should not be abandoned due to the timeless characteristics of the Quran and Sunnah.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

References

Al-Bukhari, M. b. (1987). Sahih al-Bukhari. Beirut: Dar Ibn Kathir.

Al-Attas, S. M. (2020). On Justice and the Nature of Man. Kuala Lumpur: Ta'dib International.

Al-Mawardi, I. (2017). Al-Ahkam as-Sulthaniyyah: Hukum-Hukum Penyelenggaraan Negara dalam Syariat Islam. Jakarta: Darul Falah.

Al-Olaqi, F. M. (2015). The Prophet Muhammad's Leadership: An Islamic View. Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal Vol 2.No. 9, 59-70.

Asad, M. (2019). Prinsip Pemerintahan dan Kerajaan dalam Islam. Bangi: Penerbit UKM.

Hasan, S. (2007). Philanthropy and Social Justice in Islam. Kuala Lumpur: A.S. Noordeen. Jamsari, E. A. (2012). The Basis of Leadership in Islam. Advances in Natural and Applied

Sciences 6(8), 1399-1404.

Muslim, Abu al-Hussain Muslim bin al-Hujjaj al-Qushairi an-Naisaburi. (2010). Beirut: Dar Ibn Kathir

Malik, M. (2015). Good Governance; Civil Society & Islam. Gombak: IIUM Press. Qutb, S. (2015). Fi Zhilal al-Quran. Seri Kembangan: Pustaka Darul Iman.

Suleiman, O. (2021). 40 on Justice: The Prophetic Voice on Social Reform. Leicestershire: Kube Publishing Ltd.

Published

2022-09-29

How to Cite

[1]
Junaidi, J. , Abdul Majid, L. and Nazri, M.A. 2022. The Role of Quran and Sunnah in Solving Leadership Failure. ‘Abqari Journal. 27, 1 (Sep. 2022), 1–12. DOI:https://doi.org/10.33102/abqari.vol27no1.527.